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Man arrested at Gatwick Airport
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1080310,00.html ^ | 2-13-03

Posted on 02/13/2003 9:11:59 AM PST by Dog

A man has been arrested at Gatwick Airport under anti-terrorist laws.

It follows the arrest of two men near Heathrow.

Gatwick's North Terminal has been closed and its flights suspended. No further details have been released by Sussex Police.

Stansted Airport has announced its security is being stepped up.

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


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1 posted on 02/13/2003 9:11:59 AM PST by Dog
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To: Dog
Good catch. Lots happening.
2 posted on 02/13/2003 9:13:52 AM PST by Dr. Eckleburg
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To: Dog
Yikes!

The men are of North African origin--Algerian? Moroccan?

3 posted on 02/13/2003 9:14:11 AM PST by Catspaw
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To: Dog
It seems Britain knew they were about to overcome with "visitors". And now they're watching a 3rd airport, huh? I would love to know what these intelligence agencies know. Then again, maybe I wouldn't.
4 posted on 02/13/2003 9:14:28 AM PST by eyespysomething
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
We need to watch the British media sites today..
5 posted on 02/13/2003 9:15:01 AM PST by Dog
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To: Catspaw
Or, as the saying goes, young, Muslim males, mostly between the ages of 17 to 40.
6 posted on 02/13/2003 9:15:21 AM PST by mewzilla
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To: Dog
Excellent.
7 posted on 02/13/2003 9:16:15 AM PST by Columbo
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To: Dog; Yehuda; Dutchy; firebrand; ELS; StarFan
BUMPUS
8 posted on 02/13/2003 9:16:47 AM PST by RaceBannon
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To: Dog
I'm still trying to find out when the Library Tower in downtown L.A. was closed, per another post.

Heavy lids on these boiling pots.

9 posted on 02/13/2003 9:16:50 AM PST by Dr. Eckleburg
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To: Dog
Here's the most pertinent part of the article:

A Venezuelan national has been arrested at Gatwick Airport after a live grenade was found in his luggage.

The 37-year-old man had arrived on a British Airways flight from the Columbian capital, Bogota.

Not sure why the earlier post with this in the title was pulled from Breaking News.

10 posted on 02/13/2003 10:23:54 AM PST by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Dog
Dog,

That only leaves out London City (Stansfield?) airport as the last remaining London airport without an incident today. I believe this airport had several airliners attacked by a Morrocan armed with a hammer last year.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

jriemer

11 posted on 02/13/2003 10:28:24 AM PST by jriemer
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To: Dog
AHHGGGHHH....

I have a good friend and colleague who will be trying to fly home tomorrow morning from our offices in London. I hope she makes it without a problem.
12 posted on 02/13/2003 10:29:51 AM PST by technochick99 (Self defense is a basic human right. http://www.2ASisters.org)
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To: jriemer; swarthyguy
They have increased security at Stansfield I saw on another thread..

Swarthy post that article you found at HinduTimes here..

13 posted on 02/13/2003 10:33:02 AM PST by Dog
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To: Dog
AIRPORT TERROR ARRESTS

A Venezuelan national has been arrested at Gatwick Airport after a live grenade was found in his luggage.

The 37-year-old man had arrived on a British Airways flight from the Columbian capital, Bogota.

He was picked up by Sussex police as he entered Gatwick's North Terminal and held under terrorism laws.

The Terminal was immediately closed and flights suspended.

Earlier, two men were arrested near Heathrow Airport's perimeter fence and held as a "precautionary measure."

Home Secretary David Blunkett said the two incidents proved the threat from terrorists was genuine and had not been made up.

No weapons were found on the Heathrow pair but officers were not satisfied with the answers they gave. They were believed to be of North African origin.

They were taken to Paddington Green police station in central London where they are being held under the Terrorism Act 2000.

Sources said they were not thought to be linked to any plot to attack Heathrow.

