Massive Terrorist Threat

[sercomdj01]

In the Uk. Planes cancelled. You can't even take Baby Food on planes without it being tested. Scairy :(

[na§tee]

personally i think they've just been having a quiet thursday and decided to brighten it up a bit!

p.s i like the way they say "massive" terrorist threat. as if a mediocre or teeny weeny terrorist threat is something you can just shrug off!

[trailerprincess]

I have just been through the airport and it was absolute carnage. The queues are massive and people are getting very stressed. nasty

[Tompz]

Yeah!

Let's all worry about the terrorists 24/7. Forget about poverty and armed conflicts and other non-important issues.

Bummer for british travelers though. Can't even bring their handluggage on board. I want my game boy!

[Planetary]

Yeah!

Let's all worry about the terrorists 24/7. Forget about poverty and armed conflicts and other non-important issues.



yeah you're right. even though we're in a critical state, terrorist were just stopped from blowing up 10 or so planes and they plan another attack. just let them do their thing while we worry about other countrys for a while.

[Teh]

I'm too busy worrying about all my HSBC moneys being stolen on the intresnet! Oh gnoeees!

And what if i contract bird flu on the way to work from all the dirty pigeons? Sheet man!

[Yorkshire~Rose]

One of my best friends is moving to America today - she's going to study at Penn State uni. She was supposed to fly at 12.30...I hope she's OK. :(

[na§tee]

ooh, homes are being evacauted in high wycombe. i was just looking at rental prices for flats there! true story. 'twasnt me, guvnah!

[Maisailana]

it's a diversion. blair and bush are just playing chess with the world.

[fucktopgirl]

personally i think they've just been having a quiet thursday and decided to brighten it up a bit!

p.s i like the way they say "massive" terrorist threat. as if a mediocre or teeny weeny terrorist threat is something you can just shrug off!


Agree , they must have been bored today or else they want to distracted people attention from the "massive " terrorist destruction that they are doing right now in the middle east.



I bet the terrorists will be a gang of ghetto squirrels who are tired of paying high price for their peanuts!

[b i o n i c]

this plus the 18 egyptian students who DISSAPPEARED from JFK in NYC yesterday was it? this coulda been a REALLY fucked up thing if it happened. something will fall through the cracks eventually, we;re all fucked

[fucktopgirl]

^ really, 18 egyptiens dissapeared?

HOw so? IN another dimension or what?

[b i o n i c]

well, they landed at jfk and then went unaccounted for. i think they found one in the midwest and another in new jersey. weird? coincidence?

[fucktopgirl]

^ the people at the airport must have been on drugs and did hallucinated 18 egyptiens pharaons....

do you have a link to that story?

[monkey]

this plus the 18 egyptian students who DISSAPPEARED from JFK in NYC yesterday was it? this coulda been a REALLY fucked up thing if it happened. something will fall through the cracks eventually, we;re all fucked

they never reported to school and it's been several weeks. right now, they dont think they're terrorists or anything, but their visas have been revoked and the school is just worried that their students are missing. dont get too paranoid.

[Echewta]

Traffic was very light on the way to work today.

[b i o n i c]

they never reported to school and it's been several weeks. right now, they dont think they're terrorists or anything, but their visas have been revoked and the school is just worried that their students are missing. dont get too paranoid.


i think there is reason to be juuuuust a little concerned about that

[Justin]

I wonder if the government will celebrate this by cutting nyc and dc's preventing terrorism budget.

[kaiser soze]

you're late, they already did

Katrina anniversary and elections coming up....shift media focus to explosive baby food!

[ms.peachy]

Seriously... I have no great love of the current US or UK administrations, but some of you people seem to think that there aren't actually some bloody dangerous people out there who would just as soon kill any one of you as look at ya. Considering I have to get on a plane at Heathrow Airport with my precious, completely innocent little baby two weeks from today to fly to the US, you'll forgive me if I'm not feeling flippant enough at the moment to just wave this off as a 'distraction techique'.

[kaiser soze]

Well, be more pissed here's what's banned from flights

Effective Thursday, Aug. 10, travelers are no longer allowed to bring the following items on board the airliner:
--All liquids of any kind, including drinks
--Gels
--Lotions and creams, including hand lotion and sunscreen
--Contacts may be brought on board in their cases, but the cases cannot contain liquid.
--Hairspray
--Toothpaste
--Shampoo and conditioner
--Liquid makeup
--Perfume
--Anything else that has a liquid or gel-like consistency.

No baby food?

Baby wipes?

That cool gel pillow you rest your neck with?

Lotion?

Forget it! You're now a potential terrorist suspect and can't bring anyting onboard!

http://channels.isp.netscape.com/whatsnew/default.jsp?story=20060810-1252

I believe there are people who hate us and want to hurt us, but what has our nation truly done that has minimized that fact?

More wars?

Suuuure that works

Fuck this stupidity, a terrorist could put the explosive gel in their gel souled sneakers..time to board naked!

Hey bush.....Where's OSAMA???

Hiding in the White House!

[ms.peachy]

I believe that the planned threat had something to do with the fact that someone could board with several liquid-based chemicals, each of which independently would not pose a threat (or can be detected by conventional security methods) but when combined would become volatile, so those guidelines actually make sense.

[kaiser soze]

Sounds like the plot for Batman to me

bomb sniffing dogs and machines could make this a bit more tolerable

So how about liquid medications like insulin? How does one keep contacts moist without saline and how explosive can a liquid at such small amounts be?

if this liquid scare is sincere....why aren't they banning liquids on trains, buses, and ferries?

[ms.peachy]

They do use dogs selectively for this, but you'd need an awful lot of dogs. Dogs gets 'scent fatigued' routinely and can't work for long periods; they work in short bursts or they get hyperstimulated and don't function effectively. And again, many of these substances are 'inert' of their own accord, it's only when you start combining them.

And, pack your contacts into your luggage, where you can have them in as much liquid as you like.

I am sure that you will be able to arrange with your airline ahead of time if you have special medical needs.

Are you seriously suggesting that this can't be a real threat, because liquids haven't been banned in any other other places (as yet)?

[Whatitis]

personally i think they've just been having a quiet thursday and decided to brighten it up a bit!

Would you rather see a couple planes blown out of the air to spice up your Thursday?