The United States on Thursday raised its terror threat level after British police said they had arrested more than 20 suspects in a major terrorist plot to blow up passenger jets flying between the United Kingdom and the United States.QUESTION FOR DEMOCRATS AND MSM: Now do you believe America and the rest of the civilized world is at war?
The foiled plot was "intended to be mass murder on an unimaginable scale," London's Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Paul Stephenson said.
The intelligence that uncovered the plot "makes very strong links to al Qaeda," a senior U.S. administration official told CNN.
The plot involved hiding masked liquid explosives in carry-on luggage, a U.S. government official told CNN.
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.
"They were not yet sitting on an airplane," but were very close to traveling, a senior U.S. counterterrorism official told AP. […]
Are you finally ready to stop sneeringly referring to our government’s efforts to protect us as "part of Bush's 'war on terrorism?'"
2 comments:
No, clearly it's all the fault of the Bush administration for inflaming the "Arab Street" with their eco-terrorism policies of global warming and SUV usage.
Plus, of course, the joooooooos.
Man, I'm about to get on an airplane in a few hours. I hate this.
-AC
No really, it's Bush's fault because we didn't sign the Kyoto Treaty! That always enrages the terrorists...
MSM Answer: NO! It doesn't fit our template!
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