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Offline bijou

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Bomb found on cargo plane in UK 'was viable'
« on: October 30, 2010, 11:10:49 AM »


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The bomb found on a cargo plane in Britain was viable and could have exploded mid-flight, Theresa May, the Home Secretary said. "The target may have been an aircraft and had it detonated the aircraft could have been brought down," she said.

Speaking after a meeting of Cobra, the Government's emergency planning committee, the Home Secretary added: "We do not believe that the perpetrators of the attack would have known the location of the device when it was planned to explode."
 


She announced an immediate halt to all unaccompanied air freight from Yemen. ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8098779/Bomb-found-on-cargo-plane-in-UK-was-viable.html



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Re: Bomb found on cargo plane in UK 'was viable'
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2010, 04:00:10 PM »
There must be some confusion. It couldn't be from that peaceful religion known as Islam. ::) ::) :whatever: