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Chicago-Bound Bombs Trigger Security Alerts

They're found in Dubai and England, prompt plane searches in US

By the Associated Press

Posted Oct 29, 2010 10:26 AM CDT | Updated Oct 29, 2010 2:14 PM CDT

(AP) – Authorities in Dubai and England intercepted apparent mail bombs addressed to Chicago-area Jewish institutions, triggering a worldwide terror alert. Both were found aboard cargo planes, and both were mailed from Yemen. As a result of those scares, cargo planes at airports in the US, including Newark and Philadelphia, also were searched, and officials said no explosives were found in this country. (President Obama called it a "credible terrorist threat.")

This afternoon, an Emirate Airlines passenger jet carrying cargo from Yemen was escorted from the Canadian border to New York City by two military fighter jets as a precautionary measure. US officials said they were increasingly confident that the packages were part of a plot by Yemen's al-Qaeda branch, the same group responsible for an attempted bombing of a US-bound airliner last Christmas.

Investigators are seen with a United Parcel Service jet near the company's facility at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Friday, Oct. 29, 2010.
Investigators are seen with a United Parcel Service jet near the company's facility at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Friday, Oct. 29, 2010.   (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
In this frame grab released by FOX News Channel, a United Parcel Service plane sits isolated at Philadelphia International Airport.
In this frame grab released by FOX News Channel, a United Parcel Service plane sits isolated at Philadelphia International Airport.   (AP Photo/FOX News Channel)
A jet lands near a United Parcel Service jet that is seen isolated on a runway at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Friday, Oct. 29, 2010.
A jet lands near a United Parcel Service jet that is seen isolated on a runway at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Friday, Oct. 29, 2010.   (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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DontLikeYou___
Oct 29, 2010 3:00 PM CDT
Dry Run for Future Attack? Doubtful that the Islamofascists would risk exposing an upcoming operation by pulling a "dry run". No, grasshopper, these packages are not likely part of a dry run. The timing is interesting though.
skd1
Oct 29, 2010 2:54 PM CDT
Dry run for the terrorist? Sounds more like a diversion. Really? They left wires and powder showing. Seems they wanted to draw attention to the shipments. So what are they really up to? One thing is for sure...They are testing our defenses and our responses, looking for a weakness and a back way in.
billbobaggins
Oct 29, 2010 2:40 PM CDT
Election time...that's all I have to say. This will all disappear after Tuesday.

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