Another jihad attack blocked - Muslim terrorists targeting UK to US flights.
British and American authorities foiled a plot today that was intended to blow up approximately 10 airplanes simultaneously en route from the UK to the US. (*) (†)
The New York Times reports: (‡)
The police did not identify the suspects or their origin, though Paul Stephenson, the deputy metropolitan police commissioner for London, said “community leaders” had been alerted about the police action, using a code word for the British Muslim community.
The terrorist objective of bombing multiple airplanes at a time over an ocean was also at play in the Bojinka plot. (§)