Thursday 10 August 2006

The Phantom Menace

The breaking news this morning is that the British air travel network was effectively shut down as the authorities thwarted a major terrorist attack that would have involved blowing up as many as ten aircraft in midflight.

The BBC, with its usual hard-hitting, take-no-prisoners-as long-as-long-as-it-uncovers-the-truth journalism once again displays an incredible lack of curiosity as to who the terrorists are and what they're motives might be. Though "links to Pakistan" are mentioned and that before the raids police contacted unspecified "community leaders," the Beeb seems to be uninterested in what might be a teeny little fact that might be of some relevance to this case.

It's a two-syllable word beginning with "M."

Update: According to reports, the terrorists were ready to implement their plans and were intending to use a "liquid explosive." As a result, all gels and liquids (indeed, almost all carry-on items) have been banned from British flights and news agencies report that the Americans may be imposing a similar ban.

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