Posted on 07/12/2010 8:54:20 AM PDT by Nachum
(Reuters) - Three Britons recruited as suicide bombers in an al Qaeda-inspired plot to blow up transatlantic airliners in mid-air using liquid explosives were jailed for at least 20 years on Monday.
The plot's ringleaders hoped to evade airport security by smuggling homemade bombs onto U.S.-bound flights using liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks. The case triggered a global clampdown on carrying liquids aboard planes which still affects millions of passengers worldwide.
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20 years is hardly enough.
Three Muslims got 20 years each in BRITAIN!!! Amazing. I wonder when their doctor will claim they all have prostate cancer and should therefore be released??!!
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