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Three jailed 20 years in foiled UK airliner bomb plot
rueters ^ | 7/12/10 | Peter Griffiths

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: airliner; bomb; jailed; three

1 posted on 07/12/2010 8:54:22 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

20 years is hardly enough.


2 posted on 07/12/2010 8:57:28 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Impeachment !)
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To: Nachum

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??!!


3 posted on 07/12/2010 9:00:06 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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