~ Heathrow Terror Attack Plot – 8/06

Focus Page @ LibertyRocks Blog ~ HEATHROW TERROR ATTACK FOILED ~ Thursday, August 10, 2006 Last Updated: 8/16/06 ~ 9:00 p.m. (Central Time – US) Scotland Yard has busted 24 people involved in a terrorist plot to bomb airliners flying from Britain to the US. Other suspects are still on the loose at this time, and being hunted by police agencies across the globe. Governments and security agencies around the world have raised terror threat levels for air travel in response to the foiled plot. ~ RESOURCE LINKS~ Following are resource links I have gathered regarding the thwarted terrorist airliner bomb plot foiled in the UK by Scotland Yard on August 10, 2006. Links will be added to this list on a regular basis as new information is uncovered. If you have any information or links to add to this page please feel free to email me. MAJOR MEDIA COVERAGE: August 13, 2006: PAKISTANI BROTHERS KEY FIGURES IN LONDON PLOT – The Times of India – Times Internet Limited – Gurgaon, Haryana, India – August 13, 2006 FIVE SUSPECTS LEARNT BOMB SKILLS AT AL-QAEDA CAMPS – The Daily Telegraph – Telegraph Group Limited – England, UK – August 13, 2006 BRITAIN’S AL-QAEDA LEADER SEIZED – The Sunday Times via The Times Online – Times Newspapers Ltd. – London, England, UK – August 13, 2006 POLICE HUNT ‘TWO DOZEN’ TERROR CELLS IN BRITAIN – DIRECT LINK TO 7 JULY ATROCITY, SAYS PAKISTAN – BA CHIEF ATTACKS AIRPORT CHAOS – The Guardian Unlimited – Guardian Newspapers Limited – Manchester, England, UK – August 13, 2006 YOUNG MUSLIM RAGE TAKES ROOT IN BRITAIN – UNEMPLOYMENT, FOREIGN POLICY FUEL EXTREMISM – The Washington Post – Arlington, Virginia, US – August 13, 2006 TARGET BRITAIN: WAVE OF ATTACKS PLANNED, SAY INVESTIGATORS – TERRORISTS IN UK STILL POSSESS HUGE ARSENAL OF BOMBS AND WEAPONS. COUNTRY REMAINS UNDER ‘VERY SEVERE’ THREAT, SECURITY SOURCES WARN – The Independent – Independent News & Media Ltd. – London, England, UK – August 13, 2006 BRITISH NATIONAL IN UK PLOT TO BOMB PLANES PRODUCED IN COURT: MINISTER – People’s Daily Online – Beijing, China – August 13, 2006 PLOT SHOWS RISE OF EXTREMISM IN EUROPE – The Associated Press (AP) via The Houston Chronicle – Houston, Texas, US – August 13, 2006 FRIENDS LEAP TO DEFENCE OF BOMB ACCUSED – The Herald Sun – Herald & Weekly Times – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia – August 13, 2006 UNIVERSITY STUDENTS RECRUITED FOR TERROR PLOT – PTI via The Hindu – The Hindu Group – Chennai (Madras), India – August 13, 2006 ‘FOUR TERRORIST PLOTS FOILED’ IN BRITAIN – AFP/BBC via ABC News – Australian Broadcasting Corporation – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – August 13, 2006 TERRORIST DOSSIER ‘INCRIMINATES STUDENTS’ – Adfero Ltd. via Monsters & Critics – Glasgow, Scotland, UK – August 13, 2006 U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM AGENCIES: EVIDENCE GROWS OF AL-QAIDA LINK TO TERROR PLOT – The Associated Press (AP) & The Canadian Press via Canada.com – CanWest Media Publications Inc. – Don Mills, Ontario, Canada – August 13, 2006 THE KARACHI CONNECTION – FROM PAKISTAN TO BRITAIN, THE REMARKABLE STORY OF AN INTERNATIONAL WEB OF TERROR – The Observer – Guardian Newspapers Ltd. – Manchester, England, UK – August 13, 2006 U.S. WONDERS IF ALL PLOTTERS WERE CAUGHT, CHERTOFF SAYS – The International Herald-Tribune via the New York Times – New York, New York, US – August 13, 2006 BUSH: PLOT SHOWS DANGER HASN’T PASSED – The Guardian Unlimited – The Guardian Newspapers – Manchester, England, UK – August 13, 2006 OVER-REACTION ‘COULD LEAD NEW GENERATION INTO ARMS OF EXTREMISTS’, WARN LEADERS – Scotsman on Sunday – The Scotsman Publications Ltd. – Edinburgh, Scotland, UK – August 13, 2006 CHARITY MONEY CONVERTED FOR AIRCRAFT PLOT: REPORT – The Hindu – The Hindu Group – Chennai (Madras), India – August 13, 2006 MUSLIMS SAY BLAIR’S POLICIES AID EXTREMISTS – OFFICIAL SAYS LONDON TERROR PLOT MIGHT HAVE ‘SOME LINKS’ TO GERMANY – The New York Times via The Houston Chronicle – August 13, 2006 ITALY POLICE ARREST 40 SUSPECTS RELATED TO BRITISH TERROR PLOT – People’s Daily Online – Beijing, China – August 13, 2006 ABDUL PATEL (17) OF INDIAN ORIGIN AMONG SUSPECTS IN PLOT TO BLOW UP PLANES – Daiji World – Mangalore, India – August 13, 2006 AL-QAIDA AGENT HELD OVER PLOT – The Herald Sun – Fairfax Digital – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia – August 13, 2006 August 12, 2006: LONDON TERROR PLOT SUSPECT, AN EMPLOYEE OF JET AIRWAYS – PTI via The Hindu – The Hindu Group – Chennai (Madras), India – August 12, 2006 FOCUS IN BRITAIN FALLS ON PROSECUTION – The Associated Press (AP) via The Seattle Post-Intelligencer – The Hearst Corporation – Seattle, Washington, US – August 12, 2006 FUNDS FOR PLANE TERROR TRACED TO PAKISTANI KASHMIR – DPA via India News – Gurgaon, Haryana, India – August 12, 2006 AIRPLANE BOMB INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE, MUSLIMS BLAST BLAIR’S POLICY – Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) via Monsters & Critics – Glasgow, Scotland, UK – August 12, 2006 ARREST OF BRITISH MAN IN PAKISTAN TRIGGERED RAID – The Independent – Independent News & Media Limited – London, England, UK – August 12, 2006 BRITON GAVE CRUCIAL LEADS ON BOMB PLOT – Agence France-Presse (AFP) via Daily News & Analysis (DNA) – Diligent Media Corporation Ltd. – Mumbai, India – August 12, 2006 PAKISTAN HUNTS FOR PROMINENT ISLAMIC MILITANT IN AIRCRAFT PLOT PROBE – DPA via The Khaleej Times – Dubai, United Arab Emirates – August 12, 2006 INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS LOOKING AT TRANSATLANTIC PHONE CALLS – The Guardian Unlimited – Guardian Newspapers Inc. – Manchester, England, UK – August 12, 2006 IF UK PLOT HOMEGROWN, IT’S BAD NEWS: EXPERTS – The New York Times via The Indian Express – Indian Express Newspapers – Mumbai, India – August 12, 2006 FBI SAYS FLIGHTS TO BOSTON NOT SPECIFICALLY PART OF PLOT – The Boston Globe – Boston, Massachusetts, US – August 12, 2006 ISLAMIC GROUPS BEHIND HEATHROW PLOT – Chennai Online – Chennai Interactive Business Services (P) Ltd.- Chennai, India – August 12, 2006 THE LIQUID BOMBS PLOT: AL-QAEDA CORRUPTS A GENERATION – The Mirror – London, England, UK – August 12, 2006 FBI PROBES U.S. LINKS TO TERROR PLOT RAIDS – The Irish Examiner – Cork, Ireland – August 12, 2006 MUSLIMS FEELING THE TENSION IN LONDON AFTER TERROR – Newsday – Melville, New York, US – August 12, 2006 HEZBOLLAH, BRITISH TERROR PLOT SUSPECTS SHARE IDEAOLOGY: BUSH – Agence France-Presse (AFP) via TurkishPress.com – Plymouth, Michigan, US – August 12, 2006 TERROR PLOT: TOP AL-QAEDA TRAINER ‘TAUGHT SUSPECTS TO USE EXPLOSIVE’ – The Times Online – Times Newspapers Ltd. – London, England, UK – August 12, 2006 EVIDENCE POINTS TOWARDS AL-QAEDA AND BIN LADEN – The Sydney Morning Herald – Fairfax Digital – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – August 12, 2006 ARRESTED AL-QAEDA MAN LINKED TO PLOT – AdelaideNow – The Advertiser & Sunday Mail – Adelaide, South Australia, Australia – August 12, 2006 LIQUID WEAPONS