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BREAKING: Major Plane Bombing Plot Foiled
This one was big-zorkie says that on the Greek news right now they're saying they wanted to bring down 12 planes.
Airline terror plot 'foiled'BRITISH police have reportedly foiled a plot to smuggle explosive devices in airline hand luggage to blow up planes in mid-flight, according to Sky News in London.
The targets were said to have been flights between the Britain and the US.
Overnight police have arrested a number of people in London.
Sky said the Metropolitan Police arrests were the culmination of a big covert counter-terrorist operation lasting several months.
It followed a pre-planned intelligence led operation by the Met's anti-terrorist branch and security service.
Police said they believed the aim was to detonate explosive devices smuggled on board the aircraft in hand luggage.
"We would like to reassure the public that this operation was carried out with public safety uppermost in our minds," a police statement said.
"This is a major operation which inevitably will be lengthy and complex. We will provide further information as soon as possible."
Security dramatically tighter in UK's airports:
can't bring any on-board luggage Passengers will not be allowed to take any hand luggage on to any flights in the UK, the department said.
Only the barest essentials - including passports and wallets - will be allowed to be carried on board in transparent plastic bags.
"We hope that these measures, which are being kept under review by the government, will need to be in place for a limited period only," the statement said.
BBC journalist Joe Lynam encountered the increased security measures at Gatwick airport.
"I was handed a piece of paper saying that pretty much nothing could be taken on board the plane," he said.
"Everything had to be checked in and that includes mobile phones, ipods, wallets - even spectacle cases had to be checked in."
filed under american pie on Aug 09, 2006 10:27 pm
Bigot! Did you see the word Muslim even once in either of the stories I linked to? C'mon, I'll pay you a dollar for each instance of the word "Muslim" that you can find. Obviously, the media's reticence is due to the fact that they don't want anyone to realize it was JEWS.
wow, as an asthma patient, I need to puff my inhalre on take off and landing, who also has a pancreas problem and MUST take medicine with my food, or it could be very very bad, as my pancreas doesn't work wihtout them. I'd be sooooooo upset.
If all that is true, then I will not be able to fly, unless I put everything in plastic bags?
I'm sorry folks, but we HAVE to profile muslims, they are the ones causing the problems.
excuse my language HOLY F*CK!!!
Lots of goodies for baggage handlers to steal, as you can no longer lock your luggage.
Will other airports in other countries start this? I wish EL Al flew from USA/Denver To Helsinki when I go to Finland.
Though the British security services deserve huge kudos for cracking the plot.
well it looks like some prescription medications are excpetions, wonder if my inhalers would be ok?
They said no books will be allowed?
Hand Luggage Restrictions
O I think I would have to take a puff from my inhalers to prove it is authentic?
Good Morning Florrie!
I just turned off the news and am taking a quick look at bloggie before bed. You're up really late too.
Oh, hell no....I hope it spreads to all airports and airlines and becomes permanent. The savings in loading and unloading times alone will be astounding. A minimum of 1/2 hour at either end of a flight, more for jumbo jets.
Next, ban booze sales on flights. I can't smoke, you can't drink. To F'ing bad :-)
Don't suppose I'm surprising anyone by these opinions...from my perspective, even a dark cloud can have a silver lining.
Of course the Brits are such Nazi Jewhaters, they will blame the Joooooooos for this.
Britain is a Nazi state. Britain is also f*cked.
Not sure how I would handle a 12-hour flight (TO-TA) without water, hand-cream, moisturizing nose spray, and toothpaste. I'm dehydrating just thinking about it.
Instead, I would like to praise the British police for not sleeping on the job and preventing a huge disaster. Had it not been for them in this particular case, we would've all been screaming our heads off in indignation at the lack of security, but when a disaster is prevented, oh well, now we can bitch about inconveniences.
My hat off to the British police. Job well done, guys.
Ahmadinejad says August 22nd.
British PM Blair says they moved on this plot because they had word it was going to be implemented "prior to the end of the month."
Possible terrorist threat via untraceable cell-phones and missing Muslim "students."
Is it possible we are seeing a level of co-ordination beyond any we have seen before among the terrorist groups?
After all, Shia may hate Sunni and vice versa, but they all hate us far more.
CBA I'm pretty sure the aircrew would give out water, toothpaste etc. on the flight. Even El Al. I think.
LOL!
