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Posted on 08/01/2006 9:51:52 PM PDT by nwctwx
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THANKS Jelly Jam for that update.
I'll add this one here, too.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/10/us.security/index.html
"Plane plot involved 'explosive cocktail,' official says
Air travel in chaos after plot to bomb airliners exposed"
Thursday, August 10, 2006; Posted: 5:53 p.m. EDT (21:53 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) --
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Two of the suspects recently traveled to Pakistan and later received money wired from there, senior U.S. government sources said.
Among those arrested were a Muslim charity worker and a Heathrow Airport employee with an all-area access pass, according to Britain's Channel 4.
The suspects were planning to stage a test run within a couple of days, said a U.S. intelligence official."
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A senior congressional source said it is believed the plotters planned to mix a British sports drink with a gel-like substance to make a potent explosive that could be ignited with an MP3 player or cell phone." (
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The sports drink could be combined with a peroxide-based paste to form a potent "explosive cocktail," if properly done, said a U.S. counterterrorism official.
"There are strong reasons to believe the materials in a beverage like that could have been part of the formula," the official said.
As many as 50 people were involved in the plot, an internal Department of Homeland Security document said, and raids continued in Britain late Wednesday."
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Pakistani authorities also made arrests in coordination with Britain, said a spokesman for the Pakistani Foreign Ministry. He did not say how many arrests were made.
Two of the suspects left "martyrdom tapes," according to sources familiar with the details of the British investigation."
THANKS for the update regarding the camera, JP.
Well, I guess the guy was not one of the Egyptians. I just read where the Egyptians arrived in late July at JFK -we arrived on August 4 at Newark.
Well now Mr. Noble, when these gentlemen get home, they can write an essay, "WHAT I DID ON MY SUMMER VACATION."
(snippets)
*A BIOCHEMIST, a Heathrow airport security worker and the son of a former Tory party worker were being held by police last night.
*Arrests made during the morning included Waheed Zaman, a biochemistry student, and Amin Asmin Tariq, a Heathrow security worker. Mr Zaman, who sat on London Metropolitan University’s Student Council as a representative of the Islamic Society, is well known in the community.
*Mr Tariq, who has been working at Heathrow for three years, was led away in handcuffs early yesterday morning, according to witnesses. He wears Western clothes and is “well-respected in the community”, according to neighbours.
*the Raufs, who run a cake distribution business.
*June Lethbridge, 85, said that a family had lived at the property adjacent to her for 12 years but she did not know how many were residents. “They’ve always been very pleasant. As far as I know, most of the family are in Pakistan for a wedding at the moment.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2308057,00.html **************************
Thank you Ms. Letbridge for letting us know there was a "WEDDING" coming up....imagine that.
The Wedding...
Betcha they'll celebrate and have a big meal there.
NOTE: The following text is a quote:
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=407
U.S.-Iraqi Forces Target Baghdad Death Squads
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, 2006 – U.S. troops and Iraqi security forces have stepped up operations in Baghdad to curtail deadly sectarian violence that’s plagued the city in recent months, a senior U.S. military officer told reporters in Baghdad today.
Of 11 operations targeting death squads in Iraq over the past week, 10 were centered in or around Baghdad, Army Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell, spokesman for Multinational Force Iraq, said at a news briefing.
The Baghdad operations were undertaken “to quell the surge of extremists seeking to exert control and impose their narrow, divisive view of the future of Iraq,” Caldwell said.
Some Shiite and Sunni factions have used death squads to intimidate others. Some senior U.S. military leaders have warned that the violence could spiral out of control. However, the United States government has vowed not to allow that to happen.
“Iraqi security forces and coalition forces continue to disrupt the terrorists and set the stage for Baghdadis to live stable lives,” Caldwell said.
U.S. and Iraqi forces continue searches to unearth enemy weapons caches, including 25 such stockpiles found last week, Caldwell said. More than 200 improvised explosive devices were found and cleared that week and 301 anti-Iraqi forces were captured.
U.S. and Iraqi security forces in Baghdad have been targeting kidnappers and corrupt police who help them, Caldwell said.
The death squads and other extremists operating in Baghdad continue to use religious sites to store munitions and launch attacks, Caldwell said. A recent Iraqi army cordon-and-search operation at a Baghdad mosque site turned up IED-making equipment, rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47 rifles.
Yet, arms alone can’t win the war against anti-Iraqi extremists, Caldwell pointed out. Iraqi civilians need to get involved, he said, since death squad members seek to submerge themselves among the populace.
Iraqi citizens have to report information, he said. “They’re going to have to be part of the solution.”
GOOD.
My husband and I discussed that this morning.
I was hoping that ALL train;subways and bus
security would be upped.
You're right.
Add to that that everyone is a tad jumpy.
Good to know.
Yep, with a cake and candles perhaps.
Still praying.
Was hoping we'd hear from you today. :-)
Just heard Chertoff talking about how difficult the "last few days" have been.
Anything else that you can share about the goings on?
Gotta watch those candles.
Smiling...
(There's a cartoon in my head.)
The threat has not yet passed. A great deal of scrambling going on behind the scenes.
Which cartoon?
Thanks, I was afraid of that.
Stay safe.
Well, you know, the old cartoons where the cartoon character is bending over the table, blowing out the candles, and then...Kaboom!
That's probably not a wedding cartoon.
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