Posted on 10/06/2009 3:08:51 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Travellers to Europe face being treated like drug smugglers as security chiefs are expected to recommend new intrusive security measures.
French anti-terror chiefs are expected to propose the new measures, such as full body X-rays or handing in all electronic devices, after a terrorist tried to kill a Saudi prince with a bomb he had inserted into his body.
Al Qaeda's latest ploy was first pioneered by Abdullah Hassan al Asiri, who blew himself apart in Jeddah in late August in an attack on Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the Saudi anti-terrorism chief.
The 23-year-old terrorist blew himself into 70 pieces when he detonated the bomb - inserted into his rectum - with a mobile phone.
His body was said to have absorbed some of the impact of the explosion, however, leaving the prince only slightly injured.
However experts claimed such a blast would be catastrophic in the pressurised atmosphere of a passenger jet.
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I’m not opposed to screening. I just dont need any extra x ray exposure, no matter how insignificant. I get enough at work. And I am sure the machines are well calibrated and controlled, and run by medical personnel /s
Political correctness is the single most evil, insidious abomination that threatends the USA that has been achieved by the communist left in my lifetime. It needs to end. We will NEVER return to the greatness we once had if we can’t call a spade a spade, use plain language, hold people personally responsible for their actions, reward the achievers.
No more giving all kids the same grade. No more playing sports and not keeping score. No more fear of saying a naughty word will get you fired. No more fear of calling out those who are our enemies.
Do they teach proctology in EOD school, or do you simply blow in place?
“That’s how I’ve been smuggling my laptop onboard.”
Someone may justifiably call you a big a**hole. lol
Robotics is yer friend !
BIP would be first choice.
Assisted in surgery a few but never the snuke or turd torpedo.
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