I had chosen to study on whether foreign intervention aided the uk or hindered it, largely focusing on. An internal al qaeda document reveals new details in the 2006 plot to bring down planes using liquid explosives. If the plan had succeeded, it would have killed as many as 2,000 people. The plot to bring down britains planes is a tv documentary that was broadcast in the uk by channel 4 on thursday 26 april. These seemingly normal citizens were actually members of a bold and nefarious terrorist cell with plans to carry out the deadliest mass attack since 911. From the producers of the critically acclaimed series locked up abroad, the liquid bomb plot, delves deeply into the investigation from both sides of the atlantic with rare surveillance footage and exclusive, firsthand interviews with some of the most senior officials involved in the race to stop the bombers just days before they put their plan. Liquid bomb plot national geographic channel canada. The jury at woolwich crown court could not agree on whether plotters were planning a mass suicide attack against airliners with homemade liquid bombs but three men are now facing very long. But it has taken two prosecutions to prove beyond reasonable doubt that a plot which changed the nature of air travel was. If they are not in control they want to take their ball and go home. A uk terrorist cell plans to launch suicide bombs that would have resulted in the worlds largest and deadliest attack since 911. Also known as aka it looks like we dont have any akas for this title yet. It looks like we dont have any plot summaries for this title yet. Five men were found guilty monday for their part in an unsuccessful plot to carry out bombings in the uk.
The 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot was a terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives, carried on board airliners travelling from the united kingdom to the united. The videos they had made were part of that documentary, they said. The plot involved exploding devices disguised as soft drinks and, if it had succeeded, would have. They planned to assassinate pope john paul ii, blow up 11 airliners in flight from asia to the united states with the goal of killing approximately 4,000 passengers and shutting down air travel.
It appears to also be available from national geographics website. Three men have been found guilty of conspiracy to murder thousands of people by blowing up seven planes over the atlantic. Watch national geographic channels the liquid bomb plot. British police arrested 12 people in three cities for plotting attacks using bombs and explosives. What happens if you drop bath bomb into liquid nitrogen duration. The 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot was a terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives, carried on board airliners travelling from the united kingdom to the united states and canada, disguised as soft drinks.
Their plot forced airlines to bring in tough and unpopular rules and as simon israel reports in september 2009 the three men behind the failed liquid bomb attacks were jailed for a total of 108 years. So the liquid bomb plot becomes a kind of equaltime documentary. It just doesnt get much better than a film that takes a few minutes to ratchet up the tension via that classic struggle over which wire to cut so as to defuse a bomb and avert catastrophe. Louis theroux selling sex 2020 the ostensible hook for louis therouxs new documentary, selling sex bbc2, is that social media has made it easier to sell sex online. How the cia helped prevent the next 911and why you cant. In august of 2006, a londonbased alqaeda cell plotted to launch a terrorist attack that would have been nearly as deadly as 911. Islamic extremist guilty of liquid bomb plot to blow up. The liquid bomb plot tv movie 2011 plot summary imdb. The plot involved exploding devices disguised as soft. The plan for the liquid bomb plot was to take the ingredients for an improvised explosive device onto each aircraft and assemble the bomb on board before detonating it and blowing the plane. As this documentary shows, it has among other things played along with.
An unprecedented surveillance operation with hundreds of police officers, and a plot that prosecutors said was unparalleled in its terrible ambition. To be fair, its a somewhat tired trope thats been done to death, yet when it is executed well, its a slam dunk for that extra pinch of tension screenwriters love to mine for. August 21, 2011 the national geographic channel airs the documentary, the liquid bomb plot. Liquid bomb plot trio jailed for life channel 4 news. The 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot was a terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives, carried on board airliners travelling from the united kingdom to the united states and canada, disguised as. Edition discs price new from used from dvd july 6, 2012 please retry 1. A uk terrorist cell plans to launch suicide bombs that would have resulted in the. With faraz ayub, ray burnet, jemma churchill, stefan davis. Release dates 1 also known as aka 0 release dates uk 22 august 2011. Oplan bojinka was a largescale, threephase attack planned by terrorists ramzi yousef and khalid sheikh mohammed for january 1995. Liquid bomb plot national geographic channel international. The united kingdom had already been rocked by a series of recent terrorist attacks, and scotland yard was on. The five had been arrested in 2004 in a police raid.
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Liquid bomb plot outlines their devious plot and celebrates the valiant agents who successfully thwarted them. What happened by dominic casciani bbc news it was an unprecedented surveillance operation involving hundreds of police officers, and a plot that prosecutors said was unparalleled in its terrible ambition. The plot involved disguising liquid explosives as soft drinks and smuggling them on board seven planes and detonating them simultaneously over the atlantic. For uk viewers it can be viewed online from the 4od service until 26 may. Three men found guilty of liquid bomb plot youtube. Liquid bomb plot is the incredible true story of the surveillance operation that. As three young terrorists finalize plans to detonate bombs on new york citys subway, law enforcement agencies work tirelessly to halt the attacks. Law enforcement officials look back on attempted terrorist attacks that were thwarted in the nick of time. Its the 10th anniversary of the liquids ban on flights. August 2006 transatlantic terror plot news coverage. The liquid bomb plot tv movie 2011 release info imdb. The plot was discovered by british police during an extensive surveillance operation.
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