Plot to 'blow up airliners with toothpaste bombs' planned by unknown 'Khorosan' terror group

Daily Mail UK ^ | 23 September 2014 | John Hall

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Mysterious terror collective Khorasan Group were close to launching attack Al Qaeda-linked militants were in final stages of plot against U.S. or Europe Pentagon did not discuss nature of attack or how intelligence came to light U.S. launched eight attacks on Khorasan during overnight bombings in Syria Raids were backed by five Arab nations - with ISIS targets the major focus

The United States bombed a Syrian terror group that was in the final stages of a plot to blow up American airliners with toothpaste tube bombs last night, the Pentagon has claimed.

Alongside its strikes on the ISIS heartland, officials said US warplanes hit a previously unknown group of Al-Qaeda militants known as the Khorosan Group.

The group of seasoned terrorists planned to 'imminently' attack a US airliner or other target using a bomb without any metal parts, toothpaste tubes and clothes dipped in explosives, an unnamed US official told CNN.

President Barack Obama ordered the strikes after intelligence reports discovered the plot this week, officials claimed.

Briefing: Lieutenant General William Mayville (pictured) said he United States launched air strikes in Syria amid fears that Khorasan - a mysterious group of Al Qaeda-linked militants - were preparing to mount terror attacks

Militant: Khorasan's leader Muhsin al-Fadhli, 33, (pictured) is thought to have been close to Al Qaeda's late leader Osama bin Laden since around the time of September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the United States

Lieutenant General William Mayville, the Pentagon's director of operations, said Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from US warships in the region were used to hit the group's compounds, workshops and training grounds around the city of Aleppo.

'Intelligence reports indicated that the Khorasan Group was in the final stages of plans to execute attacks against Western targets and potentially the US homeland,' he said.

[Rome2000]

LOL

No thanks. I like my coffee black.

[Vigilanteman]

There is that danger of course but could be solved by allowing CCW on the planes. And think of the hissy fit all the Muslims would throw over my method! Maybe we could get them to boycott flying.

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JV