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EXCLUSIVE: Al Qaeda plot to blow up 5 passenger planes in Christmas 'spectacular'
Sunday Express ^ | November 30, 2014 | Donal MacIntyre

Posted on 11/30/2014 6:34:20 PM PST by george76

TERRORISTS are plotting to blow up five European passenger jets in a Christmas "spectacular", security experts say.

The threat has been taken so seriously it came close to leading to an outright ban on all hand luggage, a senior insider has revealed.

Mobile phones and electronic devices could still be banned from plane cabins, with the threat of a 9/11-style coordinated attack on London and other major cities feared imminent.

The warning comes as Whitehall officials admit that a terror strike on the UK is now "almost inevitable" particularly with British jihadis returning from fighting alongside the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

An airport security source told the Sunday Express: "We've been told that five planes are being targeted in a high profile hit before Christmas. They've been waiting for the big one.

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Home Secretary Theresa May warned that numerous Islamic militants were looking to attack the UK.

She said: "Now the threat is more diverse in terms of the number of groups out there who will be looking to carry out attacks in the West.

(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; Syria; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; christmas; globaljihad; is; isil; isis; islam; islamicmilitants; islamicstate; moslems; muslims; terrorism; terrorplot
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1 posted on 11/30/2014 6:34:20 PM PST by george76
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To: george76

Merry Bojinka..??

:(


2 posted on 11/30/2014 6:37:53 PM PST by gaijin
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To: george76

Maybe if the British government kowtowed to the jihadis more...


3 posted on 11/30/2014 6:38:01 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
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To: george76

Only 5?


4 posted on 11/30/2014 6:38:02 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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5 posted on 11/30/2014 6:38:26 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: george76

Only the JV’s nothing to see move along


6 posted on 11/30/2014 6:40:02 PM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: george76

I think the US government should announce that they will nuke Mecca if that happens. A Ramadan extravaganza.


7 posted on 11/30/2014 6:41:54 PM PST by GingisK
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To: onyx

I love that jpg. Thanks.


8 posted on 11/30/2014 6:43:15 PM PST by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: george76

Has the Pope seen this?


9 posted on 11/30/2014 6:44:24 PM PST by Eddie01 (Liberals lie about everything all the time.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Maybe they could offer to recite the Shahada at Prince Charles’ inauguration, should that ever come to pass. After all, there’s no safe course of action than to offer ones self up as a dhimmi.


10 posted on 11/30/2014 6:45:06 PM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: GingisK

“I think the US government should announce that they will nuke Mecca if that happens. A Ramadan extravaganza.”

That would be the correct thing to do.


11 posted on 11/30/2014 6:46:00 PM PST by Seeing More Clearly Now
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To: george76

Nairobi style mall attacks would be my major concern with so many jihadis returning from Syria and Iraq.


12 posted on 11/30/2014 6:46:10 PM PST by JimSEA
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I think the US government should announce that they will nuke Mecca if that happens.

You think our Muslim pResident will do that?

13 posted on 11/30/2014 6:46:19 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: george76

And here we are with the creator of ISIS masquerading as president.

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14 posted on 11/30/2014 6:46:21 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: LucyT; Velveeta

TM worthy?


15 posted on 11/30/2014 6:46:42 PM PST by Rushmore Rocks
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To: Eddie01

>> “Has the Pope seen this?” <<

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The poope is busy contemplating his navel.

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17 posted on 11/30/2014 6:48:20 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: george76

I’ve pretty much resigned myself to a, ‘when, not if’ scenario for the next go-round.


18 posted on 11/30/2014 6:49:27 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: JimSEA

I am honestly quite surprised that there have not been more mall attacks of this nature. The devil’s soldiers seem obsessed with airplanes.


19 posted on 11/30/2014 6:50:05 PM PST by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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To: george76

“Now the threat is more diverse in terms of the number of groups out there who will be looking to carry out attacks in the West.”

Uh.....no. It is the same group that it always was, moslems.


20 posted on 11/30/2014 6:50:38 PM PST by gop4lyf (Claire Wolfe called. She said the Awkward Phase is over.)
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