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Originally Posted by spazz
I heard most of them got caught in the brit airports. Then one guy got caught in turkey on a plane to the US and he was tackled to the ground when he tried to break into the cockpit.
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I believe they were arrested in early morning raids on homes in various places across England. They were in the "last stages" of planning, but weren't actually at the point of going to the airport or boarding planes etc.
That's even more encouraging, because it means they were busted long before they ever got a chance to pose an immediate and imminent threat to traveling passengers.
Of course, the unfortunate thing about terrorists is that they can succeed in eliciting terror and chaos without actually having to carry out their evil plans. Politicians know this, and seem more than willing to capitalize on these kinds of events for political gain. I do think we are much more likely to hear news of foiled terror plots, raised threat levels, and the capture or killing of key terrorist leaders, when there is an election on the horizon. You can almost set your watch by it.
As was the case throughout the summer of 2004, I wonder if we are going to see a marked increase in the number of terrorist events and raised threat levels etc., until this November. In the run-up to the 2004 election, we seemed to have two or three 'events' a week. Then amazingly, after November's election night, all was suddenly quiet on the western front.
I am thrilled that these terrorists were caught. I am relieved whenever a terror plot is thwarted. However, I can't help feeling as though we are all being manipulated like puppets when it comes to the TIMING of things.
I don't wear a tin-foil hat, but I do keep one eye on the calendar. It speaks volumes!