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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: The Red Zone

True, so they would try to blow up at some designated time when most would be over some kind of land where they could hurt more people.


801 posted on 08/10/2006 12:40:02 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Velveeta
the threat level for flights from Britain to the United States has been raised to the highest "severe or red" level.

This is the FIRST time it has ever been moved to RED, isn't it?

802 posted on 08/10/2006 12:40:06 AM PDT by Don Joe (We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
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To: A CA Guy
There shouldn't be any planes from the UK to the US that took off before the UK policy was put in place. All of those flights should have landed yesterday. There ARE UK-bound planes in the air from the US right now and will be for another 4-5 hours or so.
803 posted on 08/10/2006 12:40:32 AM PDT by conservative in nyc
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To: SeaBiscuit

There is no way in the world they are ever going to get it.

They'll just say "See how pissed off the world is at us?"


804 posted on 08/10/2006 12:40:37 AM PDT by Howlin (Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
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To: CindyDawg
EUROPE YOUR 911 IS COMING
EUROPE YOU WILL PAY, DEMOLITION IS ON THE WAY
July 27, 2006

saw this on the Western Alliance blog

805 posted on 08/10/2006 12:40:46 AM PDT by GeronL (http://www.mises.org/story/1975 <--no such thing as a fairtax)
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To: daybreakcoming
Fox claims "at least 20." CNNi is saying "20."

Well, wait until Shepherd Smith makes his guess....70 - 80 at least.

Meanwhile Geraldo will be dodging falling airliners... even though the plot was foiled.

806 posted on 08/10/2006 12:40:47 AM PDT by MediaMole (9/11 - We have already forgotten.)
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To: Howlin
No, we CAN NOT ever allow them to regain power of ANY sort.
807 posted on 08/10/2006 12:40:53 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: sofaman


Milk train... I mean plane. You'll be A-OK.

The flight to San Diego really had me worried: lots of burkas and Arabs. I was stunned.


808 posted on 08/10/2006 12:40:55 AM PDT by onyx (Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
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To: Jrabbit

Hey, J!


809 posted on 08/10/2006 12:41:29 AM PDT by Howlin (Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
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To: WestVirginiaRebel

a la Johnny Carson!


810 posted on 08/10/2006 12:41:45 AM PDT by tina07 (In Memory of my Father - WWII Army Air Force Veteran)
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To: Jrabbit

diapers can be taken...formula will need to be sipped by the mom/ dad in front of security personnel...


811 posted on 08/10/2006 12:41:46 AM PDT by sofaman (To Kofi Annan, and his fellow Jew-haters, "Never again!")
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To: Dallas59

Pakis aren't Arabs; CAIR may keep quite on this.


812 posted on 08/10/2006 12:41:47 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: A CA Guy

You keep chasing your useless tail here. Learn to admit defeat. Synchrony is difficult on that level.


813 posted on 08/10/2006 12:41:55 AM PDT by The Red Zone
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To: janetjanet998

It gets worse, janet. This is deadly serious and they're not certain they have arrested all the cretins involved.


814 posted on 08/10/2006 12:42:00 AM PDT by onyx (Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
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To: Howlin
Here's what I got from the IL State EOC:

THE HSAS SECURITY THREAT LEVEL FOR ALL FLIGHTS FROM THE UK TO THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN RAISED TO THE LEVEL "RED".

ALL OTHER COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS FOR THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN RAISED TO THE LEVEL "ORANGE"

Message ends.

L

815 posted on 08/10/2006 12:42:08 AM PDT by Lurker (I support Israel without reservation. Hizbollah must be destroyed to the last man.)
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To: backhoe; All

Taking a look at:

FreeRepublic.com - The Threat Matrix
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1676188/posts

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Looking at the blogs...

http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22028_Breaking-_Major_Terror_Plot_Foiled_in_UK
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22028_Breaking-_Major_Terror_Plot_Foiled_in_UK#comments

===

OFF TOPIC...

http://www.michellemalkin.com
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/005695.htm

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Dearbornistan terror arrests:
Flight docs and 600+ tracphones
By Michelle Malkin · August 09, 2006 11:01 PM
Busted (hat tip: Paul):

Two men were charged Wednesday with money laundering in support of terrorism after authorities said they found airplane passenger lists and information on airport security checkpoints in their car.
Deputies stopped Osama Sabhi Abulhassan, 20, and Ali Houssaiky, 20, both of Dearborn, Mich., on a traffic violation Tuesday and found the flight documents along with $11,000 cash and 12 phones in their car, Washington County Sheriff Larry Mincks said.

It wasn't clear what significance the airline information might have. Assistant County Prosecutor Susan Vessels declined to comment on whether the manifests were for upcoming flights or those that already flown. She also would not give the origin or destination of the flight or flights.

FBI spokesman Mike Brooks in Cincinnati said his office was notified about the arrests and had an agent investigating.

Abulhassan and Houssaiky admitted buying about 600 phones in recent months at stores in southeast Ohio, said sheriff's Maj. John Winstanley. They sold the phones to someone in Dearborn, a Detroit suburb, Winstanley said.

Vessels declined to say how the phones, cash or flight information involved terrorism.

Investigators going through the car after the pair were pulled over in Marietta also found a map that showed locations of Wal-Mart stores from Ohio through Kentucky, Tennessee and into North and South Carolina, Vessels said."


816 posted on 08/10/2006 12:42:14 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: conservative in nyc

I think this crisis was averted so far.


817 posted on 08/10/2006 12:42:15 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: bnev
can anybody tell me of a liquid explosive that could be contained in a baby bottle that might be able to blow up an airliner?

Offhand, I can think of a few dozen. It is a federal offense to disclose the exact chemicals and processes required. NEVER take Mentho's and Diet Coke on an airliner. Ever. There is no need for Draino crystals, aluminum, an unnamed catalyst, and an ignition source on any aircraft, ever.

818 posted on 08/10/2006 12:42:18 AM PDT by ARealMothersSonForever (Political troglodyte with a partisan axe to grind)
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To: AmeriBrit
Not even a book is allowed Doug or anything in your pockets.

You can probably buy a book at one of the UK airport shops, at least for flights not bound to the US.
819 posted on 08/10/2006 12:42:32 AM PDT by conservative in nyc
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To: Mo1

It certainly would be great.


820 posted on 08/10/2006 12:42:40 AM PDT by nopardons
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