British Police Thwart Plane Bombs

By Danica Kirka, Associated Press Writer.

LONDON - British authorities thwarted a terrorist plot to blow up several aircraft mid-flight between the United States and Britain using explosives smuggled in hand luggage, officials said Thursday.

So, there is no war I've been told. I have heard it from Democrats, some way-out Republicans (Pat), and many a nut. I wonder, what is it going to take to get your attention? We've already lost the World Trade Center, almost 3,000 INNOCENT people, etc.

Have you forgotten?

Update: There are several very well written articles and quite honestly, they are from the experts. First we have one by Evan Kohlmann:

Al-Qaida's Use of "Liquid Bombs" Targeting Airliners.
...described Ramzi Yousef's plans in detail -- including his intention to travel to "France, Egypt, and Algeria after the activities here in the Philippines. The purpose was to train those Muslim brothers thereat, on using a Casio watch as a timing device, chemical mixtures to compound bombs, and to share his expertise in eluding detection on an airport's x-ray machine, and eventually smuggling [onboard] this liquid chemical bombs.

Three of those Egyptians have been caught. I wonder where the other eight are? What is there purpose? And they call me paranoid because I do not trust them? Ha!

Next we have a fine article by Andrew Cochran:

...Searches continue at this hour in London after the arrest of 21 suspects. Here is the statement by the Homeland Security Department on the raised threat level to Severe, or Red, for commercial flights originating in the UK bound for the United States, with the threat raised to Orange for all flights within or bound for the US. Fox News: "The terrorists were targeting United, American, Continental airlines, two U.S. counterterrorism officials say. But anonymous sources later told FOX News that British airlines were also being targeted. A U.S. intelligence official said the plotters had hoped to target flights to major airports in New York, Washington and California, all major summer tourist destinations." ...

The CounterTerrorismBlog sure has been on top of this. I mean all of them! Next we have Walid Phares:

London: The "Shoe Bomber Factory" again?
...I have been tiredly raising with legislators and officials on both sides of the Atlantic: From shoes to hand bags the Jihadists are not letting go of their morbid fantasy: bleeding the skies over the Atlantic. While most investigation will direct itself on the "hand bag" weapon in the next few hours and probably days, the larger question on the mind of Jihadism analysts will certainly be: where do these Jihadists come from and how come there are more of them? ...

This is a very thoughtful post which gives me pause as to the people who are actually working versus the people in the know. I wonder, who are they listening to? Yes, some of them are gone, but their mentality is still present. Is it the same people they listened to before September 11, 2001? I sure as heck hope not...

Category: United Kingdom, USA and Terrorism.