The airport has been centre of a huge security operation amid fears terrorists were planning to use rocket-launcher to blow up a plane.

Around 450 heavily-armed troops and hundreds of police officers have been guarding it since Tuesday after what the Government called a "specific threat".

Police have been stopping and searching cars in surrounding areas.

Army Lynx helicopters have been patrolling the airspace around Heathrow while an RAF Nimrod plane has been circling the capital.

Meanwhile, it has been announced the main access road to Stansted Airport in Essex is being closed tomorrow as a security measure.

14 posted on 02/13/2003 10:35:22 AM PST by blam
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From Hindustan Times FWIW...

Terrorists may hit UK with Pak missiles
Vijay Dutt
London, February 13

The fear of terror attacks continues to mount with reports that Royal Air force jets are patrolling the skies over London and the army is likely to be moved into Central London.

The Ministry of Defence refused to comment on this but it has been conceded by authorities that the biggest ever security operation has been launched.

Missiles have possibly been smuggled from Pakistan, and the police fear that a big arsenal has been built up by terror gangs. It's a race against time to catch them before they can strike, said police chiefs. "People should have no illusion. They( terror gangs) are here."

Sources said that special monitoring is being done near mosques and in cities and suburbs, where a large number of people having links with Pakistan have settled. The arsenal of missiles could be stashed away in such areas.

The intelligence has definite information that an Al-Qaeda gang armed with shoulder-launched ground-to-air rockets capable of downing a plane taking off or landing, is aiming to blow up a passenger jet operated by El Al from Manchester. Police presence has been increased there.

Meanwhile Labour party chief John Reid has been possibly forced to backtrack on his statement that the threat here was like that of 9/11 in New York because of the panic that it might have created and also because of its adverse impact on tourism.

Home Secretary David Blunkett has however admitted that the closure of Heathrow was actively considered. He added he could only hope that the next few days would pass without any incident.

Heathrow has continued for the third consecutive day to be virtually under siege with troops stopping vehicles which may be moving within 13-mile perimeter around the airport.
15 posted on 02/13/2003 10:37:32 AM PST by swarthyguy
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To: blam
Wonder what the lads are looking for I wonder...

Army Lynx helicopters have been patrolling the airspace around Heathrow while an RAF Nimrod plane has been circling the capital.

16 posted on 02/13/2003 10:38:47 AM PST by Dog
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To: swarthyguy; Diddle E. Squat; blam
Heathrow has continued for the third consecutive day to be virtually under siege with troops stopping vehicles which may be moving within 13-mile perimeter around the airport.

Anyone know the range of a shoulder fired missile??

17 posted on 02/13/2003 10:41:09 AM PST by Dog
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To: jriemer
there are four aiports total: Heathrow (west of central London), Gatwick (south), Stansted (north) and London City (east).
18 posted on 02/13/2003 10:42:18 AM PST by ukbird
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Not sure why the earlier post with this in the title was pulled from Breaking News.

When I posted it @ 11:30 AM, I briefly mentioned how the CNN.com "breaking news" banner I got the info from was no longer up (so no one would flame me if they checked the site).

19 posted on 02/13/2003 10:42:42 AM PST by Nexus (Don't doubt the Nexus!)
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To: Dog
He. Check this. And bear in mind that the subcontinent has been a testing ground for jihadi plans. That hijack of an Indian Airliner in 99 using the MO used on 9/11.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/835047/posts

Quoting an interrogation report of a LeT militant arrested in the state, informed sources said that the ISI had handed over a "fleet" of four dozen such planes, capable of carrying 10-15 kg of RDX, to LeT for carrying out an attack on Army posts or helicopter gunships of the Indian Air Force.

The sources said that two such planes were recovered recently from Rajouri district of Jammu region. The toy planes, which can be operated by remote control, take a set trajectory and hit a target within a range of 300 metres.
20 posted on 02/13/2003 10:43:24 AM PST by swarthyguy
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