Unconfirmed media reports said anywhere from 6-10 airlines had been targeted in a terrorist plot to blow up the aircraft in midflight.
The US Department of Homeland security raised the threat level to "red" for passenger aircraft, its highest level for the first time. After concerns that the device may be a "liquid chemical" device, the US Department of Homeland security banned all liquids from US commercial flights.
" British police on Thursday foiled a plot to blow up aircraft mid-flight between Britain and the United States in what Washington said might have been an attempted al Qaeda operation.
"We are confident we have disrupted a plan by terrorists to cause untold death and destruction," said London police Deputy Commissioner Paul Stephenson. "Put simply, this was intended to be mass murder on an unimaginable scale."
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told a news conference: "This operation is in some respects suggestive of an al Qaeda plot, but because the investigation is still under way, we cannot yet form a definitive conclusion." "
British police played down the idea although they did not totally rule out that al Qaeda was involved.
4 comments:
It is a good thing that these guys were arrested in England. Had they been arrested in the U.S., the American-In-Name-Only Civil Liberties Union would have been right there demanding that they be released because their "rights" were violated.
I was happy to see that the names were released. Am curious to see what the Brits will do with them.
Let's not be afraid to speak the common word that threads all of these murders and attempted murders: Muslims.
Unfortuanately the liberals and special interest groups are reducing our country from one that protect to a country that can only investigate after the crime has been committed, providing we get a court order and don't step on the toes of a special interest group.
I found it odd that the British Muslims were upaet that they are 'guilty by association'. Of course they didn't do anything, but isn't that what is happening to all of us? All Americans are hated for what a few do, all Jews are hated for what a few do, all Mexicans are hated for what a few do, etc., etc., etc. Should wake up a lot of feople when the shoe is on the other foot. Maybe someone should change their shoes.
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