(LONDON) TUBE (SUBWAY) 'CYANIDE PLOT'

Sky News ^ | November 16, 2002 | Sky News

[MadIvan]

Three men have been charged over an alleged plot to release cyanide gas on the London Underground tube network.

The men are north African muslims said to belong to a group linked to al Qaeda.

The alleged plot was foiled after the group was infiltrated by MI5 agents in a six month operation.

The men are thought to be of either Tunisian or Moroccan background and belong to a group called the North African Front, said to have loose connections with Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network.

One of the men is aged 21, the second 33. The third is in his mid 30s.

They appeared at Bow Street Magistrates' Court earlier this week and were remanded in custody.

Details of the hearing were not released by Scotland Yard at the time and have only just emerged.

The three men will re-appear in court on Monday.

[SevenDaysInMay]

Profiling. Profiling. Profiling. No, wait. That is not in the PC USA. Never mind. Good work, Brits.

Allah aakkk barf.

[Michael2001]

Looks like the English got really lucky here. Thank God.

But luck won't last forever. A more permanent solution is needed.

[FreedomPoster]

It's, what?, 4AM there, so I doubt you're up, but this story is the lead story on Rita Cosby's FoxWire show on Fox News Channel, starting right now.

[guitfiddlist]

Go jump in a lake, idiot. The govt successfully infiltrates and stops a terrorist plot, and all you can do is bitch and moan?

I took guitfiddlist's comment to be a reasonable snipe at the nonsensical PC stance that many US Gov't agencies -- particularly Mineta's Transportation Agency -- have taken in the war against terrorism.

Mad_Tom_Rackham is exactly right. The UK did great. Our Secretary of Transportation is an idiot though. He of the "We will not profile because that would be un-PC. And because I was profiled and interned as a Japanese American during WWII - we will never do that again - nobody how many of you travelers die."

Thank you so much Mr. Mineta - you, who can't recognize a terrorist, even if he walks into El Al and blows away Jewish travelers at random. No, that's not terrorism, that's just an irate middle-eastern businessman angry about a few late payments from El Al. You're a self-centered disgrace to the war against terrorism.

[Libertina]

hmmm... young adult, Muslim males... in terrorist plot.
What a shocker!

[CindyDawg]

(I live about 75 miles from a Naval Air Station in Florida).

Which base?

[Kay Soze]

I appreciate the civility of your tone towards the Islamic nations et all.

Given the severity and frequency of a few Muslims giving the religion a black eye and with so many in the majority that are against such violence you must be able to cite numerous articles in which the majority express outrage over the actions of the few.

[Steve Eisenberg]

Believe me, it's days like this I wish Mrs. Thatcher was still in charge.

Blair is probably the main reason Bush is going through the, I fear, hopeless charade of trying to get Hans Blix to give us an OK for overthrowing Saddam. If Thatcher was still PM, Saddam would be long gone and Al Quaeda would be completely demoralized. (Although our campaign in Afghanistan was a good start at this. And this infiltration of terrorist groups is exactly what I hope is happenning here.)

[Aggie Mama]

My mother told me that the Russians did that with the bodies of the terrorists that took over the theater in Moscow.

[lizma]

You BASTARDS. We are going to KILL the LOT of YOU.

Here, here and then some.

I spent some time in Great Britain during the klintoon years. Our press was telling us how much you loved him, but I found the people I would talk to in the ques and pubs couldn't stand him.

Your press has been reporting a major resistence to any action against terrorist. Is that true or press propaganda?

[NYC GOP Chick]

Yes, I heard that too. And I heartily applauded Putin and the Russians for doing so.

[Aggie Mama]

Can you imagine if someone had the balls to do that here? I could see Rummy quitely getting the word out that that would be the fate of any muslim terrorist, but it probably wouldn't get much futher than that.

[fso301]

After a thorough interrogation, they should be put on a flight and released several hundred miles west of England.

[NYC GOP Chick]

If anyone has the balls to do that here, it's Rumsfeld. :)

[anatolfz]

Believe me, it's days like this I wish Mrs. Thatcher was still in charge.

Amen to that. There was a PM. Well, we'll just have to do what we can. "No time to get wobbly, George" she said to G. Bush Sr.

[anatolfz]

Because the Canadian PM does not stand by America. He's a socialist coward. Even the Canadians think he's useless. He is the Canadian equivelant of Jacques Chirac of France. Flaming libs, the whole lot.

Right. Most of us do (think he's useless). Just as many FR had no use for Clinton, so many of us would like to dismiss Chretien.

[BiffSchneider]

"We got the idea for our campaign from that Nevada scientist who was thinking of putting a glob of smallpox in a New York subway. Except, our client's product is good! It got a boffo response from management!"

[Scully]

Actually, really cheap hairspray works wonders in removing crayon. Just spray it on and wipe it off! :-)

[SouthernClaire]

You, in your fit of anger, said ...

"You didn't frighten this Brit, you made him ferociously angry and more determined to see that you all die. We are coming now, you bastards. The SAS is going to cut out your hearts and shove them down your ignorant throats. "

Calm thyself, MadIvan! Write in pith, as is expected of any good Brit.

You meant, I'm sure:

"We are coming now, you bastards. The SAS is going to cut out your hearts and shove them down your ignorant...."

You said "throats" .... you meant: SHOVE THEM UP YOUR ARSES. (Simple slip on your part... understandably done in anger.)

I've taken your great country's tube ... and made it a point to do so as it was a fantasy of mine. (I'm Southern, what more can I say?) And to think of the people I met harmed so innocently, begs the worst of my imagination.

Your Tube is -- outside of being clean and decent -- loads of fun!

You tell 'em, MadIvan. And tell 'em this, too:

"You freaks, poison the chickens. Blow up the subway. Crash the world of the Internet. Down the reception of information by way of telephone. Do I care? No.

"Least that way, when you have your pathetic say, I'll hear no F$#@!^(* more of you."

"You think my homeland's politics bad? Well, not beating up on you here, but at least we -- ahem --- have the system.

"ESSSCUSSA ME... I meant: AYYYY System. Any system. Any system that does not condone systematic killing because of creed, race or religion.

(OOPS! Now, there I've gone and done it. I said that dirty word. That word... you know.... starts with and "R" and ends with an "M," but has wittle to do wif Religium.

Dang it. Bet I get the goats of lots of people... OOOPS! I said "Goats." What is wrong with me???

No matter. I 've got seventy-something virgins coming to me --- But what do I do with them?!?! Hell, I'm female! What's my prize? When I terrorize the crap out of a nation, WHAT THE HELL DO I GET??

(Oh. Just that... Hell. 'Scusem moi, again, dear sir.)

"You fight for yours, first. When you finish that job, you're more than welcome to set straight my country's problems.

"Until then... Hmmm. How does one say "F#@% off, die, then grow up" in Terrolese?

How about, "I'm not impressed."

How about, "Get thee hence, Satan."

Sorry to spew this venom amongst such a great crowd. Seldom it is that I respond to anything. This, however, grabbed my attention. It screams, "You befriend, you die."

How pathetic.

How pathetic, indeed. But what encouragement. If that's the depth to which one must sink, that sinking shines light to their utmost weakness.

Love to you all.

Claire

[TLBSHOW]

ISLAM AND MUSLIMS ARE A THREAT TO AMERICA TOO