Umm, why were these packages even allowed into the US?

[LLStarks]

These explosives should've been dealt with in the UK and UAE respectively.

[librechik]

1. i know--what a ridiculous spectacle

they must have been sure they WEREN'T dangerous to allow those planes to fly.

[DFab420]

2. They weren't allowed in..

One was held up in the East Midlands UK the other was held up in Dubai...

The planes in Philly and Newark were held just for precautions..

[Barack_America]

3. They were. No explosives made it to the US.

The move here was to investigate everything else coming out of Yemen just in case.

[emulatorloo]

10. I think you have a typo in you subject line - Should read "They weren't". right?

Anyway that is what I get from the rest of your post.

[Barack_America]

11. As in "they were dealt with in the UK and UAE".

Apologies for the confusion.

[emulatorloo]

12. Got it!

[SoCalDem]

4. A better way to deal with those types of packages

would be to open them, place a FAIL sign inside them, and mail them back to the people who sent them:evilgrin:...no fanfare..just a big dose of FU-loser:)

[CoffeeCat]

8. I love the way you think!

Hilarious!

I hereby nominate SoCalDem for CEO of airline security!

:loveya:

[Ruby the Liberal]

5. They were. The packages are still in the UK and Dubai.

[gateley]

6. They were intercepted in the UK and Dubai. Do you think we'd let breadbox-sized

packages with protruding wires come into our airspace?

[Barack_America]

7. From Yemen to Jewish centers in Chicago...

...and basically flashing a neon "bomb" sign.

[emulatorloo]

9. Sorry, no they did not make it into the US.

[LLStarks]

13. Can somebody explain to me where the UPS trucks fall into all of this? nt