UK 'Air Plot" Brothers Released - Insufficient Evidence To Warrant A Trial

[kpete]

UK 'air plot:' Brothers released
November 1, 2006

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Two brothers charged in an alleged plot to blow up U.S.-bound airliners have been released after a British court ruled there was insufficient evidence to warrant a trial.

Westminster Magistrate's Court confirmed that the case of Umair Hussain, 25, and Mehran Hussain 23, was discharged due to "insufficient information evidence."

The two faced charges of failing to disclose information about the suspected role of their brother Nabeel Hussain, 22, one of 11 people charged with conspiracy to murder and preparing acts of terrorism in the plot.

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The alleged plot was uncovered when a member of Britain's Muslim community noticed an acquaintance acting suspiciously and went to authorities, leading investigators to plant an undercover British agent in the group, U.S. and British authorities said.

more at:
http://www.rawstory.com/showoutarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2006%2FWORLD%2Feurope%2F11%2F01%2Fuk.terror%2F

[fooj]

1. Surprise. Surprise.

[flamin lib]

2. When this happened I wrote the following fictional account of

the charges being made in British Court:
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Now, suppose you're a Judge and the cops bring you this case.

Cop: "Your Honor, these evil-doers were going to blow up Nine airliners in mid Atlantic."

Judge: "Which airliners?"

Cop: "Uh, we don't know. They didn't have tickets or passports yet."

Judge: "What were they going to use?"

Cop: "We think it was going to be acetal-hydroxide."

Judge: "Think?"

Cop: "Well, yeah, you see they never actually bought anything to make explosives but it seemed to fit their plans."

Judge: "Case dismissed and bailiff, hold the officer in contempt!"

Only fitting the Cop be held in contempt. That's how I feel about the Republicans playing politics with tragedy and national security; nothing but contempt.
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Am I good or what?

[frylock]

3. and one by one, charges will be dropped against all of them..

and you won't hear jack shit about it. Meanwhile, we have to load all our liquids and gels into a one-quart ziploc baggy, and make sure nothing exceeds 3 oz. What a load of horse shit.

[originalpckelly]

4. I'm going to e-mail this to Keith, maybe he'll include it in his Special Comment.

I hope.