Major Terror Plot Foiled

August 10th, 2006

Did anybody wake up to this item a few hours ago?

British authorities said Thursday they had thwarted a terrorist plot to simultaneously blow up several aircraft heading to the U.S. using explosives smuggled in carry-on luggage. Britain’s Home Secretary John Reid said 21 people had been arrested in London, its suburbs and in Birmingham, including the alleged “main players” in the plot.

Huge crowds formed at security barriers at London’s Heathrow airport as officials searching for explosives barred nearly every form of liquid outside of baby formula.

Officials raised security to its highest level in Britain and banned hand-carried luggage on all trans-Atlantic flights.

The extreme measures at a major international aviation hub sent ripple effects throughout the world. Heathrow airport was closed to most flights from Europe.

The U.S. government responded by raising its threat alert to its highest level for commercial flights from Britain to the United States amid fears the plot had not been completely crushed. The alert for all flights coming or going from the United States was also raised slightly.

Wake up, folks. Now isn’t the time for complacency.

Related: Malkin, Allah, LGF, and Boortz are on top of it.

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2 Responses to “Major Terror Plot Foiled”

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator on August 10, 2006 August 10, 2006 - 9:01 am
British Police Thwart Major Terror Plot…

Authorities in London thwarted a terrorist plot to blow up an aircraft in mid-flight between Britain…
SnoopyTheGoon on August 21, 2006 August 21, 2006 - 3:17 am
In retrospective, looking at the assorted loonies claiming that this story is MI5/MI6 plot to draw attention from bls blah…, it looks that the only people who woke up were these loonies.

Sorry for the pessimistic assessment, but better safe than sorry. Counting on Europe to wake up is pointless.

Best.