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...Given the low probability of a liquid bombing and the difficulty of detecting a liquid explosive—it could be anything from Jello to a gel pen—banning liquids simply doesn’t pass a rational cost-benefit analysis...
...over left-wing political tracts. While they fought originally for a "free Kurdistan" for all Kurds, lately they have limited their demands to improved rights for Turkey's Kurdish minority and an amnesty for p.k.k. fighters: "We want to be acknowledged," Zübeyir Aydar, the head of Kongra-Gel, the p.k.k.'s political wing, said. "Everything after that is negotiable." In 2004, after calling off its cease-fire, the group waged an escalating guerrilla war against Turkish security forces. It has bolstered its arsenal with plastic explosives and other munitions acquired from the Iraqi military after the fall...
...course, much was done after 9/11--or, at least, much money was spent--to improve America's homeland security. Airline passengers said goodbye to their nail scissors. After 2006 they said goodbye to their hair gel. They got used to having their luggage searched and their bodies frisked. Western intelligence agencies stepped up their efforts to monitor and penetrate terrorist networks. And there were some major successes. In June 2006 Canadian police arrested suspected terrorists who had about 3 tons of ammonium nitrate in their possession. Two months later, British authorities were able to announce the disruption of a plot...
...GEL SHOE INSERTS...
...Deciding if your Juicy Tube is a gel or a solid is up to whoever is tending the screening line when you walk through. The TSA website says "some solid or powdered cosmetics are permitted past the checkpoint; however, this is left to the discretion of the security officer." But if you don't want to risk losing it, put it in your checked luggage...