UK Police Thwart Massive Airline Terror Plot

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<p>SKY News Link:
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LONDON - Police have disrupted a major plot to blow up as many as 20 planes over UK and US cities with explosive devices smuggled aboard as hand luggage. Police have arrested 20 people in London - the culmination of a covert counter-terrorist operation lasting several months. Big queues were building up at UK airports as passengers trying to board international flights were not being allowed to carry on normal hand luggage. Security sources are said to be believe that liquid explosives would have been used and could therefore be missed during the x-ray screening of such luggage.....</p>

<p>BBC News Link:
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LONDON - Police have disrupted a major plot to blow up as many as 20 planes over UK and US cities with explosive devices smuggled aboard as hand luggage. Police have arrested 20 people in London - the culmination of a covert counter-terrorist operation lasting several months. Big queues were building up at UK airports as passengers trying to board international flights were not being allowed to carry on normal hand luggage. Security sources are said to be believe that liquid explosives would have been used and could therefore be missed during the x-ray screening of such luggage.</p>

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<p>Thank God the Brits were on the ball ... huge props to the boys over at Scotland Yard...</p>

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<p>Good for them. I really don't want a flaming airliner landing on my head</p>

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<p>The Pakastani authorities were also intimately involved.</p>

<p>This sucks because I'm in Berlin right now and will need to fly back to the States from London in late August. Gahhh, even longer lines at airports, although I definitely don't object to the extra security precautions...</p>

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<p>Try flying El El Air. I've heard some bad security horror stories, but they are safe</p>

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<p>Yep, that brings the total of missing "persons of interest" around the world recently to 8 Egyptians and 26 Pakistanis.</p>

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I really don't want a flaming airliner landing on my head

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<p>lol.</p>

<p>This is not a funny subject, but that was funny. ^^</p>

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<p>No but I might check it out. Cage is a good actor. Hats off to the old boys at the Yard.</p>

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<p>Ebonytear, you'll be fine for the end of August. (you might not be able to bring a carry-on or any liquids)</p>

<p>I have to fly out of Europe on Saturday, thankfully not from London. I'm hoping lines aren't too long. I'm a little nervous now though.</p>

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<p>Ugh. This incident affected a number of people at the summer program I was in. Many of them had to leave the program a couple of hours earlier than the checkout time today, and the schedule was pretty messed up. They left a lot of their usable liquids for other people who weren't flying home.</p>

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<p>thank god they stopped in, im going to england for college september 25th this kinda of shocked me but we live in a world today that it is just not safe.</p>

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<p>Yes. Officials report the plan would have had global implications. Thank God we've learned from 9/11</p>

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<p>Except water bottles are now banned from planes... <em>sigh</em></p>

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<p>^ hey, you, why don't u respond to me on that other thread. loser</p>

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<p>no waterbottles are okay, at least on planes they'll give you water when you ask (normally?)</p>

<p>my only thing is the no electronics on some flights (all flights out of britain-no carry on's except for plastic bag and i think out of taiwan, thats what it looked like on the news). i gotta fly out of taiwan in about 2 weeks and so <em>sob</em> if theres no electronics. no music, no movie, and 13 hours of non-aisle seat misery. <em>sigh</em></p>

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^ hey, you, why don't u respond to me on that other thread. loser

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Uhh..what other thread and what was your question?</p>

<p>Nevermind, found it. -_-;</p>

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