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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 7:41 am
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Originally Posted by AnonymousCoward
The ban was instituted because of this alleged plot:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_tr..._aircraft_plot

So, if we can find a scanner that can detect these substances as people go through security, then the ban need not remain.
This so-called "plot" has no merit. The alleged liquid explosives cannot be manufactured without laboratory conditions - temperature control and a lengthy mixing time.

The ban is a joke, and so are those who instituted it.
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