Thursday, August 10, 2006
The world we live in
In case you forgot that this is a post-9/11 world, there's today's reminder that we are all still very, very vulnerable. This is an AP photo, copyright 2006 by Matt Rourke, of various everyday items that are now forbidden on airplanes. Terrorists were planning to use such containers, filled with liquid explosives, to murder hundreds of people in-flight. Damned scary thought...Thank God for British vigilance.
Original AP/MSNBC caption: Items prohibited for air travel are seen collected before they are discarded at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2006. Airports ratcheted up security and delayed flights in the wake of a terror plot discovery in Britain.
12:02 p.m. ET, 8/10/06
Original AP/MSNBC caption: Items prohibited for air travel are seen collected before they are discarded at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2006. Airports ratcheted up security and delayed flights in the wake of a terror plot discovery in Britain.
12:02 p.m. ET, 8/10/06