Fanatics and fantasy maybe, however, it's effect on our resolve here in the United States is the same as the determination bravely displayed by the people in UK in the past when faced by similar threats. I am not so sure authorities in your country would have reacted any differently if a similar plot were uncovered at Healthrow.

F. Capobianco, Pasadena, CA, USA

Sir,
Profiling would be a hysterical over-reaction worthy of a paranoid armed ghetto state.

Even with the long drawn out confrontation against the IRA, we did not segregate the 10% of our British Catholics. Saying that, we did not even get much help from our American friends in regard to counter-terrorism and safe-havens!
Our traditional values of justice, fair play, respect and civility are our best defence. Those who routinely cry "It's P.C. gone mad!" are quite often the pathologically angry brigade, or have sectarian motives of their own against a certain community.
Unlike certain less pragmatic countries, we don't try to put out a fire by throwing a bucket of petrol over it.

SC, London, United Kingdom

Okay, so I have a plan to become master of the galaxy.

But that doesn't mean I am going to accomplish it.

The plan of these three cranks just sounds plain daft. Just because some nut has a wild fantasy that he couldn't implement in a million years, doesn't mean that we should all kowtow.

I daresay they were just going to steal any money they raised, and scarper, knowing the mark couldn't go to the Police.

By all means put him in jail though.

Simon Park, Hong Kong,

Hmmmm, bigger than 9/11?? I would think not, thats almost "cheapening?" the whole 9/11 ordeal. A big deal, for sure, but there again I am not in close contact with this case and, probably from living in America, I'm usually pretty suspect of the media, especially newspapers. This story definitely would fit the bill there, I could easily see Bush making two kids with a magnifying glass out to be an Islamic terror "cell" planning on igniting our fuel lines, I hope this isn't the case but...more propoganda anyone??

Justin, Green Bay, Wisconsin

This is ridiculous. They had no plan. No weapons. No money. These were only dreamers. I bet more than half of US citizens wish to blow up the White House. Its just a fantasy; or even hatred of establishment. What are we to do - arrest people for bad dreaming? Police and FBI themselves admitted that NO law was broken. No offence was committed. They even said that there was NO danger to the public! I think US is moving towards thought control. Freedom of thought appears to be eroding. This should be worrying to every person in the civiliased world.

Z Hussain, Rochdale, UK

It's time to start profiling workers in key positions such as this. The threat to the public warrants it. But is public safety more important than the PC nonsense we have to endure in Britain?

Howard, London, UK

I am sorry but the idea that you could cause more damage and death than 9/11 by blowing up some airport pipelines just doesn't seem to make sense to me.

There was more jet fuel at the Bruntsfeild site than there is a JFK and although the fire their cased some serior dammage and could easily have killed some people it in no way was of greater magnitude than 9/11

Sounds like a pliot of fantacists to me

Tim, Bath, England

Americans are learning now that citizenship is no proof of patriotism. This is one of the many lessons of the religion of peace... It never blends in a foreign culture, on the contrary its natural trend is to fight it!

Erwan Carré, ORLEANS, FRANCE

George W Bush would launch his War On Terror Part 2 if this plot succeeded and walk out of office the most popular President in the United States of America!

Henry Yap, Singapore, Singapore

Does anyone else see the comedy in this scheme? In a country where you can no longer burn leaves raked into a pile from your front lawn..where Smokey the bear is as recognizable as Mickey Mouse...where foot long warning labels are put on hair dryers...where sprinklers systems are mandated in numerous buildings...where fire marshalls have to approve the stoves in restaurants...and where smoke detectors are given away free during fire prevention week. How could these idiots think that they could cause a 40 mile long pipeline conflagaration? I guess they thought those damned silly American infidels overlooked the basics like shut off valves and fire suppression systems on something as simple as a Jet fuel PIPELINE!!

Murph, Madisonville, KY/USA

Seems like another "dirty bomb" plot to me. Lots of smoke but no fire (no pun intended).

John Taylor, London,

well! why did they think they had the right to do that if they
were to blow up the J.F.kennedy airport they would be the most hated people in america.~!~!

DIADO SOW, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

But wait! Islam is a Religion of Peace! These gentlemen could not possibly be involved in anything violent!

Fred Simpson, Brooklyn, NY

I am not surprised at all. Sadly, but truly things like that will just keep coming. We can't or we don't want to stop muslims from destroying our western civilization. I am quite a pessimist as you can see.

george, auckland, new zealand