NOT A NEW TERRORIST TOOL – The Associated Press (AP) via The Seattle Post-Intelligencer – Seattle, Washington, US – August 12, 2006 EXPERTS TACKLE NEW THREAT: BABY FORMULA, PRESCRIPTIONS – The Connecticut Post Online – MediaNews Group Inc. – Bridgeport, Connecticut – August 12, 2006 PAK HUNTS FOR PROMINENT ISLAMIC MILITANT IN PLOT PROBE – Bureau Report via ZEE News – Noida, India – August 12, 2006 FUGITIVE BRITON ARRESTED IN PAKISTAN OVER JET BOMB -The Telegraph – UK – August 12, 2006 THREAT OF THE EMPTY PURSE – IT’S BARE BASICS FOR WOMEN AS MAKEUP BANNED – The Mercury News – San Jose, California, US – August 12, 2006 August 11, 2006: LIQUID EXPLOSIVE NEEDS NO DETONATOR – New York Daily News via The Lawrence Journal-World – Lawrence, Kansas, US – August 11, 2006 PAKISTAN NAMES RASHID RAUF AS MAIN SUSPECT IN FOILED TERROR PLOT – VOA News – The Voice of America – Washington D.C., US – August 11, 2006 TERROR PLOT: 40 HELD IN ITALY – The Associated Press (AP) via News24.com – Cape Town, South Africa – August 11, 2006 INTERNATIONAL PROBE INVOLVED HUNDREDS – The Washington Post via The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette – Fort Wayne, Indiana, US – August 11, 2006 NYPD TOLD OF PLAN BY BRITS, SEEK U.S. LINKS – The New York Daily News – New York, New York, US – August 11, 2006 [Notes: Several months ago Scotland Yard informed NYPD about an emerging terror plot, but it didn’t know the plan was to explode bombs on US-bound jets until earlier this week. NYPD investigators are still searching for possible U.S. links.] INVESTIGATORS TRACING TERROR PLOT MONEY TRAIL – The Associated Press (AP) via FOX News – News America Group – New York, New York, US – August 11, 2006 CHERTOFF: ‘I’M NOT PREPARED TO LET MY GUARD DOWN’ – The Associated Press (AP) via FOX News – News America Group – New York, New York, US – August 11, 2006 CHERTOFF: NO EVIDENCE OF U.S.-BASED TERROR THREAT – HOMELAND SECURITY LOOKING TO EASE ELEVATED TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS – Ch. 4 News (CBS) – Denver, Colorado, US – August 11, 2006 PAKISTAN CONNECTION IN ALLEGED BOMBING PLOT – Radio New Zealand – Wellington, New Zealand – August 11, 2006 SYSTEMS EXIST TO FIND LIQUID EXPLOSIVES – The Associated Press (AP) Technology – FOX News – News America Group – New York, New York, US – August 11, 2006 EXPLOSIVE COCKTAIL SO EASY AND SO EVIL – The New York Daily News – New York, New York, US – August 11, 2006 MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN REACT STRONGLY TO ALLEGED PLANE BOMB PLOT RAIDS – Agence France-Presse (AFP) via The Khaleej Times – Dubai, United Arab Emirates – August 11, 2006 BRITAIN THANKS PAKISTAN AS ‘IMMENSE THREAT’ REMAINS (ROUNDUP) – Monsters & Critics News – Glasgow, Scotland, UK – August 11, 2006 UK VIGILANT AS PAKISTAN POINTS TO AL QAEDA PLOT LINK – Retuers via The Washington Post – Arlington, Virginia, US – August 11, 2006 HOMEGROWN TERRORISTS PUZZLE BRITAIN – The Associated Press (AP) via The Seattle Post-Intelligencer – Seattle, Washington, US – August 11, 2006 ‘FOUR SUSPECTS ATTENDED SAME LONDON MOSQUE’ – Life Style Extra – London, England, UK – August 11, 2006 ‘JET EMPLOYEE’ AMONG BRITAIN TERROR SUSPECTS – The Hindustan Times – HT Media Ltd. – New Delhi, India – August 11, 2006 U.S. ISSUES WARNING TO ITS CITIZENS IN INDIA – The International Herald-Tribune – Neuilly Cedex, France – August 11, 2006 TERRORISM: TWO BRITONS ARRESTED IN PAKISTAN OVER FAILED BOMB PLOT – AdnKronos International (AKI) – Rome, Italy – August 11, 2006 JAPAN STEPS UP