Great Britain...I applaud you!

[FullMoonWolf]

Thank You Great Britain for your excellent hard work today in foiling this new insane plot by extreme radicals to bring down all those planes!:thumbsup:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/10/us.security/index.html

Congratz also to the United States for taking the necessary precautions as well, and protecting its citizens from danger.


Now, I will say this though...from what information was revealed today, this plot was being watched as it developed, as was thwarted at the right moment.

So if the United States government knew that terrorists were trying to bring down the World Trade Center in 1993, couldn't more have been done to protect it from destruction in 2001?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center

 

[cabey]

I'd like too second that if i may as I am flying on Monday morning from a London airport and its great to see the security/ intelligence teams being so vigilant and professional.

 

[member006]

Yes, great job on every ones part. *thumbs up*

As for the other, well my first thought is I need a better source than Wikipedia for such sensitive information. In order to voice opinion. That source has been proven inaccurate to many times.

 

[poggy]

There was actually 3 countries involde in this and it was a result of months of work.

 

[Thunderjet]

So if the United States government knew that terrorists were trying to bring down the World Trade Center in 1993, couldn't more have been done to protect it from destruction in 2001?

Nobody in their worst nightmares ever thought that terrorists would have taken things to that level in 2001. The FBI, CIA and CSIS in Canada were preparing for bigger, more frequent bomb attacks. NOBODY was prepared for two jumbo jets to be used as weapons.

Besides these people have so many back up plans it's almost impossible for the worlds governments to keep up. When "plan A" is discovered they switch to "plan B", if that's discovered then it's "plan C". If all else fails then they send in a few suicide bombers. The scary thing is that as the children grow up there's no shortage of people willing to die for their cause.:2 cents:

 

[Legzman]

their cause, as you put it Thunderjet, is totally fucking worthless! Scary thing is that you never know where or when a phyco ass suicide bomber is gonna attack. We are living in a changed world since 9/11 and that world will never be the same!

 

[nylo]

I hate to say this, but being from the US, the only way to deal with these lunatics to kill them all, they want to die so badly...then so be it.
I would really love to know what these lunatics think they're trying to prove by doing this???


congrats that these bastards were thwarted....

 

[Thunderjet]

their cause, as you put it Thunderjet, is totally fucking worthless! Scary thing is that you never know where or when a phyco ass suicide bomber is gonna attack. We are living in a changed world since 9/11 and that world will never be the same!

Agree 100%. To them their "cause" is worth dying for and it justifies taking innocent people with them. That's what I find scary.:2 cents:

 

[Dro50]

With George Bush as our president I don't think it's possible for the United States to see anything coming or find anyone for that matter....by the way anyone seen Osama around?

 

[georges]

So if the United States government knew that terrorists were trying to bring down the World Trade Center in 1993, couldn't more have been done to protect it from destruction in 2001?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center

There is one president who negelected Al Quaeda and didn't make the Al Quaeda members arrested when he clearly had the opportunity to do it, that president was Clinton.
He had the possibility to arrest all the Al Quaeda members after the first wtc bombing and after the USS Cole bombing but he did nothing. It is one of the reasons why I hate Clinton so much. The 9/11 also happened due to the latitudanarianism and passiveness of the Clinton administration against Al Quaeda.

 

[georges]

Killing them all won't get rid of them even if you could. They come from desperation, eliminating desperation is the only way to eliminate terrorism.

If everything that is being reported is true, which as usual I am naturally skeptical about, then well done to Britain for their thwarting of these murderous attacks, and may there be no more attacks to follow. Those who are flying, I wish you a safe trip.

Fox

All these Islamic terrorists know to say is "allah akbar" and they are so brainwashed to the core that is impossible for them to think by their ownselves because they are filled with their radical islamic and anti occidental feelings more than very deeply. Death is the only option for them.
You doubt what was reported????? You never cease to amaze me Fox.

 

[georges]

I hate to say this, but being from the US, the only way to deal with these lunatics to kill them all, they want to die so badly...then so be it.
I would really love to know what these lunatics think they're trying to prove by doing this???


congrats that these bastards were thwarted....

Good post nylo. In fact, terrorists want to prove that fighting for Allah is worth the death because for them our civilization is the symbol of sin.

