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August 10, 2006 -- Explosive Gel Was to Be Concealed in Sports Drink
The suspected terror plotters arrested in Britain had planned to conceal their liquid or gel explosives inside a modified sports beverage drink container and trigger the device with the flash from a disposable camera. (ABC News)
Airline Plot Involved Liquid Explosives
British authorities said Thursday they had thwarted a terrorist plot to simultaneously blow up several aircraft heading to the United States using explosives smuggled in carry-on luggage. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the terrorists planned to use liquid explosives disguised as beverages and other common products and detonators disguised as electronic devices. (AP)
Liquid Bomb Threat to Airliners Echoes 1995 Plot
A UK bomb plot foiled on Thursday echoed one planned a decade ago in Asia and lays bare the threats airlines still face despite heightened vigilance since the deadly hijackings of 2001, security analysts say. (Reuters)
Pakistan Arrests in Bomb Plot
Pakistan has made a number of arrests in connection with an alleged UK plot to blow up planes flying to the US. (BBC)
U.S. Boosts Marshals on U.K. Flights
The US is deploying extra air marshals on flights between the UK and the US after Britain said it had foiled a plot to blow up planes to the US. (BBC)
Five London Suspects Still at Large
Five of the suspected London terrorists are still at large and are being urgently hunted, according to U.S. sources who have been briefed on the airplane bombing plot. (ABC News)
Israeli Troops Seize Lebanese Town
Israeli tanks rolled into a Lebanese border town and were occupying the outskirts of a Hezbollah stronghold but the government insisted its expanded ground offensive had yet to begin. (AFP)
Fierce Clashes in Southern Lebanon
Hezbollah claims destruction of 14 Merkava tanks in Marjayun area as Israeli tanks thrust into southern Lebanon. (Middle East Online)
Israeli Helicopter Rockets Old Radio Tower in Beirut
An Israeli helicopter fired at least two rockets at a disused radio broadcast tower in the heart of Beirut on Thursday, lightly wounding two people and damaging a number of cars, Lebanese security sources said. (Reuters)
'New Mideast' May See Stronger Extremists
The "new Middle East" being born out of the warfare in Lebanon may be one where Islamic extremists are even stronger and reformists are isolated amid widespread skepticism over U.S. promises of democracy, activists in the Arab world warn. (AP)
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