»1587200 Posted August 10, 2006 Report Posted August 10, 2006 LONDON — Authorities in Britain disrupted a terrorist plan "cause untold death and destruction" by blowing up as many as six airplanes in mid-flight on their way from Britain to the United States' date=' FOX News learned Thursday. "This was intended to be m!@#$%^&* murder on an unimaginable scale," said Scotland Yard Deputy Commissioner Paul Stephenson, continuing that he was confident police had disrupted a plan to "cause untold death and destruction." The plot would have seen terrorists smuggling liquid explosives — that could be missed in x-rays — onto planes via carry-on luggage, security sources told Sky News.[/quote']http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,207682,00.html
Greased_Lightning Posted August 10, 2006 Report Posted August 10, 2006 So how long til someone posts on here that this is the US's fault and that the terrorists are actually freedom fighters that have no other choice? Really, I wanna know because I'll plan my day around seeing that and then spending the rest of it marveling at stupidity.
a dead fish Posted August 10, 2006 Report Posted August 10, 2006 So how long til someone posts on here that this is the US's fault and that the terrorists are actually freedom fighters that have no other choice? Really, I wanna know because I'll plan my day around seeing that and then spending the rest of it marveling at stupidity. don't know about here, but it's flying (no pun intended) around the net already... oh, pre-election scare tactics, etc... I too marvel at the ignorance...
Spyed Posted August 10, 2006 Report Posted August 10, 2006 One of the "plotters" was arrested in the same town in which "The Apache" forum/ SS member lives
LearJett+ Posted August 10, 2006 Report Posted August 10, 2006 It's all a set up to divert attention away from the Israel-Lebanon conflict and to give more respect to the Republican party. It's all Bush's fault, too.
AstroProdigy Posted August 10, 2006 Report Posted August 10, 2006 This is unrelated to the United States other than we were targets. Koodos to the Brits.
NBVegita Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 !@#$%^&* even I marvel at that ignorance.
LearJett+ Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 You guys are very bad at sensing sarcasm.
»Purge Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 Seems that the bomb could be detonated by just snapping a shot on the camera, causing the flash to ignite the bomb.
PoLiX Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 Was it a device that did that, or just how flammable/reactive the chemicals were? Sorry, haven't watched the news much lately.
NBVegita Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 The problem is you are right. Any device could theoretically contain a bomb with an easy detonator. That is why I belive that now all international flights ban you bringing basically anything on board. You are allowed to bring do!@#$%^&*ents pertaining to work, but not a laptop, you are allowed to bring in a baby bottle with formula, but they must test that it is just formula, and you may bring on prescription medication(non liquid) as long as the name on the prescription matches your passport. Everything else is prohibited. I personally feel that this is god !@#$%^&* rediculous. Honestly if a terroist really wanted to blow something up that bad, take that liquid bomb they made, fill a condom with it, and implant it in your anal cavity. Go to the bathroom, and boom you've got your bomb. They still cannot do cavity searches, so for now that would take a lot less work than trying to rig your ipod to make the plane blow.
The Apache Posted August 11, 2006 Report Posted August 11, 2006 it's amazing how ignorant some of you guys can be. anyways, a few people in my town (high wycombe) and one person who lives less than half a mile away from me was arrested. i am lucky because i left before this all happened. i totally understand the security measures taken place, and i will abide by them. it's not another stupid enforcement, it's for people's own safety which some of you guys don't seem to !@#$%^&*in' realise. it's not very hard to make a bomb (as you guys have been seeing/hearing about) and to detonate it.
