Archive for January 24th, 2007
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
British Airline Bombers Were Radicalized in Weeks
London Police Chief, Sir Ian Blair, held a press conference earlier today announcing that the 15 British Muslims currently held on charges to blow up as many as 10 UK-US bound airplanes were radicalized to jihad in a remarkably short time frame. The arrest of the men last August (originally part of a group of […]
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
Plane Hijacked in Sudan, Demands Passage to London
Earlier today, an Air West passenger plane carrying 103 people was hijacked in Sudan. The hijacker demanded to go to London. Reuters quoted Air West’s commercial manager as stating, “So far there is one hijacker with an AK-47 machine gun.” The Guardian now reports that the man hijacked the plane with a pistol. Most […]