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2004-01-31 Britain

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Posted by Gasse Katze 2004-01-31 10:44:57 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I don't get it. Why not load up the plane, get it out on the tarmac, then nab your suspects ?

Posted by Anonynoony 2004-1-31 11:11:30 AM|| 2004-1-31 11:11:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Anon: because if you do that and the terrorists happen to have succeeded in smuggling a weapon on board, innocents could die.

Posted by Steve White 2004-1-31 1:02:42 PM|| 2004-1-31 1:02:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I wonder if it's still about armed air marshals...

Posted by Seafarious 2004-1-31 1:44:25 PM|| 2004-1-31 1:44:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Who says the plan was for terrorists to be on the plane? or near the airport?

Posted by Rawsnacks 2004-1-31 1:52:19 PM|| 2004-1-31 1:52:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 UPDATE: - British Airways (BAB) and Air France on Saturday announced the cancellation of seven flights to and from the United States because of security concerns. BA canceled four flights between Heathrow Airport and Washington on Sunday and Monday and one from Heathrow to Miami on Sunday. Air France canceled two Paris-to-Washington flights. There are no plans to raise the terror alert in the United States because of the latest threats, Homeland Security Department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said.

Posted by Gasse Katze 2004-1-31 2:13:25 PM|| 2004-1-31 2:13:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Anon: because if you do that and the terrorists happen to have succeeded in smuggling a weapon on board, innocents could die.

Given that Poms are involved (proper "victims", you see), the idea is quite possible. Don't know about the French tho. Would they fight back or not?

I wonder if it's still about armed air marshals...

No question where the Poms are concerned. Otherwise, they wouldn't have cancelled the flights. It's that fear of firearms, you know...

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-31 2:54:44 PM|| 2004-1-31 2:54:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Poms???

Posted by Raptor 2004-1-31 4:03:25 PM|| 2004-1-31 4:03:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 #7 Poms???

Short for Pommy, a slightly derisive term for the British, used by Australians.

Ed "I taught an Aussie student once" Becerra

Posted by Ed Becerra 2004-1-31 4:31:41 PM|| 2004-1-31 4:31:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Short for Pommy, a slightly derisive term for the British, used by Australians.

Actually, it's Pommy Bastards! The Pommy part comes from the pom-pom thing British Army officers used to wear on the Hats.

Posted by analog roam 2004-1-31 5:14:50 PM|| 2004-1-31 5:14:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Rawsnacks, if the worry was about a SAM shot, all flights would have been cancelled.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-1-31 7:22:41 PM|| 2004-1-31 7:22:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Before they cancelled the flight, they tried to flush the terrorists out with a age-old ploy. "Now bording rows 23, 35 and 40..."

Posted by Super Hose 2004-1-31 7:25:00 PM|| 2004-1-31 7:25:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 The things one learns on Rantburg. I Googled on 'Pommy Bastards' and got 907 hits. A lot than I ever wanted to know on the subject.

Posted by Gasse Katze 2004-1-31 8:19:29 PM|| 2004-1-31 8:19:29 PM|| Front Page Top

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