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BBC Reports UK-U.S. Terror Plot Foiled
j823777 was one of several readers to point out a BBC report that "A terrorist plot to blow up planes in mid-flight from the UK to the U.S. has been disrupted, Scotland Yard has said. It is thought the plan was to detonate up to three explosive devices smuggled on aircraft in hand luggage.
Police have arrested 21 people in the London area after an anti-terrorist operation lasting several months. Security at all airports in the UK has been tightened and delays are reported. MI5 has raised the UK threat level to critical — the highest possible."
spo0nman adds a link to the Associated Press's coverage.
Update: 08/10 12:57 GMT by T : Several readers have pointed out new restrictions imposed as a result of this plot on passengers' carry-on luggage. In the UK, nearly all possession (including laptop computers) must be carried in the cargo hold; while their rules don't yet go quite as far, U.S. airlines are stepping up their enforcement of carry-on-restrictions, including banning substances like toothpaste.
Ahhh.... Tony Blair's approval ratings must have hit the low level alarm setpoint.
" remember last time they shot an innocent brasilian IN THE BACK, and it was discovered months later, and with chance, that he wasnt a terrorist."
If you really remember, you will recall certain facts you left out, such as the man was fleeing from police. He created the dangerous situation. If you do such things, especially in a security-critical transportation environment, don't be surprised if you get shot.
Where were you when the voynix came?
Gotta love it.. absofreakinglutely nothing happens until election time. Whatever happened to the Florida terrorist group that made headlines last time the prezs numbers were hitting the floor?
You carry expensive family heirlooms (what, like you grandmother's diamond bejewelled wig?) with you everywhere you go do you?
You must be a blast at parties.
There are shills on slashdot. Apparently, I'm one of them.
You know that people sometimes move house between countries?
Currently I live in the netherlands - I'm leaving here to start a new job in a new country in a month. It will be my second intercontinental move in less than two years. I've lived in 7 different countries on 3 different continents. I imagine I know far more about relocating then you do or ever will.
What do you do? Fly back and forth carrying only your (what 5kgs worth) carry on luggage between your new and old home? That sounds time consuming and expensive.
If you have heirlooms that need relocating and are important, then I suggest you send them (insured) with a repuatable courier (that's what I'm doing).
If they are genuinly irreplacable, then take 'em as hand luggage by all means but for gods sake, leave your laptop, large slr, change of clothes, book, etc at home or in checked in luggage (as appropriate).
There are shills on slashdot. Apparently, I'm one of them.
Insightful? Jesus.
How about an attack every five days if we lets those cocks have free reign?
I am very small, utmostly microscopic.
Or you can do what Clinton did-- fire missiles at an empty tent and an aspirin factory.
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* Did I follow the news on 9/11 carefully and made notes of the conspiracy theories springing up mere minutes after the 2nd plane hit the tower?
I don't know about you, but I did. I know that during the first hour or so, there were many theories and many speculations. Then, the White House made its first statements. Two hours later, the "Al Qaida" meme was dominant and all other theories were being blown away. By next morning (the attacks happened in early evening my local time) there was no mentioning of any other options.
Is a few hours a little fast for a serious investigation? Ask anyone who works in law enforcement. You might have a theory, probably a solid theory. But no professional would publish it as fact.
9/11 was an incredibly profitable day for a good number of people. Some politicians, some in the arms industry, and so on.
If they abuse a most tragic event to further their own goals - can you be so sure they are above fabricating one to stir the fire if there hasn't been a real attack for a while?
I'm not. I honestly believe that once the "evil terrorists everywhere" fear meme is in danger of dying down, there are people in positions of power today who are both smart enough and without scruples to fake an attack in order to keep it alive.
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Couple months away from an election in the US, so here we go again. Guess this story didn't have enough of an impact so we need a bigger scare, mm?
/ Learned to stop asking "Are people really this stupid?" a long time ago...
Liberty in your lifetime
If you consider your rulers corrupt, clean your house starting at home. The U.S.A. buys oil, and thus transfers massive wealth to the Arab lands. If this does not benefit enough Arab people to suit you, clean your house. Allah has given the Arab people incredible wealth, you make the U.S. the scapegoat for your own failures which lead to poverty and misery in your lands. the U.S. was allied with Kuwait, so of course we fought Iraq in the first Gulf war. You complain of our supporting corrupt rulers, well we recently removed one and still you complain. Why did you not remove Saddam? Israel came into existence because wealthy Arab land owners sold the land out from under "your brothers" the Palestinian people, which then having gained a foothold expanded. So the blame once again is on Arab greed and foolishness and shortsightedness. If the Arab people had good rulers under whom the people would develop, grow and prosper; and once again assumed technological leadership of the world, Israel/Zionists and the liberation of holy sites would be a non-issue. If the Arab people advanced so they were capable of refining and producing their own petroleum products themselves with their own technology, there would be manyfold times the wealth in their lands. But instead we see actions which bring more poverty, death, hardship, and humiliation. Attacks against the U.S.A. have made more war and destruction on the Arab people and an even bigger U.S. presence in the middle east. The deaths of 3,000 americans in 2001 caused one hundred times as many Arabs to die, and morethan tenfold the number of U.S. soldiers to come to Arab lands. Is your the path to freedom or serfdom for the Arab people?
How does any of that change the ideological basis for most of today's current terrorism? IE, Islam, literally, submission.
Such twisted bullshit. The majority of muslims live in states that suffer either directly or indirectly from oppresive policies of the west. They happen to be muslim because in large part western oil addiction funds the evangelical equivalent of muslim missionaries.
The guy who just went on a shooting spree in a Jewish community center was apparently very well employed, and what came of it? Murder.
Holy shit, you only see what you want to see don't you?
The guy was constantly between jobs, had an engineering degree and had trouble keeping even unskilled jobs like retail clerk at home depot. That's not even close to "very well employed."
The guy was also baptized about a year ago. So much for your islam is a terrorist religion bullshit.
He was due to stand trial on charges of lewd conduct the thursday following the shooting. Considering how strict his family was, and his history of mental illness for which he had been prescribed lithium it is a lot more reasonable to conclude that he felt overwhelmed by life and decided to do something crazy instead.
Moreover, many US Muslims, despite having everything you wish to give terrorists, sympathize with or outright finance terrorists.
Convenient conjoing of two very disparate claims "sympathize" and "finance" -- most critical thinkers, muslim or not, "sympathize" because they understand what leads people to make desperate acts. But that's a far cry from finance and your blending of two is just an obvious display of bias.
We are fighting people who think it is the will of Allah to convert you to Islam, make you submit as a Dhimmi, or kill you.
The extremist salafists who believe that (the Qutbi) are a tiny minoritiy of muslims, they are even a minority of salafists. Your attempt to ascribe the motives of less than 0.1% of all muslims world-wide to the majority of muslims is disingenious at best. It's like pointing to the KKK and saying they represent the majority of christains.
Go crawl back in your hole you troll.
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
And what would you recommend?
Realizing who the real terrorist are.
And...
Understanding the context of a few thousand people dieing because of terrorism. We easily put up with much worse things in life.
Terrorism rates extremely low on the probability scale when it comes to how you will die.
Just for a start...
Oh yeah, I'd also recommend stop being such a chicken shit.
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