Let's get back to the original point of this thread shall we? "Heathrow targeted by Al-Qaeda." The bottom line is that LHR is an easy target. Take the spectators gallery for example. Anybody can access the rooftop on the Queens building and there isn't one single security check. At places like Frankfurt and Zurich, there's as much security as there would be if you were boarding a flight (metal detectors, bag searches etc), so why not at LHR? I flew into LHR the other day from JFK and spent an hour or so on the spectators gallery; I was the first person on the gallery that morning and if I'd been a terrorist, I could have carried a cannon up there and fired it at an aircraft before anybody knew anything about it. Secure???? NOT!