Campaign finance reform, per Horowitz, really accelerated the slide of the Dems to the far left. In the past, labor unions, left leaning but generally pro-American, could direct large amounts of money straight to the party. Now, however, to help the Democrats, they must donate to the 527 organizations, like MoveOn, many of which the billionaire Soros helped establish. And these groups generally have a strong anti-American agenda. This has accelerated the movement to purge the last of the patriotic Democrats, like pro-abortion, pro-tax, pro-welfare uber-liberal Joe Lieberman from the party.
Horowitz pointed out, thanks to the glories of the welfare state, the Democrats have almost a built in 40% support base, so even a CodePink/MoveOn run party is still a threat to win elections.
Scary stuff.
Ahmadinejad says August 22nd.
British PM Blair says they moved on this plot because they had word it was going to be implemented "prior to the end of the month."
Possible terrorist threat via untraceable cell-phones and missing Muslim "students."
Is it possible we are seeing a level of co-ordination beyond any we have seen before among the terrorist groups?
After all, Shia may hate Sunni and vice versa, but they all hate us far more.
That was my first thought, too. And wouldn't his panties be all bunched if his grand plot were foiled! It would be thong city for him!
Ari- I know you weren't joking in your post about banning drinks and stuff, but it has me giggling anyway. And it's TRUE! But if you say that, they'll reply, "My mini bottle of scotch does not infringe upon others like secondhand smoke!"
I beg to differ, especially as in regards to the lady who sat across from me flying out of McCarren in Vegas. PEEE-YEEEWW! And she kept belching wine burps! Then she puked! She was also very loud and obnoxious, but then, she did get on the plane carrying a huge McDonald's cup full of wine.
And I am so not exaggerating.
Of course, in 12 days, airlines won't have anywhere to go, anyway.
If the world is still here August 23rd, will you celebrate your short reprieve by walking down to a local pub and hoisting a few adult beverages, and relaxing for just one day?
Utter shite! I'm so sick of the "they win even if they lose" line of thought. No, they fucking LOST! And it needs to be broadcasted from the heights!
We should be handing out candy in the streets! We should be dancing in Times Square! We should be starting a website called "yousuckyoumiserableonenotewonders.com" and posting pictures of people sticking their tongues out and waggling their fingers from their ears.
Also, we should have pictures of large women shaking their butts with the caption, "Can't Touch This."
and if they do slip something under security, we need to visit it back upon them times 10 and then broadcast THOSE pictures along with pictures of us giving the "thumbs up". Enough already! Stop being such a whiny vicitim! They feed off it like karmic vampires and you're only empowering the enemy.
Whatever the case, given that we're guessing at WHAT DO THEY WANT, I'm sure there'll be immediate rants about how DISPROPORTIONATE this plan was.
Brightly Colored, Large Font Post planned for today or tomorrow during lunch is cancelled
The healthy looking tropical wave I thought might develop 3 days ago, and because of 'beta', move 2 to 3º right of the mean steering and thus pass North of the Greater Antilles, to be turned up into the Carolinas by the East Coast low, has not developed. There is an area of thunderstorms flaring up near the center, but the Eastern Caribbean, with fast low level flow due to the early-mid summer South American heat low, and the affects of dry air downsloping off the near 3 km mountains of Hispañola, means this isn't a candidate to develop before Saturday and Sunday, which means not only has it missed its connection to North Carolina and points North, even if it develops it would have a tough time coming far enough North to even threaten Texas.
We are still almost 5 weeks to the peak of the Atlantic tropical cyclone season, IIRC 2004 didn't have a hurricane until about this time in August, and turned out to be a 4 hit season for Florida, so let not your hearts be troubled.
Suffocating or starving muslims and no terrorism. Just sayin'
Damn, I just loooooove White Space!!!
Suffocating or starving muslims and no terrorism. Just sayin'
Damn, I just loooooove White Space!!!
You know, the milli-farad was named after Faraday. Not sure who the 'Henry' was named after.
Telegraph experts: Liquid Bombs
Coupled with the UK poll results of mohammedan attitudes, I reckon we're necessarily in for a wholesale restructuring of the civil liberties regime that has been established since the war. Of course, a few more airliners will likely have to be brought down before the West reaches that tippping point.
But the important thing to remember is, it has nothing to do with Islam, which is a Religion of Peace, and yet simultaneously is because of Jewish and Zionist persecution of innocent Muslims in their olive groves, coupled with American complicity in Zionist abuses.
