BREAKING on CNN: Passenger Jet from UAE being escorted to JFK by fighter jets..

[dgibby]

"Plane of interest" picked up over Canadian airspace, escort transferred to US. Plane expected to land in approx. 30min.

Also being reported by CNN: POTUS to hold news briefing in approx 90min(this was reported BEFORE the incident re: the passenger plane".

[Subdivisions]

1. Terrism Lives! Fear! Fear! Fear! n/t

[HipChick]

4. It's time for my nap...not going to get any other news today

[Subdivisions]

8. May as well. On MSNBC right now there's a camera scanning the

cloud-strewn sky looking for evil terrists over JFK. You can rest well knowing they are on the lookout.

[wryter2000]

12. Those clouds are really, really scary

:scared:

[HipChick]

15. I need them to put subtitles on the British guy

[CreekDog]

31. no reason to be scared because 9/11 didn't really happen

:eyes:

[Subdivisions]

39. ^

:eyes:

[Barack_America]

2. The only thing that interests me about this story is the possibility of American fighter jets...

...flying over Canada.

That would be bad.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Allied country, part of NORAD

Article 5 of NATO still active since 9.11

[dgibby]

6. No,

they picked up the escort from the Canadians. Sorry if that wasn't clear; however, I believe the US and Canada have a reciprocal agreement about shared airspace. I'll see if I can find a link for you.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. They do, goes back to 1950s and NORAD

[Barack_America]

13. Still, the Canadians are more than capable of patrolling their own airspace.

And I'm glad it sounds like they did.

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. Theybdid, handedbover to us fighters

[Subdivisions]

24. Ummm....what? n/t

[sl8]

55. Ubbi Dubbi translator:

Ubbi Dubbi translator:
http://pbskids.org/cgi-registry/zoom/ubbidubbi.cgi

[dgibby]

25. That's what I thought,

but was looking for a link. Thanks! I also remember an agreement allowing Northern Command free reign in all of North America, but haven't found the link yet.

[nadinbrzezinski]

52. Look for art. 5 of NATO

The wrinkle is mexico, but there is a SOFA now.

[leveymg]

29. CNN Breaking: US AT WAR WITH CANADA - Airspace Violated, Fighters scrambled on both sides!

Next on CNN - The Secret 12/25 Santa Claus Shootdown Over Calgary that Started the Conflict. The truth can now be told. . .

[dgibby]

32. Why not?

Seems like we've gone to war for less over the years.:evilgrin:

[Barack_America]

41. ROFL!

Seriously.

:rofl:

[aquart]

35. Canadian jets over Canada, American ones over America.

They did a hand off.

Plane's been in the air 14 hours. Whatever the mystery cargo is, it's stable.

[northernlights]

3. let me guess

are they landing in Bangor? I'm so glad Maine was chosen to be a landing spot for terrist threats.

[walldude]

7. It says JFK right in the title...

:shrug:

[northernlights]

17. ok. I can't blame my blood sugar cause I just finished lunch and topped it off

with some candy corn.

Terminally exhausted, slightly out-of-it, not feeling great? :blush: :shrug:

[dgibby]

10. No, still headed to JFK,

according to CNN (just reported in an update).

[Barack_America]

16. I'm curious how that makes sense.

If you're really concerned the plane is a threat does it really make sense to fly it over the most densely populated area of the country?

[northernlights]

19. yes. as long as you have fighter jets to shoot it down.

:wtf: :shrug:

[dgibby]

21. NORAD just made a statement

that they were taking this action out of an abundance of caution.

Thomas Fuentes, former Asst Director of FBI just basically said the same thing you did, that if it were a definite threat it would have been diverted.

[petronius]

44. I interpret that to mean that they thought the danger was extremely slight,

and not worth inconveniencing a few hundred people or costing the airline any money. If they'd thought there was non-trivial danger of a crash, they would have sent it elsewhere.

Heck, they probably sussed out pretty early that there was no real danger, but saw an opportunity for some practice flights as well as to send a message about how ready they are...

[SpiralHawk]

11. Are these the UAE clowns George AWOL Bush wanted to give our ports to?

Or was it Dubai that the Republicons wanted to give control of our ports to?

And are these the foreign clowns who are occultly pumping money into the Republicon-owned Chamber of Commerce to undermine American democracy?

