Bomb alerts on UK Flights

[eefanincan]

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[Gasman59]

If I'm sitting at my computer desk and my cell phone is about... I said about to ring... the speakers start doing a morse code thing and the stereo speakers will react the same way... then my phone will ring 30 seconds later.... I never got that ???

[eefanincan]

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So, 11 of the people arrested have been charged in relation to this...

read the full story here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5271998.stm

I'm still sceptical though and I won't really be convinced until the evidence is shown properly (if it ever is).

[Skylace]

[Skylace]

WASHINGTON (Reuters)
Restrictions on U.S. airline travelers were eased slightly on Sunday, but Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the threat of an attack on airliners remained.

The Transportation and Security Administration, or
TSA, said on its Web site it would allow passengers to bring up to 4 ounces (118 ml) of nonprescription liquid medication on board, including pain relievers and cough medicine.

It also said it would allow on board glucose gel and other medicines for low blood sugar treatments for diabetics.

The TSA had barred all liquids, except baby formula and breast milk, from flights last week because of a plot to bring down jetliners as they flew from London to the United States.

Plotters planned to use common chemicals often found in liquids to make explosives and detonate them using a common electronic device -- all of which were normally allowed on aircraft.

On Sunday, the TSA also said it would require all passengers traveling on domestic and international flights to remove their shoes for screening.

Until now, it had been recommended that passengers be asked to remove their shoes for X-ray screening before boarding. But the practice will become mandatory at all airports, the TSA said.

Since convicted "shoe bomber" Richard Reid of Britain tried to blow up a transatlantic American Airlines flight shortly after the September 11, 2001, hijack attacks, U.S. airport officials have paid closer attention to passengers' shoes.

But while the United States moved quickly last week to tighten security, Chertoff told CBS's news program "Face the Nation" that he knew of no suspects in the United States connected with the plot uncovered in Britain.

"As we speak right now we've not found any indication of active planning in the U.S. or plans to conduct operations within the U.S.," he said. "Nothing so far."

Britain has arrested about two dozen people in connection with the plot.

"Obviously, they believe they've picked up the main players, but it's a plot that's international in scope," Chertoff said on "Fox News Sunday." "We're still concerned there may be some plotters who are out there."

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It still amazes me they were not allowing medications for diabetics and inhalers on. I am glad they are finally relaxing all this.

[janbo1960]

The whole thing is a massive over reaction... i too believe there will be little evidence!!!

what a sad world it has become!!!

[janbo1960]

Talking of overeaction.....

Lodhi sentence a 'stand against terrorism'

A Sydney judge says the 20-year sentence given to a man planning a bombing attack on the electricity grid should be seen as a stand against terrorism.

The Supreme Court ruled today that Faheem Khalid Lodhi was in the very early stages of planning for a terrorist attack in October 2003, when he made inquiries about the cost of some chemicals and bought some maps of the electricity grid.

He also owned instructions on how to make homemade bombs.

In sentencing in Sydney today Justice Anthony Whealy said even though Lodhi's plans were only in a preliminary stage, any successful attack would have instilled terror in the Australian people, and any sentence should be seen as a deterrent.

He said even if the 20-year maximum term given to Lodhi does not deter those with fanatical beliefs, a stand had to be taken to try and protect the community against the madness of extreme views.

Justice Whealy also recommended Lodhi's strict custodial conditions should be reviewed "relatively early" during his prison term.

Since his arrest in April 2004, Lodhi has mostly been kept in solitary confinement.

In sentencing Justice Whealy said he made some allowance for the conditions Lodhi will be kept in.

He has also recommended to prison authorities they should not lose sight of the need for Lodhi's classification to be reconsidered relatively early in his prison term.

Lodhi will be eligible for parole in 2019.

His lawyers are expected to lodge an appeal.

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[eefanincan]

[Skylace]

[maycm]

Click here to see Ryan-air's new security measures.

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