UK announces more air cargo security measures

Britain to impose more air cargo security measures following Yemen mail bomb plot
LONDON — Britain's government says it will require tighter screenings of air cargo passing through the U.K. because of the recent mail Bomb Plot. Transport Secretary Philip Hammond says cargo originating from some cites in India, Qatar, Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh, Thailand, the Maldives, Sudan and Libya will have to be re-screened after arriving in the U.K. before being loaded onto onward flights. Currently such flights do not need to be screened in the U.K. Hammond spoke to reporters a...

Britain to impose more air cargo security measures following Yemen mail bomb plot
LONDON — Britain's government says it will require tighter screenings of air cargo passing through the U.K. because of the recent mail Bomb Plot. Transport Secretary Philip Hammond says cargo originating from some cites in India, Qatar, Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh, Thailand, the Maldives, Sudan and Libya will have to be re-screened after arriving in the U.K. before being loaded onto onward flights. Currently such flights do not need to be screened in the U.K. Hammond spoke to reporters a...

Al-Qaida group takes responsibility for mail bombs (AP)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – A Yemen-based al-Qaida group on Friday claimed responsibility for the international mail Bomb Plot uncovered late last week as well as the crash of a United Parcel Service cargo plane in September. A week after authorities intercepted packages in Dubai and Britain that were bound for the U.S., al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula issued a statement taking credit for the Plot and saying it would continue to strike American and Western interests. The group specif...

Bin Laden May Be Aiding Yemen Terror Plots
The Wall Street Journal reports: Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda leaders are believed to be providing strategic and philosophical guidance from Pakistan to Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, the group Washington believes was behind last week’s attempt to ship Bombs in packages to the U.S. Increased communication and collaboration between al Qaeda Militants in Yemen and the group’s central leadership have fueled alarm about Terrorist Plots which U.S. and Euro...

Mail Bomb Defused 17 Minutes Before Set to Explode, French Official Says
A Bomb wired to a cell phone and hidden in the toner cartridge of a computer printer was one of two mail bombs sent from Yemen last week was defused just 17 minutes before it was set to explode, the French Interior Minister said Thursday. One of two mail bombs sent from Yemen last week was disarmed just 17 minutes before it was set to go off, the French Interior Minister said Thursday, but American and British officials said they had no information that would confirm that. White House Press se...

Al Qaeda in Pakistan Aids Yemen Terror Plots
AP Nov. 4: Armed Yemeni police stand guard at a closed UPS office in San'a. Usama bin Laden and other Al Qaeda leaders are believed to be providing strategic and philosophical guidance from Pakistan to Yemen-based Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, the group Washington believes was behind last week's attempt to ship Bombs in packages to the U.S. Increased communication and collaboration between Al Qaeda Militants in Yemen and the group's central leadership have fueled alarm about terr...

Officials deny '17-minute' bomb claim
Brice Hortefeux's claims, which were made during an interview on France-2, were received with scepticism from officials in Britain, the US and the UAE. Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters A claim by the French Interior Minister that one of the Bombs sent as air cargo from Yemen was found 17 minutes before it was due to explode was today dismissed by security officials in several countries. It is believed that the Minister, Brice Hortefeux, was referring, during a television interview, to the...

Al-Qaida Group Takes Responsibility For Mail Bombs
A Yemen-based al-Qaida group is claiming responsibility for the international mail Bomb Plot uncovered late last week as well as the crash of a United Parcel Service cargo plane in September. A week after authorities intercepted packages in Dubai and England that were bound for the U.S., Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula issued a message Friday saying it will continue to strike American and Western interests. The group specifically said it would target civilian and cargo Aircraft. U.S. officials...

Yemen bomb disarmed 17 mins from exploding
AP One of two mail Bombs sent from Yemen last week was disarmed just 17 minutes before it was set to go off, the French Interior Minister says, but the White House says it has no information that will confirm that. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says the question of when the Bombs were to go off is still under investigation and there is no information confirming such a close call. US investigators also say they are unable to confirm the French report. Advertisement: Story continues ...

Al-Qaida claims responsibility for cargo bombs
WASHINGTON — The Yemeni branch of al-Qaida on Friday claimed responsibility for the two mail bombs sent from Yemen last week and for the downing of a cargo plane in Dubai in September. A week after authorities intercepted cargo packages in Dubai and the United Kingdom that were bound for the U.S., Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula issued a message Friday saying it will continue to strike American interests. Both mail bombs were wired to detonators that used cell phone technology. U...

France: AQ bomb just minutes away from exploding when found
New information from France and Britain make clear that the Al-Qaeda mail-bomb Plot intended to attack jets in mid-air and not necessarily the locations to which the packages were addressed.  France’s Interior Minister told the media that the Bomb discovered in the jet in East Midlands, England would have detonated in 17 minutes, a finding confirmed by CBS through its British sources: France’s Interior Minister says that one of two mail bombs sent from Yemen last week was defused ...

Official: 1 Yemen bomb 17 mins. from exploding
PARIS – One of two mail bombs sent from Yemen last week was disarmed just 17 minutes before it was set to go off, the French Interior Minister said Thursday. Brice Hortefeux provided no other details in an interview on France's state-run France-2 television, or say where he got the information about the timing. "One of the packages was defused only 17 minutes before the moment that it was set to explode," he said. When investigators pulled the Chicago-bound packages off cargo planes in E...

