Government bodies have determined that the suspect package from Yemen that had been discovered on board a UPS freight flight in the U.K. had been an operable bomb. While the Yemeni student believed to be accountable has been arrested, the Guardian accounts that British Home Secretary Theresa May is taking no chances. As al-Qaida activity has been noted in both Somalia and Yemen, the U.K. has decreed that the nation will no longer accepted unaccompanied cargo from those nations. Source for this article – British Home Secretary slams door on cargo from Yemen, Somalia by Personal Money Store.
Yemeni cargo constrained, protection on full alert
Both the United Kingdom and also the U.S. are on full alert, as the suspicious Yemeni cargo – consisting of altered printer toner cartridges – impacted UPS deliveries by air and truck. "All aspects of freight security" are being reviewed Home Secretary Theresa May states. There is more being banned than just Yemen cargo though. Freight from Somali is banned too. In addition to freight, any printer toner cartridges more than 500 grams in weight will not be allowed as carry-on luggage on commercial flights, and only cartridges that come from known suppliers will be allowed in checked luggage.
May says not to worry on red alert
Labour Party member of Parliament Ed Balls told the Guardian that Home Secretary May has handled the Yemen freight threat with the utmost calm. However, the reliability of current methods of checking cargo – as well as the British government’s brand of crisis response – are currently under investigation. Balls and also the rest of the Parliament believe it is important to have a "shared goal" with the Yemeni government to stop terrorism. Based on the Guardian, a 10 percent cut in the U.K.'s counter-terrorism spending budget might happen soon. Many like Balls are upset about this.
‘A constant battle’
The "constant battle" against terrorism is something the British government is consistently working on. Home Secretary May told Parliament that Britain is an "international leader" in this. Imported goods are part of that issue. That means dealing with Yemeni cargo. It had been made clear by May the British police did well also. She said that the situation went smoothly. The U.K. security experts will be much happier once we know that bomb-detecting technology will be able to find things like printer toner cartridges that have been altered.
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The Guardian
guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2010/nov/01/politics-live-blog
Yemeni student arrested
youtube.com/watch?v=lsBFaVNgYOw
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