British Court Convicts Three in Plot to Blow Up Airliners

By Laura Reid

Three men were found guilty of planning to blow up seven airliners by concealing hydrogen peroxide in coke cans and using detonation devices powered by AA batteries.

This plan was foiled by the British Intelligence Agencies, along with some US intelligent agencies. The defendants claims were that they were trying to show how security has not improved after 9/11. One of the defendant's also stated that it was a warning for the Americans and British to leave the Muslim lands.

While these men were taken into custody in 2006, it makes me think how unsecure are security really is. Not just in airports, but it seems like the most likely target since so many people travel on a daily basis. As terrorist as this may be, it is an eye-opener to see that terrorists can still blow through our defenses, even with the regulation now in effect about carrying liquids and such.

But I'm also wondering whether the US shouldn't have rushed the British in gaining evidence. Four other people were also convicted of this act of terror which actually would have been second to 9/11 had it gone through, yet they were found not guilty because of the lack of evidence. But then again, if they waited, they would be dealing with the loss of alot of civilian lives. How safe are we? And how far is our government willing to go to protect us?