The W.W.W.W.&H. of the British terror plot

Details are now coming out about the recent British terrorists who wanted to bring down passenger jets over the Atlantic or over American cities. The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How maybe more, maybe less than originally reported. source

HOW - They were 'doing chemical experiments with a sports drink named Lucozade and syringes'. Apparently they wanted to inject their explosives into the sports drink bottles with a syringe. This could be done without actually breaking the seal and opening the drinks. So to anyone checking the bottle, it would appear to be new and unopened.

Last June, a 22-year-old Walthamstow resident, who is among the suspects arrested Aug. 10, paid $260,000 cash for a second-floor apartment in a house on Forest Road, according to official property records. The authorities noticed that six men were regularly visiting the second-floor apartment that came to be known as the “bomb factory,” . . . MI5 agents secretly installed video and audio recording equipment inside the apartment, two senior British officials said.

WHY - The why should be obvious, because the United States, Britain and Israel are enemies of Islam.

As one of the men read from a script before a videocamera, he recited a quotation from the Koran and ticked off his reasons for the “action that I am going to undertake,” according to the person briefed on the case. The man said he was seeking revenge for the foreign policy of the United States, and “their accomplices, the U.K. and the Jews.” The man said he wanted to show that the enemies of Islam would never win this “war.” . . . Beseeching other Muslims to join jihad, he justified the killing of innocent civilians in America and other Western countries

“What should I worry when I die a Muslim, in the manner in which I am to die, I go to my death for the sake of my maker.” God, he added, can if he wants “bless limbs torn away!!!”

WHAT - The items found during investigations of homes and other sites give new details.

Investigators also seized more than 400 computers, 200 mobile phones and 8,000 items like memory sticks, CD’s and DVD’s. “The scale is immense,” Mr. Clarke said. “Inquiries will span the globe.”

When police officers knocked down the door to the second-floor apartment on Forest Road, they found a plastic bin filled with liquid, batteries, nearly a dozen empty drink bottles, rubber gloves, digital scales and a disposable camera that was leaking liquid, the person with knowledge of the case said. The camera might have been a prototype for a device to smuggle chemicals on the plane.

. . . airline schedules for flights from London to the United States . . . a diary that included a list that the police interpreted as a step-by-step plan for an attack . . . jihadist literature and DVD’s about “genocide” in Iraq and Palestine, according to British officials . . . a copy of a book called “Defense of the Muslim Lands" . . . “last will and testament” . . . martyrdom videos

WHO - British citizens of Pakistani heritage -

The trigger was the arrest in Pakistan of Rashid Rauf, a 25-year-old British citizen with dual Pakistani citizenship, whom Pakistani investigators have described as a “key figure” in the plot. In 2000, Mr. Rauf’s father founded Crescent Relief London, a charity that sent money to victims of last October’s earthquake in Pakistan.

A total of 25 people have been arrested in connection with the suspected plot. Twelve of them have been charged. Eight people were charged with conspiracy to commit murder and preparing acts of terrorism. Three people were charged with failing to disclose information that could help prevent a terrorist act, and a 17-year-old male suspect was charged with possession of articles that could be used to prepare a terrorist act. Eight people still in custody have not been charged. Five have been released. All the suspects arrested are British citizens ranging in age from 17 to 35.

WHERE - Terror suspects were arrested in Britain and Pakistan so far. More arrests may be made in the future.

Several of the suspects had traveled to Pakistan within weeks of the arrests, according to an American counterterrorism official. One of the suspects’ “kill-as-they-kill” martyrdom video was taken from a November 2002 fatwa by Osama bin Laden.

WHEN - While the terrorists had received the 'go now' order, inspectors are not sure if this was because Pakistan had prematurely arrested Rashid Rauf without informing the Brits or if it was truly the signal to initiate the plot. The group had reportedly been making plans since September 11, 2001. Perhaps they were looking foward to that anniversary, or perhaps the two dates in August were actually their intended target dates. We may never know.

FALLOUT - It seems the Brits have their Michael Moores, Moveon.orgs, and conspiracy theorists, too.

The “foiling” of an alleged “terror plot” to bring down passenger planes between Britain and the United States has revealed the existence of a highly coordinated international network that aims to spread public panic and create distrust between communities in order to undermine hard-fought-for freedoms. The seat of this conspiracy is not in the working-class neighbourhoods of London, but in the corridors of power in Downing Street and Washington, and in the plush suites of the media moguls’ HQs. source

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Comments

[Malinda777]

Your name "Right Truth" reigns true again.

Maybe if our "folks" can realize this soon, I can start NOT FREEZING my butt off at the airport wearing as little clothing as possible, and wearing flip flops onto the plane, and draining even water, and etc. so that I can actually ENJOY flying somewhere.

KICK the folks OFF the plane that cause the trouble. That's airport security class #101!

[Thomas Hamilton]

Interesting that the involved Muslims know very well they are in a WAR and they know very well who their enemy is. Too bad that the left, the congress, maybe even GWB have not thought and acted with the same clarity.

[Ma r t i n @ b l o g b a t]

Israel, which profiles its passengers has surpassed the 30 year mark with no hijackings. They determined it was wiser to invest most of its money on well-paid, intelligent humans rather than electronic devices which can easily be examined and defeated. The recent flurry of officials promoting the idea of profiling in the US and UK is not without reason, and I only hope that our public servants have finally decided to protect and serve rather than placate.