British Jews were reassured that they face no specific threat after a plot was thwarted to bomb trans-Atlantic flights from London. The terrorism alert in Britain was raised Thursday to critical, the highest level, after police uncovered a plan they said aimed to create “mass murder on an unimaginable scale” by detonating explosives on up to 10 aircraft.
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