US officials: Military wants to boost aid to Yemen (AP)
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Military wants to significantly increase its equipment and training Aid to Yemen in 2011, proposing as much as $250 million to help the struggling country battle al-Qaida-linked Extremists within its borders, according to U.S. officials. The increase in funding was recommended well before last week's failed mail bombings, which U.S. officials believe were linked to the terror group's branch in Yemen, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. Military Aid to Yemen in 2010 w...

Al Qaeda Group Takes Credit for Mail Bomb Plot
Like this Story? Share it: UPS flight 232 waits at England's East Midlands Airport, Oct. 29, 2010, as Police search it for explosives. (CBS) (CBS/AP) A Yemen-based al Qaeda group is claiming responsibility for the international mail Bomb Plot uncovered late last week. A week after authorities intercepted packages in Dubai and England that were bound for the U.S., Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula issued a message Friday saying it will continue to strike American interests. Both mail Bombs wer...

Synagogue Bomb Defused 17 Minutes Before Time Ran Out
The delicate process of defusing a bomb cannot be rushed – and in the case of two Chicago Synagogues, that meant only 17 minutes stood between the sapper and one massive explosion. According to French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux, one of the two mail bombs addressed to Chicago Synagogues, intercepted last week by authorities in the UK and UAE, was caught just in the nick of time. Tipped off by Saudi Arabian intelligence agents, investigators pulled the bombs from cargo planes at airpo...

UK: Al-Qaeda Terrorist Arrested
On Wednesday, British Home Secretary Theresa May said that its very likely British Extremists hardened and trained in Somalia May try to commit mass Murder in London. This comes after it was revealed that they arrested a member of Al-Qaeda and is holding him. They have pledged to do more to target Terrorism overseas. Talking to the Royal United Services Institute, May revealed that an associate of a l-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was arrested earlier this year and is suspected of planning an a...

Pakistan al Qaeda Aids Yemen Plots - WSJ.com
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Al Qaeda's Yemen wing claims parcel bomb plot, UPS crash
Dubai | Fri Nov 5, 2010 3:50pm EDT Dubai (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing claimed a foiled Plot to send explosive parcels to the United States, and responsibility for a September UPS plane crash in Dubai in a statement that appeared on Islamist websites on Friday. The group claimed the attacks in a message posted on Islamist Internet forums and translated by SITE Intelligence Group. (Reporting by Erika Solomon; Editing by Matthew Jones) World ...

Al-Qaida group takes responsibility for mail bombs
WASHINGTON — A Yemen-based al-Qaida group is claiming responsibility for the international mail Bomb Plot uncovered late last week as well as the crash of a United Parcel Service cargo plane in September. A week after authorities intercepted packages in Dubai and England that were bound for the U.S., Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula issued a message Friday saying it will continue to strike American and Western interests. They specifically said they would target civilian and cargo Aircraft...

Al-Qaeda in Yemen claims parcel bomb plot: SITE - Yahoo! News UK
The Yemen branch of Al-Qaeda Friday claimed responsibility for a Plot to send parcel Bombs to the United States and for the September downing of a UPS cargo plane, the monitoring website SITE said. Skip related content The Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) group posted the message on "Jihadist" web forums, and called for more explosive parcels to "enlarge the circle of its application to include civilian Aircraft in the West as well as cargo Aircraft," SITE said. Last ...

Al Qaeda Yemen wing claims parcel plot
DUBAI - Al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing claimed responsibility for a foiled plot to send Explosive parcels to the United States last week, and for the crash of a UPS jet in Dubai in September. A statement that appeared on Islamist websites on Friday, attributed to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), also vowed more strikes on the United States in comments addressed to President Barack Obama. "We say to Obama, we have struck your jets three times in one year and we will continue, God willing, t...

Plotters didn't know where mail bombs would go off
WASHINGTON — The plotters behind last week's unsuccessful mail bombings could not have known exactly where their Chicago-bound packages were when they were set to explode, even after a suspected test run, U.S. officials say. The communication cards had been removed from the cell phones attached to the Bombs, meaning the phones could not receive calls, officials said, making it likely the Terrorists intended the alarm or timer functions to detonate the bombs. "The cell phone probably...

Britain urges action over extremist U.S. website
By Michael Holden LONDON | Fri Nov 5, 2010 7:54am EDT LONDON (Reuters) - "Jihadist content" on a U.S.-based website calling for action against British lawmakers who backed the Iraq War has been removed after Britain contacted U.S. authorities, police said on Friday. The RevolutionMuslim.com website printed the details after Roshonara Choudhry was jailed for life on Wednesday for stabbing former minister Stephen Timms twice during an advice surgery in east London in May in revenge for his supp...

Al-Qaeda affiliate claims parcel bomb plot
AFP A Yemen-based Al-Qaeda affiliate has claimed responsibility for a Plot to send parcel Bombs to the United States and for the September downing of a UPS cargo plane. The SITE monitoring group said on Friday the Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) group posted the message on "Jihadist" web forums, and called for more explosive parcels to "enlarge the circle of its application to include civilian Aircraft in the West as well as cargo Aircraft". The message said a bomb planted by the gro...

Al-Qaida claims it caused UPS plane crash in Dubai
WASHINGTON — A Yemen-based al-Qaida group has claimed responsibility for the downing of a United Parcel Service cargo plane in Dubai in September. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula also says it was behind the mail Bomb Plot uncovered by international authorities late last week. A U.S. official has said that authorities have found no evidence that the crash of the Boeing 747-400 was caused by a Bomb. Investigators still don't know what caused the fire that erupted on the plane's main car...