One notable point is the absence of the word "Muslim" from the reports.  I won’t make any predictions, but I think it is a safe bet that it wasn’t a group of militant Mormons.  More will develop there I am sure.

There is no way I will possibly be able to keep up with all the updates on this evolving story, so I will link to a few good sources and let them keep tabs on it.

At Sister Toldjah, she posted a good summary from Brendon Loy which I am reposting here:

• British authorities say they have disrupted a massive, imminent midair terror plot involving suicide bombers carrying liquid explosives in their carry-on baggage on U.K.-to-U.S. commercial flights. “Put simply, this was intended to be mass murder on an unimaginable scale,” says Scotland Yard.

• According to Sky News, the plot involved six planes. Earlier reports had said “as many as 20 planes” were involved. Scotland Yard would not confirm the number of planes. The planes were to be blown up en route to America (or possibly “over UK and US cities,” according to one early report).

• Fox News reports that a knowledgeable U.S. official says this plot had a “serious Al Qaeda connection.”

• Police know of specific flights on which the terrorists were booked, according to Sky. “They were not yet sitting on an airplane, but they were very close to travelling,” says a U.S. intelligence official, according to Fox.

• 21 would-be terrorists were arrested overnight in London. At least 2 others are still at-large, possibly “many others,” according to Fox. “We believe that these arrests have significantly disrupted the threat, but we cannot be sure that the threat has been entirely eliminated or the plot completely thwarted,” says Michael Chertoff. The arrested individuals are British-born young male Muslims, possibly of Pakistani origin, according to Sky.

• The U.K. is at its highest terror alert level, indicating an “imminent” threat. The U.S. terror threat level has been raised to red for flights from Britain to the United States, and to orange for all U.S. domestic, U.S.-bound international, and U.S.-to-U.K. flights. It is the first time the U.S. terror level has ever reached “red” for any part of the country.

• Because the plot involved “liquid chemical devices” to be smuggled on board via carry-on bags, incredibly strict new security measures have been instituted in Britain. Virtually no carry-on baggage is being allowed on board flights in Britain. Electronic devices, e.g. iPods, are reportedly banned and must be checked as luggage. What few items are allowed, reportedly must be carried in transparent bags. Because of the unprecedented security measures, there are extremely long lines and massive, crippling delays at British airports. All in-bound flights to Heathrow have been cancelled if they are not currently in the air. Many airlines and airports elsewhere are cancelling all flights to the U.K., and British passengers are asked not to come to the airport “unless absolutely necessary.” Heathrow is a madhouse.

• Some of the new security measures are being instituted in the U.S. as well. Virtually all liquids are being banned from all planes. The only exception is for baby formula, and it is allowed only if the parent drinks some of it him/herself, in front of a security agent, to prove that it’s not a liquid explosive (!!)

The new security measures have already prompted one person I know to suggest it is just Security Theater.

Perhaps he is right, but it seems to me that when credible information is given that a plan to kill people is going to be launched it would be foolish in the extreme to not take measures.

If the plan is alive in Britain, it is possible it is being coordinated in other places too.

Allah and Michelle Malkin seem to have the most updated information.

I will close and only say this.  I will be waiting to see how long it takes for the conspiracy nutbags to insist this was a plot to fake an attempted attack to convince us that there is still a war on.  You know it is coming. 

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