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angelophile) wrote2006-08-10 12:04 pm
angelophile) wrote2006-08-10 12:04 pm
And for anyone that hasn't heard...
Police have foiled a major plot to "commit mass murder on an unimaginable scale" by destroying up to 10 passenger jets in mid-air.
The targets were flights leaving UK airports to the US.
Anti-terror police arrested 21 people in London, the Thames Valley and Birmingham on Wednesday night as stringent new security measures were imposed on all UK airports.
Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Paul Stephenson told reporters at New Scotland Yard that the plot was designed to cause "untold death and destruction".
He added: "This was intended to be mass murder on an unimaginable scale."
Senior sources said the terrorists were believed to be planning to blow up as many as nine aircraft in a simultaneous attack.