![]() Greerwynn tips, and adds this, which I can't find on my own, but: Police are being cagey about describing the men arrested, so you know what that means. It is believed that the attacks would have been particularly targeted at flights from the UK to the USA," the statement said.Īrrests were made overnight in London by the Metropolitan Police Department's anit-terrorist branch and security service. "It is believed that the aim was to detonate explosive devices smuggled on board the aircraft in hand luggage. Terrific: LONDON (CNN) - British police have disrupted what they believe was a major terrorist plot to blow up aircraft in flight, likely between the United Kingdom and the United States, a statement from Scotland Yard said Thursday. So, pretty much, I trust her, unless the number "50" was a typo for "30" or "40." However, she's been emailing me tips on this all night, and there hasn't been a single thing she's sent me that I didn't see or read myself within ten minutes later. Note the number given of up to fifty terrorists involved comes from Larwynn. If it were a dry run- how did they know it was a dry run, and why did they let the guy on the plane? I wonder, then, if that Monday event, with a UK to US plane turned around due to a name on a watch-list, was related at all. If I had to guess, going on bits like "the terrorists were going to board consecutive flights leaving Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, and Hethrow," and "they were not on the planes yet, but they were close," I'd just hazard the obvious - they bought the tickets. I wonder what the inciting event here was that caused the cops to move. Information in the subheds above is accurate as of 4:55 AM ET. ![]() I'm too tired to edit all the changes, like "10-12" suspects becoming 21 suspects in custody. Not all information below remains accurate at this time. Note: this post was live-blogged as information came in. US Official: A "Serious Al Qaeda Connection"īush, US Intel/Law Enforcement Have Known Of Investigation For Months Terrorists Were Not On The Planes Yet, But They Were "Close" Majority of Arrests Made in London, Some In Birmingham and Thames Valley Other Addresses Being Checked For Remaining Suspects Scotland Yard "Confident" the Plot Has Been "Disrupted" ![]() United Kingdom At "Highest Possible State of Alert" Terrorists Were Mostly British-Born Men "of Pakistani Origin" Twenty One Terrorists Arrested Two More At Large (At Least) Unconfirmed Tip: Up to FIFTY Terrorists Involved In Plot Tickets Were Bought/Were To Be Bought On Consecutive Flights Originating out of Gatwick, Birmingham, Manchester, & Heathrow, En Route To US American Carriers Specifically Targeted Some Planes Were To Be Blown Up Over US and UK Citiesīritish Security Source: Plot "Had the Potential To Be Bigger Than 9/11" SCOTLAND YARD: "PUT SIMPLY, THIS WAS TO BE MASS-MURDER ON AN UNIMAGINABLE SCALE" Which Is Better - To Be Ruled By One ONT Three Thousand Miles Away, Or Bt Three Thousand ONTs One Mile Away?ĪugBRITISH THWART MEGA-TERROR PLOT TO BLOW UP SIX UK-US AIRPLANES THE MORNING RANT: Media Smear Merchants, Jason Aldean, and Racism By Historic Association (“Show Me the Man or Video, and I’ll Find You the Racism”) Partisan Special Counsel Brings More Charges Against Trump, While the Special Counsel Investigating Joe and Hunter Biden Brings No Charges, Because He Does Not Exist We Have Indisputable Scientific Evidence, Declared by a Panel of "Experts," That Joe Biden Is As Healthy as a Communist Figurehead Can Be Regime Media: Ignore What You Can See and Hear With Your Own Eyes. The White House Demanded That FaceBook Censor Posts About Vanccines and a Post by America's Most Prominent Journalist and Commentator, Tucker Carlson Mencken in the AoS banner pretty much sums up Ace's mission: "'Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and start slitting throats.New York Times Celebrates: The Wealthy That We Serve Will Pay Less For Luxurious Vacations Because of All the Illegal Aliens Working For Low Wages at Spas and Resorts ![]() And while reliably conservative, AoS is no shill last summer, the blog called President Bush "incompetent" and "embarrassingly dimwitted" and urged him to retire. But the anonymous Ace who writes the blog isn't afraid to mix it up AoS is full of snarling, flat-out funny commentary, videos, cartoons, pictures, and gratuitous insults. Like most political blogs, the anonymous Ace comments on the day's political news and provides links. The conservative/ libertarian answer to the Daily Kos, the Ace of Spades HQ, (AoS) has been going strong since 2003, and recently recorded its 10 millionth hit. ![]()
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