 

[Thunderjet]

There is one president who negelected Al Quaeda and didn't make the Al Quaeda members arrested when he clearly had the opportunity to do it, that president was Clinton.
He had the possibility to arrest all the Al Quaeda members after the first wtc bombing and after the USS Cole bombing but he did nothing. It is one of the reasons why I hate Clinton so much. The 9/11 also happened due to the latitudanarianism and passiveness of the Clinton administration against Al Quaeda.

This is true, at the time Clinton had a golden opportunity to take down alot of the leading members of Al Quaeda. Guess he was too busy breaking in new interns.:blowjob:

 

[Roughneck]

To all those who say "bomb them all and it'll work out" --- the Israelis have been fighting terrorists with this method for decades. The Indians have been doing the same for close to 2 decades in Kashmir. You think it's worked out?

Also, war isn't about "exterminating" anyone - that's not war... that's "genocide".
Killing them all isn't possible.

For starters::: We need to isolate the terrorist groups from their state sponsors. Quaddafi shut right the hell up after his house was bombed in retaliation for the Lockerbie bombing. Khameini, Ahmadinejad and Assad, should be made to realize they are not safe, and their machinations will not be tolerated. Striking leadership individually makes it very clear who the target is.

There is one president who negelected Al Quaeda and didn't make the Al Quaeda members arrested when he clearly had the opportunity to do it, that president was Clinton.
He had the possibility to arrest all the Al Quaeda members after the first wtc bombing and after the USS Cole bombing but he did nothing. It is one of the reasons why I hate Clinton so much. The 9/11 also happened due to the latitudanarianism and passiveness of the Clinton administration against Al Quaeda.

That's a partial argument.

Consecutive governments since Reagan adminstration have been lax about prosecuting Bin Laden.

9/11 and Al-Qaida wasn't the fault of any "one" adminstration - it's a collective blunder that stretches back a decade and more. And it stems directly from our propensity to interfere directly - and often militarily - in foreign affairs.

Has anyone read this report from the CATO institute?

PDF File

cheers,

 

[KittyKat]

For once I also have to applaud the British security forces for acting as well as they did. I am a pretty regular flyer with Continental, so I can happily say I don't mind waiting in a que and being delayed for a number of hours if it means my plane is safely going to touch down in New York.

 

[Senor_Cheese35]

Fuck that.... i can't even bring a bottle of water on a plane now - What The Fuck?!?!?!?!?!

 

[Dean Wormer]

For starters::: We need to isolate the terrorist groups from their state sponsors. Quaddafi shut right the hell up after his house was bombed in retaliation for the Lockerbie bombing.
cheers,

Quaddafi's house was attacked in retaliation for a bombing at a Berlin night club in 1986. Lockerbie did not happen until December 1988.

 

[Member2019]

NOBODY was prepared for two jumbo jets to be used as weapons.

Exactly! That's something the conspiracy theorists keep ignoring. Before 9/11, we never considered that option. We just didn't. Anyone who had a DoD clearance at the time (myself included) were on high alert. We were inspecting people everywhere, as well as at airports.

A hijacking wasn't out of the question. And in the past, we'd merely follow various protocols in a hijacking in the hope of returning the hostages. No one ever thought they'd ram them into a building. We just never thought of it.

It doesn't take but 15 minutes for any plane in New England to travel to NY at 500mph. By the time United contacted the FAA, the first plane had already hit. And the rest is history.

Now we take everything differently. A plane off-course is immediately referred and there are countless ATC false positives every day. We also aren't as naive in what we allow on-board. As one FBI agent told me, the most capable weapon that's was allowed on before 9/11 was a solid ball-point pen -- it's still better than a box cutter when wielded by someone who knows how to use it.

And you can be sure that if there is another hijacking, if they come anywhere near a city, it will be shot down without hesitation. Before, the attitude was not to panic and let the terrorists just "coast" for awhile, time was was an ally (because some would break down psychologically). Now we know that time is something we cannot afford, and the number of innocent deaths could be far greater than those in the plane.

 

[pussypoppa]

No one ever thought they'd ram them into a building. We just never thought of it.

Doesnt make sense

 

[buzus]

why do I think that all that "we prevented a huge terrorist attack"-stuff is some way to keep people's minds off Lebanon and Iraq, another way to justify all the massacres going on,and a great reason to keep up the "terror" madness?The timing is right.
From what I heard,the "terrorists" were British citizens.Why doesn't Blair bomb Birmingham and London? That's what US and UK goverments do in those cases,why not now?
I apologize for being suspicious,but I don't see why I should believe their story.They've lied so many times in the past,why should they be telling the truth right now?