Reuters headline: “Britons on trial over ‘airliner bomb plot’”

Oh wait, this is interesting — it turns out these are “British Islamists” who:

. . .plotted to cause deaths on an almost unprecedented scale by blowing up transatlantic airliners using liquid explosives hidden in soft drink bottles, a London court heard Tuesday. . . .
The men intended to smuggle on board components for their improvised bombs hidden as soft drink bottles, batteries, and involving other innocuous items, the court was told.
They had targeted seven flights, operated by American Airlines, United Airlines and Air Canada, to Chicago, New York, Washington, Montreal, Toronto, and San Francisco. …the plot was “all in the name of Islam.” …
The court heard police had found “martyrdom videos” recorded by six of the men which they had made in front of a black flag inscribed with Arabic writing.
The court was played a recording made by one of them, Umar Islam, which warned non-believers of retaliation for U.S. foreign policy on Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East

Me: I do hope this won’t tarnish the image of Britons.