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'Plot to blow up planes' foiled [UK TERROR THREAT LEVEL RAISED TO IMMINENT{U.S.raised terror level)
BBC News ^
| Thursday, 10 August 2006, 05:06 GMT 06:06 UK
| Unknown
Posted on 08/09/2006 10:17:04 PM PDT by gary_b_UK
A major terrorist plot to blow up planes in mid-flight has been disrupted by police, Scotland Yard says.
It is thought the plan was to detonate explosive devices smuggled on board aircraft in hand luggage.
During the night, police arrested a number of people in London after a counter-terrorist operation they said had lasted several months.
Police believe the attacks would have been particularly targeted at flights from the UK to the US.
The Department for Transport said security at all UK airports has been increased.
Passengers on all flights will not be allowed to take any hand luggage on to any flights in the UK.
Only the barest essentials - including passports and wallets - will be allowed to be carried on board in transparent plastic bags.
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To: onyx
I mean taking your baby on board knowing the mission is to blow yourself and your baby into smithereens... The mothers may not know
1,121
posted on
08/10/2006 1:31:47 AM PDT
by
Mo1
(Bolton- "No one has explained how you negotiate a ceasefire with terrorists")
Odd... Subchannel communication on the Internet just shut down for me. Ports all over the place just died - http ports are working just fine, but every subchannel port I use for playing multiplayer online gaming are locked out, period, through adelphia.net in the Los Angeles area.
Trying to see if this is more widespread.
1,122
posted on
08/10/2006 1:31:53 AM PDT
by
kingu
(Yeah, I'll vote in 2006, just as soon as a party comes along who listens.)
To: mtbopfuyn
You can take glasses and contacts but not contact solutions and no glasses cases.
1,123
posted on
08/10/2006 1:31:59 AM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: GeronL
See all these events confirm what I've thought for quite some time: the left can do their best to convince us that there is no terror threat etc but for the majority both here in Britain and abroad, our eyes and ears tell us otherwise; in fact the terrorists confirm our fears and work against the left!
1,124
posted on
08/10/2006 1:32:04 AM PDT
by
Mac1
To: sofaman
Wonder where the Muslim loving London Mayor Livingston is tonight.....keeping a low profile?
It's either to bed for me now or stay up the rest of the night. Rest easy sofa - they are going to be all right.
To: Mo1
1,126
posted on
08/10/2006 1:32:34 AM PDT
by
onyx
(Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
To: GeronL
my guess is they were planning this for the 11th
1,127
posted on
08/10/2006 1:32:50 AM PDT
by
Humbug
(Thank you for taking the time to read this tagline.)
To: gary_b_UK
Per Fox News Channel, The Plot Was Not To Happen Today, But Was Near.(paraphrasing)
To: debbieargel; top 2 toe red
And I second my appreciation, gratitude and sorrow .. gratitude that there are brave and selfless men like your Derek who love their country enough .. enough to fight for her, and sorrow for you and your family. No thanks can ever be enough .. God bless you and yours forever for what you've given.
1,129
posted on
08/10/2006 1:33:02 AM PDT
by
STARWISE
(They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
To: kingu
You think Homeland Security is installing some listening/scanning devices?
1,130
posted on
08/10/2006 1:33:20 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://www.mises.org/story/1975 <--no such thing as a fairtax)
To: Eurotwit
This is the first time I've gotten to watch Sky News in a while.
That reporter should be hung, drawn and quartered, beheaded, and his head placed on pikes, and stuck on Tower Bridge!
To: onyx
Why it means going to (Moose) glory for the whole family, whee almost as much fun as Disneyland.
To: nopardons
"It's al Qaeda and as many as FIFTY may have been involved."
Fifty may also mean fifty airplanes. That is much larger than 9/11.
To: Mac1
Yes. It backfires when there is an actual attempt or one is foiled
1,134
posted on
08/10/2006 1:34:33 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://www.mises.org/story/1975 <--no such thing as a fairtax)
To: yield 2 the right
Love the graphic!
God Bless America And Our Allies
1,135
posted on
08/10/2006 1:34:40 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
To: onyx
I wouldn't put it past some Muslim mothers. To me and you it's unthinkable, but with them I don't put any horrific act past them.
Scotland Yard Press Conference Shorty
To: onyx
also remember .. these are terrorists ... they don't care about children .. even their own
1,138
posted on
08/10/2006 1:34:59 AM PDT
by
Mo1
(Bolton- "No one has explained how you negotiate a ceasefire with terrorists")
To: The Red Zone
I cannot comprehend that fanaticism.
1,139
posted on
08/10/2006 1:35:02 AM PDT
by
onyx
(Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
To: Mac1
The left aint got a damned clue. They really don't care. In fact, they believe that if terrorists can be ignored or appeased, the terrorists will leave everyone alone. That's what got the U.S. in trouble on 9/11, Spain on 3/11 and Britain on 7/7.
1,140
posted on
08/10/2006 1:35:24 AM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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