New terror alert, certain overseas airports. USA.

[bob10]

Just in, Bob


Terror Threat: U.S. Wants More Security at Overseas Airports - NBC News (http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/iraq-turmoil/terror-threat-u-s-wants-more-security-overseas-airports-n146821)

[phibbzy]

Mighty McAmerica is getting out played by extremist goat herders, yet again.

[bob10]

Luckily I have no interest in flying overseas, Bob


BBC News - Yemen bomb-makers 'working on new devices' (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-25206462)

[Lotz-A-Landies]

The very act of more invasive pat down searches and greater delays for travellers means that the terrorists are winning.

[bob10]

A human bomb, reality, or not? Bob


BBC News - Human bombs: Are they a realistic threat? (http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18161870)

[bee utey]

The real winners are of course the companies that supply the airport security. It is in the interest of their shareholders to hype up the perceived risk every so often, gives them a definite financial boost. The actual risk to the general population remains small regardless of the level of security theatre.

The TSA Is in the Business of 'Security Theater,' Not Security - The Wire (http://www.thewire.com/national/2014/01/tsa-business-security-theater-not-security/357599/)

[bob10]

And then again, all it takes is for a couple of smart mullahs, with access to the internet, to create panic out of nothing. They don't really have to do anything, just create the impression they are. But who want's to take the risk, that they are, or not? How much money is that going to bleed out of the USA, trying to track that. How long will the poorer people put up with hardship, some of which could be helped by the money spent on defence, in the US.? Hopefully, the radicals will be overcome by the moderates. Bob