'Plot to blow up planes' foiled [UK TERROR THREAT LEVEL RAISED TO IMMINENT{U.S.raised terror level)

BBC News ^ | Thursday, 10 August 2006, 05:06 GMT 06:06 UK | Unknown

[Mo1]

They are just dumber then a box of rocks

[Petronski]

The "drink the liquid or else toss it" policy's been going on since at least 2003 in some airports.

I brought back six bottles of Normandie cidre--through Heathrow--on June 25, and they never so much as looked inside the bag. It was through the x-ray and straight off to boarding.

[roadcat]

wait until they start doing cavity searches as part of the boarding process to check for liquid explosives.. and you thought taking your shoes off was drastic.

Eew-u yucky! What if the activating agent is urine? If they make the terrorist drink his carry-on liquid, nothing happens immediately until well after the flight takes off?

[Recall]

I wonder if they will stop allowing carry "Muslims"?

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That used to be "just a type of fabric" :-(

[Chena]

Well, that isn't surprising. Anyone want to chip in and buy them some tickets on the next flight to the UK? just kidding, but their stupidity is sickening.

[nopardons]

bttt

[onyx]

LOL --- David Asner just said this COULD ghhave been bigger than 9/11.

[Petronski]

If I was the POTUS, I would tell the Iranian leader that I would not hesitate turning Iran into a vast wasteland of glowing green glass if we found out he was behind any plans to attack America...

I imagine that message has already been delivered, very directly, through back channels.

[A CA Guy]

DU seems to be filled with members of mass delusions.

Hardly ever have I seen such a massive waste of good oxygen.

[Chena]

ROFL!

[daybreakcoming]

I was checking my mail before bed and got that Fox news alert and immediately came to FR - knew there would be a thread with more info that Fox would have up.

[Quix]

Would be fine with me if when they frisk traitorous Senators they castrated them so their anatomy would match their traitorous wimpy-ness. GRRRR

[nopardons]

I think that ALL of are praying, as we read and listen to this news.

[SeaBiscuit]

"Considering the Pakistani angle;"

Wasn't the recent bombing in India done by a Pakistani terrorist cell?

[Velveeta]

That's a possibility.

[The Red Zone]

Every single arrival I've been on takes several minutes to open the door after everybody's standing in the aisles. Most carry ons get taken care of within that time.

[piasa]

The suspects were women???

Could be, but it could also be the British term for carry on bags.

Besides, in Europe it's not unusual for the men to have manpurses.

[Quix]

Happy to believe in such but need to have some sort of guesstimate of reliability--even a self-report guess.