Passenger says she had "surgically implanted bomb"
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Missing the point
U guys missing the point here. Every time one of these nut jobs come up with a new bomb solution it makes traveling that much more of a nightmare. Lets look at it in stages
1) 911 -- Any and every sharp object disappears, 1 hour additional security check and a no fly list
2) Shoe bomber: We now need to walk bare foot, un belted thru security
3) Liquid bomber: Little plastic bags with under 100 ml and god help you if you traveling with a kid you will be sucking from a bottle with a nipple at security to make sure it is milk
4) Undie bomber: Body scanners and last week I got a veggie at Amsterdam as the security guy yanked my undies as it seemed there was some metal in it.
5) So now with the implanted bombs what can we expect: A full colonoscopy?
I say bring back the Titanic much easier to sail.
1) 911 -- Any and every sharp object disappears, 1 hour additional security check and a no fly list
2) Shoe bomber: We now need to walk bare foot, un belted thru security
3) Liquid bomber: Little plastic bags with under 100 ml and god help you if you traveling with a kid you will be sucking from a bottle with a nipple at security to make sure it is milk
4) Undie bomber: Body scanners and last week I got a veggie at Amsterdam as the security guy yanked my undies as it seemed there was some metal in it.
5) So now with the implanted bombs what can we expect: A full colonoscopy?
I say bring back the Titanic much easier to sail.
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The whole 'shoot down the hijacked airliner' idea it total BS. The idea that we would ever shoot down a 'plane load of innocent people because of what might happen is manifestly perverse and unethical.
As far back as September 2001 the order was issued to USAF to shoot down any airliner that didn't respond to instructions, they would have done it then and they would do it today.
As far back as September 2001 the order was issued to USAF to shoot down any airliner that didn't respond to instructions, they would have done it then and they would do it today.
If it's that far away from the VIB how does the govt decide the threat is going to be carried out successfully anyway.
Utter nonsense.
Let's just replay 9-11 for a second - at what point & where would the jets that hit the buildings have been shot down?
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Don't know why they bother with airliners at all.
4 well placed homemade suitcase bombs in a large metropolitan hotel,
can bring down a massive building and kill thousands. No security, no hassles.
I'd do it that way.
4 well placed homemade suitcase bombs in a large metropolitan hotel,
can bring down a massive building and kill thousands. No security, no hassles.
I'd do it that way.
The whole 'shoot down the hijacked airliner' idea it total BS. The idea that we would ever shoot down a 'plane load of innocent people because of what might happen is manifestly perverse and unethical.
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As far back as September 2001 the order was issued to USAF to shoot down any airliner that didn't respond to instructions, they would have done it then and they would do it today.
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At this point she appears to just be a nut job.
"At this time, there is no indication the plane or its passengers were ever in any actual danger."
Except, perhaps, from the F-15s.
"It doesn't appear to be any terrorist nexus at this point."
If this were probing, what would be gained by exposing herself?
"At this time, there is no indication the plane or its passengers were ever in any actual danger."
Except, perhaps, from the F-15s.
"It doesn't appear to be any terrorist nexus at this point."
If this were probing, what would be gained by exposing herself?
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Why F15s?
Why go and have a look?
I guess the person in charge at North American Air Defense would appreciate a check that Captain X and FO Y look familiar from their passport photos as the aircraft nears his or her jurisdiction.
Should X & Y hear any loud bangs from the cabin and experience unusual handling, they might benefit from some outside eyes to explain what's going on.
And should the flight not arrive as agreed at Bangor, then the F15s will be able to ensure that it doesn't get as far as downtown Boston.
I guess the person in charge at North American Air Defense would appreciate a check that Captain X and FO Y look familiar from their passport photos as the aircraft nears his or her jurisdiction.
Should X & Y hear any loud bangs from the cabin and experience unusual handling, they might benefit from some outside eyes to explain what's going on.
And should the flight not arrive as agreed at Bangor, then the F15s will be able to ensure that it doesn't get as far as downtown Boston.
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Rubbish.
As far back as September 2001 the order was issued to USAF to
shoot down any airliner that didn't respond to instructions, they would have
done it then and they would do it today.
It is a sad sign of the times, and an example of complete failure to understand and balance risks, that there is now a higher chance of a civilain aircraft being downed due to military screw-up than due to terrorism.