*sick of the world 10 minutes after getting up, there's a record*
Telegraph experts: Liquid Bombs
Coupled with the UK poll results of mohammedan attitudes, I reckon we're necessarily in for a wholesale restructuring of the civil liberties regime that has been established since the war. Of course, a few more airliners will likely have to be brought down before the West reaches that tippping point.
Who needs planes when we have satellites. Without planes the UK wouldn't have a wog problem.
Travel=War
Shoot any stranger!
I was flying on to Singapore, we received less scrutiny than they did, but still much more than I had experienced before. At the time, I had a bottle of Hibiclens antiseptic soap. It was a brilliant red and that raised some eyebrows.
They just don't need the Mooselimbs.
Ha, you just exposed yourself for the commie liberal that you are.
I think they'll have to make an exception for asthma inhalers. They're pressurized, and that can create a hazard if it's stored in the cargo hold.
I don't see why, the word "Muslim" appears nowhere in the excerpts.
I guess they were enraged Episcopalians. I know my WASP granny gets mighty cranky if the Scotch runs out ...
She's really beautiful.
Just as an example on how 'wogs' could improve the English gene pool.
Great post.
Me likes.
Just as an example on how 'wogs' could improve the English gene pool.
Ugly brown mug. Are you brown too, or can't you get anything better?
Any
Agggaahh! There it is again. Death to Olive Trees.
people are going to swear it's because of what's happening in Lebanon.
Flew in last night from SoCal on the Jet Blue red-eye into JFK. We left at midnight ZDT or 3:00 a.m. FDT. We were probably the last flight out before the heightened security -- so I still have my shampoo in my carry-on bag. The flight was uneventful except that JFK had slowed to a crawl. We spent an hour waiting on the tarmac to get into a gate. The security lines stretched all of the way through the terminal and out to the front door as the TAS guys went through every carry-on bag throwing out all liquids or gels. People were weary but putting-up-wtih-it. Don't fly today or tomorrow if you can at all avoid it.
While I watched the newschannels from the tarmac, somebody noted that Jetblue was being sued by a Pakistani man who had been turned down for a job as a pilot because of the "security risk." It made me feel a tad bit kinder towards the airline in whose jammed and tardy hull I was tarrying.
It can get better. Some will say that the foiled plot just didn't happen. It's all a lie to divert attention, blah blah.
Yes. One of my coworkers said that this morning.
It can get better. Some will say that the foiled plot just didn't happen. It's all a lie to divert attention, blah blah.
Yes. One of my coworkers said that this morning.
Daily Kos: Britain's Reward for Being Bush's Ally
You're both wrong! It's teh Bu$hitler's fault!!!111!!!
(hat tip: Protein Wisdom)
London-To-Boston Flight Called Back
Oh no doubt. You know- the Dems are ahead in the polls her in the US...
London-To-Boston Flight Called Back
Anyway, just something to keep in mind for anyone who scoffs about the "no-fly" lists and the inconvenience they cause.
Bush said we're fighting "islamic fascism". Everyone was impressed because it was the first time he used these words.
zorky, I posted it in Franks thread on liquid explosives -
Science Takes on the Mother of Satan
Thanks for the info in #64.
I would say that it is pretty easy to make. Main drawback that I see would be the stability of the explosive.
A better idea...try the rules where I once lived...you go to the gate to board and the guard tells you you cannot take this or that. You have two choices, throw this or that away on the spot, or, get beaten to the ground in bloody pulp by a couple brass tipped oak batons for arguing.
Surprising how little "debate" there was boarding planes in those days.
Other than that, I buy everything there. But I pack lots of clothes. I like clothes. I like wearing lots of clothes. I like changing a lot.
Clothes are nice. So are shoes.
They can have my moisturizer when they pry it from my cold, dead hands.
/diva
When I travel abroad, I usually carry a small bottle of liquid handsoap with me. Maybe I'll have to get a mini soapdish instead.
Zorkie -
Do hotels in Greece consistently have towels?
FUCK YOU in 3...2...1
In the meantime, FUCK YOU.
In the meantime, FUCK YOU.
I think you missed Chris Mankey's point. I think the FU was aimed at CAIR.
But its ok, the thread had been dead a week, and he/she will probably never see your response.
..........who presume that over head rack was put there for their 4,675 pounds of crap they muscle on to the plane...then rub young head with as they put it up above you, 98 rows from their seats.
Did I say that?...;-0