Precarious Printers! Terrorist Attacks Thwarted Just in Time

The bomb construction inside of the printer toner found in London

        An international alert ensued on October 29th in response to terrorist attacks aimed at the united States. I remember logging onto my email account, and seeing the headline that read "President Obama Announces terrorist threats thwarted" and immediately feeling that heavy wight of insecurity I feel when I recall the attacks made on the United States in September, 2001. These recent attempts at attacking our country were part of the Al Caida terrorist agenda, stemmed in the Arabian Peninsula.

       The explosives were packaged and shipped to Synagogues in surround areas of Chicago, Illinois. Luckily these packages were detected before reaching American soil. One was discovered in London. The bomb was hidden inside of a printer toner cartridge. The other was discovered by FedEx in Dubai, India. These threats are a reminder that America is a target, in terms of terrorist action, and that there is a need for heightened security measures world wide. However, it is also comforting to know that the explosives were detected, and that there has been no serious attack executed on the continental U.S. since 9/11. Therefore, our homeland security, and the support of our allies has been strengthened by such threats. Perhaps now people will not be so quick to dismiss the capabilities of the guy working the copy machine.


source : http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1010/29/sitroom.02.html