Remember, the US military have downed an innocent airliner before. Don't say it could never happen again. And the UK attitude towards protecting the Olympics is equally worrying and misguided posturing which increases rather than decreases risks.
There is an interesting medical parable for this. You would never create a vaccine to prevent a disease that kills one in a million. Why? Because the risk from the vaccine will invariably be higher than the risk from the disease.
Balance risks or posturing. Unfortunately governments will always chose posturing. They have to be seen to "have done everything possible".
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it is the stated position that the USA won't negotiate with terrorists , so trading the gitmo boys wouldn't fly
it is the stated position that the USA won't negotiate with terrorists , so trading the gitmo boys wouldn't fly
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This is correct. Unfortunately, our respective governments, in their (misguided) mandates to ensure 100% of the population is 100% safe 100% of the time, are dancing to the "terrorists'" tune.
It comes down to the difference between tactics and strategy. Violence and/or the threat of violence is a tactic. The strategy is to disrupt and encumber our way of life, our freedoms and our economy. In that they are succeeding.
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U guys missing the point here. Every time one of these nut jobs come up with a new bomb solution it makes traveling that much more of a nightmare. Lets look at it in stages
1) 911 -- Any and every sharp object disappears, 1 hour additional security check and a no fly list
2) Shoe bomber: We now need to walk bare foot, un belted thru security
3) Liquid bomber: Little plastic bags with under 100 ml and god help you if you traveling with a kid you will be sucking from a bottle with a nipple at security to make sure it is milk
4) Undie bomber: Body scanners and last week I got a veggie at Amsterdam as the security guy yanked my undies as it seemed there was some metal in it.
5) So now with the implanted bombs what can we expect: A full colonoscopy?
U guys missing the point here. Every time one of these nut jobs come up with a new bomb solution it makes traveling that much more of a nightmare. Lets look at it in stages
1) 911 -- Any and every sharp object disappears, 1 hour additional security check and a no fly list
2) Shoe bomber: We now need to walk bare foot, un belted thru security
3) Liquid bomber: Little plastic bags with under 100 ml and god help you if you traveling with a kid you will be sucking from a bottle with a nipple at security to make sure it is milk
4) Undie bomber: Body scanners and last week I got a veggie at Amsterdam as the security guy yanked my undies as it seemed there was some metal in it.
5) So now with the implanted bombs what can we expect: A full colonoscopy?
It comes down to the difference between tactics and strategy. Violence and/or the threat of violence is a tactic. The strategy is to disrupt and encumber our way of life, our freedoms and our economy. In that they are succeeding.
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How would a surgically implanted bomb be detonated... GSM or manual detonation? If its a remotely detonated using GSM then retraining the passenger and sending fighter jets up will do nothing.
If its manual detonation, does the bomb carrier have a cable coming out of their body attached to a trigger?
All very confusing.
If its manual detonation, does the bomb carrier have a cable coming out of their body attached to a trigger?
All very confusing.
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Keep in mind this is America, the former home of the free and the brave. Since 911, that has been replaced by the Patriot Act.
The "government" whatever that is these days, doesn't want a plane flying into the government buildings in DC or any other place some four star general on duty deems important. They could not care less where the wreckage falls as long as it doesn't do what they don't want it to do.
But, as the country rapidly gets poorer this will all come to pass.
So when the terrorists have clearly communicated they are in complete control & are going to crash on a Very Important Building where do you shoot the airliner down & where does it fall? Having been travelling at 300 - 400 odd miles an hour & hit with one or more high explosive AA missiles travelling at supersonic speeds does it just fall in one piece in a convenient empty field?
The "government" whatever that is these days, doesn't want a plane flying into the government buildings in DC or any other place some four star general on duty deems important. They could not care less where the wreckage falls as long as it doesn't do what they don't want it to do.
But, as the country rapidly gets poorer this will all come to pass.
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So if an airline was hijacked or there was a suspected terrorist threat onboard over British airspace the RAF wouldn't be sent up? The RAF would just sit back and let whatever was going to happen, happen? Get real. What the yanks did was no different to what the British, French, Germans, Italians, Spanish etc would do if there was a suspected threat.
Don't you all remember what happen a month ago? The RAF sent a Typhoon to intercept a bloody helicopter that squawked the wrong code.
Don't you all remember what happen a month ago? The RAF sent a Typhoon to intercept a bloody helicopter that squawked the wrong code.
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