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| U.S. fighter jets escort "aircraft of interest" into JFK Airport |
| 2010-10-29 |
| (KUNA) -- North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) reported on Friday afternoon its fighter jets were escorting a passenger plane identified as "an aircraft of interest" into JFK Airport in New York. Additional details were not immediately available, but the report came on the same day news broke of suspicious packages arriving on planes entering the United States from Yemen. President Barack B.O.Obama was scheduled to make a statement later in the day on the developments, and White House press secretary Minister of Information Robert Washington BobGibbs and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan planned to follow that with a late afternoon briefing. Cargo planes and trucks in several U.S. cities were inspected Friday after investigators found suspicious packages in at least two locations abroad, law enforcement sources said. U.S. officials told Cable News Network (CNN) that they believe al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was behind the plot. One suspicious package, found in Britain, contained a "manipulated" toner cartridge but tested negative for kaboom, the officials said. The package had white powder on it as well as wires and a circuit board, a law enforcement source said, and it was shipped from Sanaa, Yemen, with a final destination of Chicago, Illinois. A similar package has been discovered in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, the source said. Some media reports said Jewish religious leaders in Chicago were informed that synanogues in the United States might have been targeted in the incidents. Authorities were looking for about 13 other packages shipped from Yemen, a law enforcement source told CNN, and some of them have been found and deemed to not be a threat. The plot could be a dry run to test Western security, another official told CNN. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it had taken steps to enhance security, including heightened cargo screening and additional security at airports. "Passengers should continue to expect an unpredictable mix of security layers that include explosives trace detection, advanced imaging technology, canine teams and pat downs, among others," DHS said in a statement. "As always, we remind the public to remain vigilant and report suspicious activity to local law enforcement." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 from the press briefing: Suspicious packages discovered in Dubai and England in air cargo shipments to the U.S. contained explosive materials and appeared headed for Jewish places of worship in Chicago, President Obama confirmed Thursday afternoon. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-10-29 17:11 |
| #1 clearly an evil Juice trick to make Mo's crowd look like terrorists...or something |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-10-29 16:58 |