Terrorists were in the "final stages" of a plot to simultaneously blow up as many as 10 jets leaving Britain for the U.S., sending the planes and thousands of passengers into the Atlantic Ocean, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday.
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The U.S. raised the terror threat level to "severe," or red, for all flights leaving Britain for the United States.
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Chertoff said the plotters were "getting close to the execution phase."
"There were very concrete steps under way to execute all elements of the plan," he said.
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The plot was "as sophisticated as any we have seen in recent years as far as terrorism is concerned," Chertoff said.
And this gem:
Hours after the news broke, Bush said it was "a stark reminder that this nation is at war with Islamic fascists who will use any means to destroy those of us who love freedom, to hurt our nation."
Thanks, assholes... I seem to remember a situation in late August of last year, a pending disaster (with several days reasonable notice, as I recall), and you worthless idiots were nowhere to be seen until 4 days after the disaster occurred.
However, as a number of satirical depictions have pointed out, it's much harder to make political hay out of hurricanes than terrorists:
(Will Forte as) George W. Bush: ...We all know, in the days after the hurricane, I said I wasn't warned about how bad the hurricane might be, and.. now there's a tape showing you that I was warned! ...So, who's got the last laugh now, huh? The main thing to remember here is: it's been six months, and there hasn't been another hurrircane! The hurricanes are on the run.
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