HIBERNATOR TO RETURN TO SAN DIEGO SANS LIQUIDS
"Due to the nature of the threat revealed by this investigation, we are prohibiting any liquids, including beverages, hair gels, and lotions from being carried on the airplane," a DHS statement said.The irritating inconvenience of the "no liquid" policy is minor . . . the tactics and strategy of the terrorist groups are unacceptable. Maybe we should put all those opposed to the War on Terrorism and what it entails on planes and let them fly all day, every day.
Read the current part of the developing story HERE.
And here's a quote:
The plot was "intended to be mass murder on an unimaginable scale," London's Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Paul Stephenson said.
The plot involved hiding masked liquid explosives and detonators in carry-on luggage, Chertoff said. ('Untold death and destruction' planned -- 2:37)
One government official said the terrorists had hoped to target flights to major airports in New York, Washington and California, all major summer tourist destinations.
Passengers "were not yet sitting on an airplane," but were very close to traveling, a senior U.S. counterterrorism official told The Associated Press.
posted by Jody @ 9:59 AM
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