Thread: BREAKING: 2 UPS Planes Isolated At PHL, 1 In Newark

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BREAKING: 2 UPS Planes Isolated At PHL, 1 In Newark

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2010/1 ... ups-plane/
October 29, 2010 11:20 AM
From Jessica McWilliams


PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Authorities have isolated two UPS cargo planes at Philadelphia International Airport following a report of suspicious packages on the planes. Another plane has also been isolated in Newark, New Jersey.

Local and federal authorities are investigating a suspicious package aboard a UPS plane that landed at Philadelphia International Airport at about 9 a.m. from Paris, France. The second plane, from Cologne, Germany, was isolated near the UPS terminal. The plane from Germany landed in Philadelphia at about 8 a.m. and was scheduled to depart at 10:30 a.m. for Louisville, Kentucky. At about the same, a third plane landed safely at Newark International Airport and was isolated.

Authorities say the incident in Philadelphia began when a crew member aboard the plane from Paris notified authorities on approach about a suspicious package. The two crew members safely exited the aircraft after landing in a remote area of the airport.
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Isn't Clinton in Philly today and Obama tomorrow??

Just heard on FOX News that the Newark plane has been cleared, but their are still two planes in Philadelphia being checked out. Didn't know there were two in Philadelphia.

Maybe the terrorists are just testing.

Weird stuff is definitely going on.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/29/securi ... /?hpt=Sbin
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69S2SQ20101029

Boy is the media ever on this story! And it may or may not be terrorist related.

What a crock. Why don't they tell the truth. The real terrorism headline story is at our unguarded borders.

June 28, 2010 12:00 A.M.

A Moving Sidewalk for Terrorists
Muslim extremists have penetrated our southern border.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/ ... oy-murdock

While Americans march against Arizona’s new restrictions on unlawful immigration, hundreds of illegal aliens from countries awash in Muslim terrorists tiptoe across the U.S.-Mexican frontier. [...]

Need your help here please
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-216669.html

If our enemies wanted to keep the Democrats and Obama in power, they could not have picked a better way to do it.

It is well known that during a crises, the people of the United States always rally behind whatever party is presently in office whether they like them or not.

I hope this dies down quick! I think this is going to disrupt the elections to at least some degree.

Obama (and hence the Democrats) will look better now.....like they are making sure everyone is safe. Like they care.

http://www.myfox8.com/news/nationworld/ ... 4454.story

WASHINGTON(AP) — Authorities on three continents thwarted multiple terrorist attacks aimed at the United States Friday, seizing two explosive packages addressed to Chicago-area synagogues and packed aboard cargo jets from Yemen. Parts of the plot might remain undetected, President Barack Obama's counterterror chief warned.

Obama called the coordinated attacks a "credible terrorist threat" amid worldwide fears that al-Qaida was launching a major new campaign of assaults.

"The United States is not assuming that the attacks were disrupted and is remaining vigilant," Obama adviser John Brennan said at the White House.



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One of the packages was found aboard a cargo plane in Dubai, the other in England. In the U.S., cargo planes were searched up and down the Eastern Seaboard, and an Emirates Airlines passenger jet was escorted down the coast to New York by American fighter jets.

No explosives were found aboard those planes, though the investigation was continuing on at least two.

Obama's sobering assessment, delivered from the White House podium, unfolded four days before national elections in which discussion of terrorism has played almost no role. The president went ahead with weekend campaign appearances.

The terrorist efforts "underscore the necessity of remaining vigilant against terrorism," the president said. While he said both packages that contained explosives originated in Yemen, he did not explicitly assign blame to al-Qaida, which is active in the Arab nation and long has made clear its goal of launching new attacks on the United States.

Authorities in Dubai intercepted one explosive device. The second package was aboard a plane searched in East Midlands, north of London, and officials said it contained a printer toner cartridge with wires and powder. Brennan said the devices were in packages about the size of a breadbox.

While the president didn't specifically accuse Yemen's al-Qaida branch, officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said they were increasingly certain that was the source. The same group was responsible for the attempted bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner last Christmas.

The radical U.S.-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who now lives in hiding in Yemen, is believed to have helped inspire recent attacks including the Fort Hood shooting, the Times Square bombing attempt and the failed Detroit airliner bombing last Christmas Day.

Most of the officials spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the ongoing investigation.

Brennan later told reporters that the explosives "were in a form that was designed to try to carry out some type of attack," but he provided no further details.

"The forensic analysis is under way," he said, adding, "Clearly from the initial observation, the initial analysis that was done, the materials that were found in the device that was uncovered was intended to do harm