ANTI-TERRORISM MEASURES FOLLOWING PLOT IN BRITAIN – MSN & Mainichi Daily News – Tokyo, Japan – August 11, 2006 ANALYSIS: SECURITY IMPACT ON AIRLINES – Monsters & Critics News – Glasgow, Scotland, UK – August 11, 2006 AUDACIOUS BOMB PLOT FOILED IN BRITAIN; HOMEGROWN TERRORIST CELL SUSPECTED; TOUGH NEW RULES IMPOSED ON AIR TRAVEL – 24 MEN ARRESTED IN PLAN TO STRIKE 12 FLIGHTS BOUND FOR KEY U.S. CITIES – The Globe & Mail – Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc. – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – August 11, 2006 UK TERROR SUSPECT TURNED RADICAL AFTER PAK VISIT – Asian News International via The Hindustan Times – HT Media Ltd. – New Delhi, India – August 11, 2006 ‘NICE GUYS’ NEXT DOOR PLOTTED HORRIFIC ATTACKS – The New York Daily News – Daily News, L.P. – New York, New York, US – August 11, 2006 EU SAYS A CONCERTED EFFORT TO FIGHT TERRORISM IS NEEDED – Deutsche Welle (DW-World.DE) – Bonn, Germany – August 11, 2006 WALL STREET GAMELY ENDURES TERRORISM FEARS – The Associated Press (AP) via The Louisville Courier-Journal – Louisville, Kentucky, US – August 11, 2006 AUSTRALIAN PM SAYS TERRORISM ALERT NOT RAISED, BUT UNDER REVIEW – People’s Daily Online – Beijing, China – August 11, 2006 PHILIPPINE AIRLINES IMPOSES ADDITIONAL SECURITY MEASURES FOR U.S.-BOUND PLANES – People’s Daily Online – Beijing, China – August 11, 2006 STUDENTS AMONG SUSPECTS HELD IN CONNECTION WITH U.K. TERRORISM PLOT – YOUNGEST SUSPECT IN PLOT TARGETING U.S.-BOUND FLIGHTS IS 17 YEARS OLD. – CBS News via MTV Online – MTV Networks – New York, New York, US – August 11, 2006 TERRORISM: CASTELLI – LOSS OF CREDIBILITY IN OUR SERVICES – Italian Prime Minister’s Office & AGI – Today in Italy – Agenzia Giornalistica Italia (AGI) – Rome, Italy – August 11, 2006 THE DAY THE ENEMY BECAME ‘ISLAMIC FASCISTS’ – THE PRESIDENT TURNS A NEW PHRASE TO DESCRIBE THE ‘WAR ON TERRORISM’ – MSNBC News – MSNBC on the Internet – Redmond, Washington, US – August 11, 2006 SECURITY EXPERTS SEE POSSIBLE AL-QAIDA CONNECTION TO LONDON TERROR PLOT – VOA News – The Voice of America – Washington D.C., US – August 11, 2006 PAKISTAN NAMES AL-QAIDA SUSPECT – The Tribune – Chandigarh, India – August 11, 2006 PLOT TO OVERTHROW EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT FOILED – MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LEADER ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO PLANNING COUP – The Galil Report via WorldNetDaily News – World Net Daily – Medford, Oregon, US – August 11, 2006 PAKISTAN HAD PIVOTAL ROLE IN CRACKING BOMB – ISLAMABAD HAD BEEN UNDER SCRUTINY BY WESTERN ALLIES, GRAEME SMITH REPORTS – The Globe & Mail – Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc. – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – August 11, 2006 GENERAL: NORTHCOM KNEW OF TERRORIST PLOT – Armed Forces Press Services (AFPS) via SmallGovTimes.com – August 11, 2006 AUGUST 10, 2006: PAKISTAN SAYS IT TIPPED OFF U.K. OFFICIALS TO ASSIST IN TERROR BUST – The Associated Press (AP) via FOX News – News America Group – New York, New York, US – August 10, 2006 FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTRY HOLDS URGENT MEETING – The Associated Press via FOX News – News America Group – New York, New York, US – August 10, 2006 NATIONAL BLOGS & MAGAZINES: UK FOILS ‘OPERATION BOJINKA II’ MULTIPLE AIRLINER PLOT ( British Authorities Say ‘Liquid Chemical’ Intended to Blow Up Flights Over Atlantic; Scores Arrested, Main Plotters Said ‘British-Born’ ) – by Kirk H. Sowell – ThreatsWatch.org – August 