SVS Posted August 12, 2006 Report Posted August 12, 2006 The problem is you are right. Any device could theoretically contain a bomb with an easy detonator. That is why I belive that now all international flights ban you bringing basically anything on board. You are allowed to bring do!@#$%^&*ents pertaining to work, but not a laptop, you are allowed to bring in a baby bottle with formula, but they must test that it is just formula, and you may bring on prescription medication(non liquid) as long as the name on the prescription matches your passport. Everything else is prohibited. I personally feel that this is god !@#$%^&* rediculous. Honestly if a terroist really wanted to blow something up that bad, take that liquid bomb they made, fill a condom with it, and implant it in your anal cavity. Go to the bathroom, and boom you've got your bomb. They still cannot do cavity searches, so for now that would take a lot less work than trying to rig your ipod to make the plane blow. We are on the same page. No matter how much security you have at the entrance to a plane, there is absolutely no way to prevent people from bringing something on board. If they want to smuggle explosives onto the plane and blow a hole in the skin of the plane over the Atlantic they are going to find a way to do it. Anyone who boards a plane thinking otherwise is kidding themselves. Still, even taking into account potential terrorist actions, flying commerical air is still statistically much safer then driving.
NBVegita Posted August 12, 2006 Report Posted August 12, 2006 Apache, how is it ignorant to state that its much easier to smuggle liqud, or putty explosive material in your anal cavity, or any body cavity actually, just the anal cavity would be the easiet to retrieve on board, and you wouldn't have to worry about that stomach acid thing, than to detonate anything else? I mean for heavens sake, you could implant enough C4 into your pen so that when you click it from a window seat you blow out the side of the plane, are we to ban you from bringing pens on board too? You could wire your shoes, if they had thick enough soles with C4, so you could do the same, should we have to check our shoes at the door? And C4 is just a broad example, there are many household and other types of bombs that would be just as easy to conceal. I'm all for safety, but when you get to the point where its not even worth taking an airplane anymore, I think thats a step too far. I mean as a business man in the world today, you are set back whole days worth of productivity because you cannot do any work from your pda or laptop because of restrictions. In essence The terroist are succeding in the fact that they are disrupting our everyday lives, and now this is going to effect our economy. Remember than when a person blows up a plane, or a couple, its not about the 200 people they kill.
LearJett+ Posted August 12, 2006 Report Posted August 12, 2006 yes, the "where there's a will, there's a way" cliche applies in this case... but just because someone can still bring explosives on to a plane from within their anus, does that mean they shouldn't tighten up security? even if it's temporary?
candygirl Posted August 12, 2006 Report Posted August 12, 2006 Hey NBVegita the shoe bomb has been done before. http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/28...plea/index.html
NBVegita Posted August 12, 2006 Report Posted August 12, 2006 Yeah point proven candy I'm not saying that we shouldn't be more careful, I just feel that they've gone to such extreme measures and still left themselves so open. I mean honesty, how hard is it to say lift up a laptop kb, or pop open an ipod? The way I look at it now is its like they built the great wall of china, and every 100 meters they left simple wooden doors. With a small bolt lock. made of pine. and 2 cm thick.
LearJett+ Posted August 12, 2006 Report Posted August 12, 2006 iPods and laptops are banned on planes right now. it's hard to move an army through one door.
Greased_Lightning Posted August 12, 2006 Report Posted August 12, 2006 what about someone who takes a liquid explosive and then just before leaving for the airport, uses a catheter to introduce that liquid into his bladder via IV? There's no way to check for that!!! Everyone should be FORCED to piss before boarding an airplane... take a crap too and analyze it for explosives. If you can't go under pressure, you get arrested. If you already pissed or shat, you get arrested. If your piss contains abnormally high levels of testosterone, you're Floyd Landis
LearJett+ Posted August 13, 2006 Report Posted August 13, 2006 they'd die. one less terrorist to worry about.
»i88gerbils Posted August 13, 2006 Report Posted August 13, 2006 This is going to suck. I fly out of London in a week (and another week). Guess I won't be bringing my laptop as I'm not going to let it go through the checked luggage scanners.
Spyed Posted August 14, 2006 Report Posted August 14, 2006 This is going to suck. I fly out of London in a week (and another week). Guess I won't be bringing my laptop as I'm not going to let it go through the checked luggage scanners. Dont fly then
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