Abdullah Ahmed, Tanvir Hussain, Assad Sarwar Photo: PABritish Court Convicts Three in Plot to Blow Up Airliners -- New York Times
LONDON — After two trials and the largest counterterrorism investigation in Britain’s history, three men were found guilty Monday of plotting to bomb at least seven trans-Atlantic airliners on a single day with liquid explosives smuggled aboard in soft-drink bottles and detonated by devices powered with AA batteries.
The convictions came three years after the airline industry was thrown into chaos by the plot. The bombers’ plan to drain plastic soft-drink bottles with syringes and refill them with concentrated hydrogen peroxide, a bleaching agent also used as a propellant for rockets, led to new measures prohibiting passengers from carrying all but small quantities of liquids and creams onto flights.
Read more ....
More News On Today's Convictions
UK court convicts 3 of plot to blow up airliners -- AP
Three guilty of plotting biggest ever airline bombing -- The Telegraph
Airline bomb plotters' links to al-Qaida and other convicted terrorists -- The Guardian
Three guilty of transatlantic jet bombing plot -- AFP
Three British men guilty of airline bomb plot -- Reuters
Attack of 'global proportions' averted: prosecutors -- AFP
Liquid bomb plot: What happened -- BBC
Airliner plot devised by Pakistan masterminds -- The Independent
Airline bombings were just days away - UK police -- Reuters
Coded emails intercepted by MI5 -- The Telegraph
Airliner bomb plot: Profiles -- The Telegraph
Airliner bomb plot: profiles of the defendants -- The Guardian
Airline bomb plot: reaction -- The Telegraph
Neville Jones on airline plot verdict -- BBC
No comments:
Post a Comment