EXCLUSIVE: Al Qaeda plot to blow up 5 passenger planes in Christmas 'spectacular'

Sunday Express ^ | November 30, 2014 | Donal MacIntyre

[george76]

TERRORISTS are plotting to blow up five European passenger jets in a Christmas "spectacular", security experts say.

The threat has been taken so seriously it came close to leading to an outright ban on all hand luggage, a senior insider has revealed.

Mobile phones and electronic devices could still be banned from plane cabins, with the threat of a 9/11-style coordinated attack on London and other major cities feared imminent.

The warning comes as Whitehall officials admit that a terror strike on the UK is now "almost inevitable" particularly with British jihadis returning from fighting alongside the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

An airport security source told the Sunday Express: "We've been told that five planes are being targeted in a high profile hit before Christmas. They've been waiting for the big one.

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Home Secretary Theresa May warned that numerous Islamic militants were looking to attack the UK.

She said: "Now the threat is more diverse in terms of the number of groups out there who will be looking to carry out attacks in the West.

[JimSEA]

If we’re lucky, they’ll stay that way. Our airlines seem best protected. Unless they switch to SAMs.

[nascarnation]

In the US these days, I’m not sure there are enough people shopping at “malls” to make it worth their while.

[onyx]

PLEASE USE IT OFTEN.

[mountn man]

I think the US government should announce that they will nuke Mecca if that happens. A Ramadan extravaganza.

Better yet...

A preemptive strike.

[Carl Vehse]

I think the US government should announce that they will nuke Mecca if that happens.

That should have happened back on September 12, 2001, following a formal declaration of war against terrorist religion of Islam.

Congress did discuss the idea back then.

[Jet Jaguar]

Threat ping.

[BenLurkin]

[kjam22]

If we had nuked Mecca, Baghdad, Tehran, and Damascus in the days immediately after 9-11..... we’d be in a very different world right now...

[Darksheare]

Quick!
To combat this, We must strip and grope MORE children, nuns, elderly women, and white Christian males while studiously avoiding any hint of a possible mention that the known threat of Islam is what we should look for!
/ partially kidding, just watch what they do..

[EDINVA]

To those involved in ISIS or Al Qada, bombing Mecca wouldn’t affect their blood thirst. They need no incentives And it might serve to take down the Saudi royals.

[ronnie raygun]

Europe needs more parking lots make it so!

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[LucyT]

Al Qaeda plot to blow up 5 passenger planes in Christmas 'spectacular'

[GeronL]

Ratings stunt maybe,...

[Salvation]

BTTT!

[terycarl]

I think the US government should announce that they will nuke Mecca if that happens. You think our Muslim pResident will do that?

no.........but Israel would....or should.

[struggle]

Like I’ve said before: Every terrorist attack = a missile shot at the Kaaba.

[traumer]

“a terror strike on the UK is now “almost inevitable” particularly with British jihadis returning from fighting alongside the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria “

I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS....

[Arthur McGowan]

We need to step up the shipments of food and money to the Muslim world RIGHT AWAY!

[entropy12]

Mall attacks in US will not produce the terror harvest ala Nairobi. American police in cities are much better prepared to react with SWAT teams.