Al Qaida targets Parliament

[Ned]

There is a report currently running on CNN that Blair's quick reaction in grounding planes in England was the only thing that saved Parliament from joining the Twin Towers on 9/11. Apparently an al Qaida cell in London was already at Heathrow when the grounding was ordered. They could not take off.

I don't know if Blair knew this before, but his vigorous support of the US in the war against terror now seems more justified.

Bravo Blair for your quick action that saved England from al Qaida on 9/11.

[SlowwHand]

Yepper. Blair rocks, IMO.

[Bereta_Eder]

UK joins the party.

[frostycreep]

Why did he order the planes not to take off? Was this just a coincidence or had the twin towers already been hit?

[Bereta_Eder]

he vigorously supports you because you share the same interests. dont get romantic

[Clear Skies]

Wow, Blair does something right for a change...

What's the betting the Transport Department buries some more bad news when this comes out?

[DinoDoc]

Big Ben 'was September 11 target'
June 12, 2002 Posted: 3:31 AM EDT (0731 GMT)

LONDON, England -- Suicide hijackers intended to target London's Big Ben on September 11, according to a British terrorism expert.

A group of al Qaeda operatives were at Heathrow Airport waiting to take over a jet and crash it into the Houses of Parliament, according to author Rohan Gunaratna.

Gunaratna, a research fellow at the Centre for Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at St Andrews University in Scotland, told CNN the attack was thwarted when flights out of London were grounded following the U.S. attacks.

The plan was intended to show the international reach of al Qaeda, he said.

"The attack was thwarted as a result of the attacks in New York and Washington," he said.

"Planes were grounded at Heathrow Airport and the al Qaeda attack team that went to Heathrow could not get into a plane in order to mount this attack," he said.

"Fortunately because of the level of alertness, the attack against UK targets was prevented."

He said the alleged attacker, who was arrested in India, had attended flying schools in Britain, Australia and the U.S., and received money from al Qaeda-connected sources.

"In terms of who recruited him, how he was recruited, where he was sent for training, it very clearly demonstrates that he was an al Qaeda member and this was his intention."

Gunaratna, author of "Inside al Qaeda," said he studied intelligence documents and had access to serving and former members of Osama bin Laden's terror network when writing the book.

He said his study revealed that al Qaeda had a "lose and learn" doctrine.

The terror group was prepared to lose operatives like Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, the 1993 World Trade Center bomber, in order to learn how to carry out such an attack successfully the next time, he said.

[Bereta_Eder]

oh FFS , it is made up.

london's big ben?

and what would be the casualtis?

the greenwich time?


what's next? the acropolis?

[moomin]

Much as I would like to believe this, one can't but ask: how comes that the Osamans, who pulled off that incredibly well-syncronized stuff in the US, weren't able to syncronize their UK op as well? Of course flights would be grounded as soon as the news about WTC spread.

[Bereta_Eder]

heres an equally interestinglink

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020606/ap_on_re_eu/hungary_tortoises_1

[Clear Skies]

Everyone knows how terrible air traffic control in the UK is

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by paiktis22


what's next? the acropolis?

Why would they attack Greece. Everyone knows what you really think of your allies.

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by Sprayber


Why would they attack Greece. Everyone knows what you really think of your allies.

and everyone knows what our "allies" are doing to us by supporting turkey

[Bereta_Eder]

and turkey's regime and illegal expansionist plans that can cost lifes just because they need her as an ally


kafroi they are yeah

[JohnIII]

Yes, Turkey are the real enemy here .