{"id":1184,"date":"2006-08-10T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-10T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/08\/not-the-time-to-be-flying.html"},"modified":"2006-08-10T14:54:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-10T14:54:00","slug":"not-the-time-to-be-flying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/08\/not-the-time-to-be-flying.html","title":{"rendered":"Not the time to be flying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But it looks like I&#8217;m going to be on a flight soon and I&#8217;m not looking forward to it.  And since the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.abcnews.com\/theblotter\/2006\/08\/explosive_gel_t.html\">terrorists have gotten craftier<\/a>, I&#8217;m feeling worse:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>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.<br \/>\nABC News has learned exclusively that the plotters planned to leave the top of the bottle sealed and filled with the original beverage but add a false bottom, filled with a liquid or gel explosive. The terrorists planned to dye the explosive mixture red to match the sports drink sealed in the top half of the container.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This has really got to be causing the security people such grief because the easiest way to test beverages is to make the passenger drink it.  Now, that won&#8217;t work.  And using a disposable camera?  They could pick up one of those right before they board.  One article I read said they could use a watch, laptop, and cell phone.   Planes will not be safe until we all board them naked!<br \/>\nAnd here are some <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.abcnews.com\/theblotter\/2006\/08\/the_anatomy_of_.html\">more details<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to a Department of Homeland Security briefing to the aviation sector, the terrorists  appear to have planned to use multiple persons aboard each flight to assemble peroxide-based liquid or gel high explosives.  The bomb-making materials could easily be concealed in small containers &#8212; water bottles, tooth paste tubes, juice boxes and any of the other numerous person items passengers traditionally take into the passenger compartment of commercial flights.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(Links via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drudgereport.com\/\">Drudge Report<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But it looks like I&#8217;m going to be on a flight soon and I&#8217;m not looking forward to it. 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