A Nigerian man tried to blow up a US airliner suing chemicals he'd smuggled onto the plane. Turns out that he'd been granted a visa to study in the UK.
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| Author: | Coref [ Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:07 pm ] |
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A Nigerian man tried to blow up a US airliner suing chemicals he'd smuggled onto the plane. Turns out that he'd been granted a visa to study in the UK.
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| Author: | LaptopAcidXperience [ Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:51 pm ] |
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Here we go, it's the end of the world all over again. |
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| Author: | belchingmatt [ Sat Dec 26, 2009 2:32 pm ] |
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Politics and religion further screwing with the ease travel of everybody. |
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| Author: | HeatherKay [ Sat Dec 26, 2009 2:47 pm ] |
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It's funny, isn't it, how someone can effectively shout "BANG!" and make one of the world's most powerful countries go into panic mode. |
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| Author: | jonbwfc [ Sat Dec 26, 2009 3:18 pm ] | |||||||||
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He did a bit more than that TBF. A UK student visa you say? There's a surprise. Yet another thing the current administration decided to 'improve' and in the process of doing so broke beyond comprehension. Jon |
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| Author: | phantombudgie [ Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:17 pm ] | |||||||||
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Yup. Having a UK student visa is hardly an achievement these days. |
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| Author: | Linux_User [ Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:19 pm ] |
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What annoys me about all this airport security guff is that I could literally walk into Paddington station on Monday completely unchallenged, detonate a large explosive and kill just as many people, if not more than you'd kill on an aeroplane. |
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| Author: | jonbwfc [ Sun Dec 27, 2009 12:43 pm ] | |||||||||
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As happened in Barcelona, more or less. Any large train station at rush hour is a much 'better' target for a terrorist than an airliner. I suspect they continue to attack airliners for the psychological effect - we know train stations etc aren't secured but an airliner is. If they can get through all the security and still attack an airliner, it suggests the terrorists are smarter than the security services. Jon |
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| Author: | adidan [ Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:50 am ] |
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Now I've never understood the logic of the attacks so far. Yes, they've gone for things like planes or trains because the confined space would cause more damage than in an open area. However, just look at the airport chaos this winter. If they were logical they could walk into the pre-security area with 2 huge suitcases stuffed to the brim and take out more people than in a plane or a train. Thousands of people were stuck hanging about in crowds... It would also mean the airport would be shut down and security procedures would have to be completely overhauled to include the pre-security area. None of it makes any sense, I'm not just talking ideologically, I'm talking logistically. I know some halfwit tried to drive into an airport in Scotland but that was obviously not going to work. I just don't understand, I mean these people who are supposedly behind all the attacks have been fighting in various conflicts for decades, they're not stupid. Well, I'm glad they have no logic.... Ah, maybe they have. After hanging around an airport it wouldn't take that much for most people to stove the face in of a nearby Grandma so if they saw someone acting weird around some suspicious cases they'd tear them limb from limb before they could unzip the first case. 
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| Author: | big_D [ Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:30 am ] |
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What really beggars belief is the response of the airlines flying to the States... Depending on the airline/airport, this is the treatment you can expect:
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| Author: | MrStevenRogers [ Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:03 pm ] |
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the most powerful attack by 'terrorists' made on the US was using passenger aircraft, allegedly if this type of terror attack is so successful why has it never ever been repeated and please don't give me security has stopped this type of attack … |
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| Author: | Linux_User [ Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:09 pm ] | |||||||||
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It's impossible to get into the cockpit now - I believe even the pilots can't open the door while the aeroplane is in flight. |
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| Author: | belchingmatt [ Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:14 pm ] |
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What we need are those 'stasis pods' like in the film The Fifth Element. Or fly Emirates, I don't think they'll be high up on the list. |
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| Author: | rustybucket [ Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:21 pm ] | |||||||||
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What I need is to avoid flying anywhere the USofA. They really are fcuking stupid. |
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| Author: | pcernie [ Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Attempted terror attack on US airline |
'Jet Bomber's Explosives In Pants' http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World- ... 9621?f=rss Make your own jokes 
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