Group plotted carnage on transatlantic flights: British prosecutor
Islamist extremists plotted to have suicide bombers blow up at least seven simultaneous flights from Britain to North America in an attack of “truly global impact,” a prosecutor said Thursday. The eight men, whose arrest prompted tough limits on liquids in hand baggage on planes, targeted seven flights from London’s Heathrow airport to New York, Washington, Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto and Montreal, prosecutor Peter Wright said. Full Story