10, 2006 BOJINKA II – by Luc Van Braekel – The Brussels Journal – Brussels, Belgium – August 10, 2006 AL-QAIDA’S USE OF “LIQUID BOMBS” TARGETING AIRLINES – by Evan Kohlmann – The Counterterrorism Blog – August 10, 2006 LONDON: THE “SHOE BOMBER FACTORY” AGAIN? – by Walid Pares – The Counterterrorism Blog – August 10, 2006 BREAKING: SCOTLAND YARD BUSTS “MAJOR PLOT” TO BLOW UP AIRPLANE – ( UPDATE: A DOZEN PLANES? ) – ( UPDATE: BLAIR WARNED BUSH ON LEAKS? ) – by AllahPundit – HOT AIR – US – August 10, 2006 PRESS RELEASES, ‘OFFICIAL’ STATEMENTS, & TRANSCRIPTS: FACT SHEET: GUIDANCE FOR AIRLINE PASSENGERS – Department of Homeland Security – United States Government – Washington D.C., US – August 10, 2006 STATEMENT BY HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY MICHAEL CHERTOFF ANNOUNCING A CHANGE TO THE NATION’S THREAT LEVEL FOR THE AVIATION SECTOR – Office of the Press Secretary – United States Government – Department of Homeland Security – Washington D.C., US – August 10, 2006 REMARKS BY HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY MICHAEL CHERTOFF, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO GONZALES, FBI DIRECTOR ROBERT MUELLER AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR TSA KIP HAWLEY – Office of the Press Secretary – United States Government – Department of Homeland Security – Washington D.C., US – August 10, 2006 DOCUMENTS, REPORTS & RESEARCH PAPERS: RELATED NEWS (?): ATTEMPTED HIJACKING OF QATAR AIRWAYS PLANE Doha, Qatar – August 10, 2006 MAN, ATTENDANTS FIGHT ABOARD QATAR PLANE – Associated Press via The Houston Chronicle – Houston, Texas, US – August 10, 2006 JORDAN DENIES ABORTIVE HIJACK ATTEMPT OF QATARI AIRLINER – Deutsche Presse via Monsters & Critics News – August 10, 2006 EXTRA INFORMATION: Recent News Events – FOUR QUIZZED AFTER PLAND TURNS BACK – The Guardian – London, England, UK – August 7, 2006 U.S. NO-FLY LIST REROUTES PLANE – AP via The Edmonton Sun – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – August 8, 2006 QUOTE: LONDON — A London-to-Boston flight was called back to Heathrow Airport yesterday after U.S. authorities discovered a passenger’s name was on their “no-fly” list, officials said. Four passengers were being questioned by border control officers. edmontonsun.com – World – U.S. no-fly list reroutes plane AIRLINE RELATED TERROR ATTACKS: Operation Bojinka – 1995 – Ramzi Yousef OPERATION BOJINKA – EXCERPT FROM “TERROR IN THE SKIES: WHY 9/11 COULD HAPPEN AGAIN, SPENCE PUBLISHING” – by Annie Jacobsen – Published in Women’s Wall Street – August 10, 2006 OPLAN BOJINKA ( OPERATION BOJINKA ) – Wikipedia Entry – [ Information about Ramzi Yousef, and the thwarted plan for terrorist activity in 1995.] – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bojinka OPERATION BOJINKA – 9-11 Review – http://www.911review.com/precedent/scenarios/bojinka.html British “Shoebomber” – Richard Reid NOT ALL SHOES ARE CREATED EQUAL – by Annie Jacobsen – Women’s Wall Street – January 1, 2006 WHO IS RICHARD REID? – BBC News – London, England, UK – December 28, 2001 RICHARD REID – WIKIPEDIA ENTRY – Wikipedia THE SHOE BOMBER’S WORLD – Time Magazine – Time.com – US – February 16, 2002 Attack on New York – September 11, 2001 SEPTEMBER 11 NEWS WEBSITE – http://www.september11news.com/DailyTimeline.htm CHRONOLOGY OF TERROR – CNN – US – http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/11/chronology.attack/index.html Air Marshals: WHO WILL CLEAN UP THE KITCHEN? – by Annie Jacobsen – Women’s Wall Street – February 2, 2006