I can hardly keep the Republicon Family Values farces straight, there are soooo many of them

[Lance_Boyle]

18. Dubai is a city in the UAE. n/t

[SpiralHawk]

26. D'oh

I knew there was RepubliStank involved somehow...

[Lance_Boyle]

27. They (the powers in the UAE) are friendly with money. That tends to make them friendly with

all the wrong people in this country. Your suspicion was and is well-founded.

[BeFree]

20. Bush issues shoot down order!!

Well, he thinks he did.

[Subdivisions]

22. Do you guys recognize the groundwork being laid by the media today?

"Dry run", "co-ordinated test"...

How do they know this already?

[dgibby]

30. Everything I've heard has been prefaced by the caveats,

"may be", "possibly", "apparently", and "it's too early to tell". I'll be very interested to hear what Obama has to say about all of this.

edited for spelling, really, really bad spelling.

[cbc5g]

23. The October surprises keep on comin!

[suffragette]

28. "Apparent bomb scares hit U.S., U.K. and Dubai"

http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101029/suspicious-items-101029/20101029/?hub=MontrealHome

Updated: Fri Oct. 29 2010 2:28:33 PM

CTV.ca News Staff

Airport authorities in central England discovered a suspicious item on a cargo plane early Friday, prompting a sweep of planes and a truck as far away as the U.S. and Dubai, in what officials believe may have been a trial run in a Yemen-based bomb plot.

American authorities say they located suspicious packages on board two planes bound for the U.S. but found no explosives.

Still, the bomb scare prompted security officials to notify U.S. President Barack Obama about a possible terrorist threat.

An unnamed U.S. official told The Associated Press that authorities are probing whether the packages may be part of a trial run in a plot to send bombs via air mail.

[HipChick]

40. Bomb scares are an everyday ocurrance in the UK for almost 30yrs

IRA bomb scare..now Terra has a new face and arm..

[suffragette]

49. Agree

I remember the 1st time I went there in the 70's and the reminders about unattended packages.
And I lived in Germany in the late 70's/ early 80's.

[aquart]

33. Pre-election TERRA! TERRA! TERRA!

Lotta talk, nothing found. Ain't that funny.

[spanone]

34. it landed. nothing happened. the media still infatuated

[Kalyke]

36. Good fodder for Stephen Colbert's "Fear" rally!!

:hi:

[dgibby]

38. Oh, lordy!

I should have known Colbert was behind this!:rofl:

[dgibby]

37. Flight of passenger plane originated in Yemen,

just reported by CNN. Plane just landed safely at JFK. Unknown if it's going to be isolated away from terminal.

Update: Plane is parked in populated area. FBI says it was escorted because it contains cargo from Yemen.

[Barack_America]

42. "escorted because it contains cargo from Yemen"

We've truly gone to "11" on the lunacy scale.

[slackmaster]

46. There might be frankincense or coffee on that plane!

EVERYBODY HIDE!

[dgibby]

47. I'll reserve judgement until I hear from Pres. Obama.

He's going to speak at 4:15.

[Barack_America]

50. It's my opinion that he's responding to the media hysteria...

...rather than the actual threat, which doesn't seem like much of one.

[dgibby]

51. He's on now.

Called it a "credible threat". Also said suspicious devices "do contain explosives".

"Will spare no effort" finding those responsible.

He did not take questions from the press.

Maybe this wasn't hype after all?:shrug:

[ixion]

43. *yawn*

:boring:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

45. Time to invade Graneda again for a "war" we can win..maybe.

[slackmaster]

48. I know a man who was rescued in the Grenada invasion

He was a student at the medical school there. Now he's a respected pulmonologist.

[dixiegrrrrl]

53. Time to invade Yemen.

See The Strait of Bab el-Mandab
in
Yemen - the next target for the War on Terror?

http://www.internationalpeaceandconflict.org/profiles/blogs/yemen-the-next-target-for-the

[dgibby]

54. Wouldn't surprise me in the least,

but I sure do hope it doesn't come to that.

[dixiegrrrrl]

56. We have been bombing Yemen for months now.

Read the article.

[dgibby]

57. I know,

and I deplore it, but I don't want it to escalate to the point that we have our boots on their ground.