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I never seem to see these stories in the US...perhaps the government is just very good at keeping them quiet so that we don't all panic. At any rate, I think we all need to keep in mind how creative these crazies can be, and to what lengths they will go. Excerpts of stories from Metro.co.uk. Full stories at the links.
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Airline bombers plotted death on 'unprecedented scale'
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Mr Wright said the bombs would be made from everyday household items so they could be smuggled on board and detonated in mid-flight.
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He told Woolwich Crown Court: "It was an interest that involved inflicting heavy casualties upon an unwitting civilian population all in the name of Islam.

"The means by which they intended to inflict heavy casualties on ordinary civilians was by the carrying out of a series of co-ordinated and deadly explosions.

"These men were indifferent to the carnage that was likely to ensue if their plans were successful. To them the identities of their victims was an irrelevance by race, colour, religion or creed.
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http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Airline_bombers_plotted_death_o...

'Airline plotters aimed to kill thousands'
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Thousands of people would have died in a terrorist plot to detonate home-made bombs on seven transatlantic jets, a court heard today.
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Excerpts from so-called "martyrdom videos" allegedly made by the men - vowing "revenge" on the US and "accomplices such as the British and the Jews" - were today shown to the jury.
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Prosecutor Peter Wright said the London-based cell intended to cause civilian deaths on an "unprecedented scale" and strike a blow that "would reverberate across the globe".

Two ringleaders acted on instructions from masterminds in Pakistan to draw together a gang of suicide bombers from radicalised and vulnerable young Muslims, he said.

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Airline_plotters_aimed_to_kill_...

Airliner plotters wanted 'British bombers', court told
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

"A plot to blow up airliners was masterminded from abroad with the aim of using British "home grown" suicide bombers, a court heard today.

Prosecutor Peter Wright QC told Woolwich Crown Court that eight men received instructions from Pakistan in their mission to smuggle bombs disguised as soft drinks onto flights from London to north America.
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Mr Wright said: "We say this was indeed a plot to bomb transatlantic aircraft. They discussed, we say, what the targets may be because they were not in charge, they did not make such important decisions. They recruited and manufactured, they co-ordinated and headhunted."

The pair also spoke of up to 18 potential suicide bombers, it is alleged, and in a later conversation Ali and Islam even considered taking their young children on the suicide mission."

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Airliner_plotters_wanted_Britis...