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Terror alert: Two men on 'no-fly' list stopped at Heathrow ( Heading for the USA )
Mirror (UK) ^ | 24/01/2010 | Vincent Moss

Posted on 01/25/2010 11:55:00 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Two men were stopped boarding US-bound planes at Heathrow days before Britain's terror threat was raised to "severe".

News of the incidents came hours after Home Secretary Alan Johnson lifted the threat level amid fears that al-Qaeda is planning an attack.

The new level, which means an attack is reckoned "highly likely", is second only to "critical".

Security sources say an Egyptian was stopped last Saturday as he tried to board an American Airlines flight to Miami. A man from Saudi Arabia was banned from boarding a United Airlines flight to Chicago the next day and sent back to Saudi.

The incidents and the raised threat level follow the failed Christmas Day bombing on a plane over Detroit.

Anti-terror officials said the past week had seen an "unusually high" number of people on their no-fly list trying to board US-bound planes.

(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 201001; 20100123; 20100124; airlinesecurity; chicago; globaljihad; heathrow; jihadinamerica; londonchicago; londonmiami; miami
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To: JustPiper
Has anyone said why Drudge has Osama upside down?
41 posted on 01/25/2010 2:10:14 PM PST by halo66
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To: onyx

Exactly....multiple flights with the intent to get just one thru... call it flooding the zone trying to get a leaker thru our defenses.


42 posted on 01/25/2010 2:30:56 PM PST by Dog
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To: Dog

Right, that’s precisely what I’m thinking too.


43 posted on 01/25/2010 2:35:20 PM PST by onyx
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To: JustPiper
Do you think that the people on the no fly list know that they are on this list? Or do you think that they find out when they are checking in?

Also, do you think they and their bags were searched once identified that they were on the no fly list. If they were searched and no explosives were found...maybe they were coming to the US to attempt an attack from within the US or maybe they are still testing the system? So many possibilities...

44 posted on 01/25/2010 2:39:34 PM PST by halo66
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To: JustPiper

And this just in:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/branchburg_police_arrests_virg.html


45 posted on 01/25/2010 2:41:27 PM PST by halo66
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; STARWISE

Thanks to Ernest and Starwise for the pings to this thread.


46 posted on 01/25/2010 3:02:40 PM PST by Cindy
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To: All

Previously...

http://www.truthusa.com

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Note: Read both pages of this article.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/female-suicide-bombers-heading-yemen/story?id=9636341

“Alert: Female Suicide Bombers May Be Heading Here From Yemen
U.S. Agents Told Women Believed Connected to Al Qaeda May Have Western Appearance and Passports”
By RICHARD ESPOSITO, RHONDA SCHWARTZ and BRIAN ROSS
Jan. 22, 2010

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2435215/posts

“Two held with fake papers [Kochi Airport, India]”
TIMES OF INDIA ^ | 23 January 2010, 04:48am IST | Manju V
Posted on January 22, 2010 5:19:36 PM PST by Cindy

“Two held with fake papers” Manju V , TNN, 23 January 2010, 04:48am IST

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2435056/posts

“THREAT LEVELS [MI5 - UK]”
MI5.gov.co.uk ^ | Updated January 22, 2010 | n/a
Posted on January 22, 2010 2:05:44 PM PST by Cindy


47 posted on 01/25/2010 3:12:20 PM PST by Cindy
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To: JustPiper

Years ago, I read an article and a Pentagon official stated that the WOT would be over by 2008.


48 posted on 01/25/2010 3:41:21 PM PST by Islaminaction
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To: Islaminaction

I went back to 90’ in the past few days & have compiled a wealth of resource on the issue, it will never be over when you see how the dots connect


49 posted on 01/25/2010 4:45:51 PM PST by JustPiper (testing...testing...testing Coming to America)
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To: halo66; All
Thanks halo! Join in! Just saw it posted largely in CAPs on TM!

Va. man arrested in N.J. motel, with grenade launcher, lots of ammo and map of U.S. military base - Newark Star-Ledger

If you would like to be added to my TM pinglist or removed just email me

50 posted on 01/25/2010 4:49:27 PM PST by JustPiper (testing...testing...testing Coming to America)
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To: halo66

No word & was removed, I do think he was drunk -g-


51 posted on 01/25/2010 4:52:52 PM PST by JustPiper (testing...testing...testing Coming to America)
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To: halo66

I think the flylist is a joke IMHO


52 posted on 01/25/2010 4:53:54 PM PST by JustPiper (testing...testing...testing Coming to America)
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To: JustPiper

Damn!


53 posted on 01/25/2010 5:15:50 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: All; Cindy; onyx; cajuncow; Marine_Uncle; Deb; JustPiper
From the Times:

US intelligence and London conference trigger new MI5 terror alert

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Maybe they were just extra alert...think about that....!

54 posted on 01/25/2010 5:20:46 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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Although counter-terrorism agencies believe that an attack is “highly likely”, government officials have said that it is not imminent.


55 posted on 01/25/2010 5:21:52 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"Maybe they were just extra alert...think about that....!"
I have no problem with that statement. Perhaps they are doing what they have been commissioned to do over the past eight years or so.
56 posted on 01/25/2010 5:37:03 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

What I do Ernest? :(


57 posted on 01/25/2010 7:59:50 PM PST by JustPiper (testing...testing...testing Coming to America)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Hey, they stole my headline! I want my royalities lol


58 posted on 01/25/2010 8:00:44 PM PST by JustPiper (testing...testing...testing Coming to America)
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