Terrorism fear is once again in the UK and US. To counteract the imminent attack, the countries limited passengers' gadgets coming in from the noted Muslim-majority airports. This will supposedly deter ISIS and Al Qaeda's latest electronic portable bomb projects.
According to Chicago Tribune, US and UK will only allow mobiles in the cabins of some international airlines now. Whereas the passengers' laptops, tablets, and portable gaming consoles would need to be checked in the baggage, this is in line with the long-term jetliner terrorism threat.
In essence, innovation is already in terrorism too. ISIS and Al Qaeda are said to have found a new way to incorporate their bombs in portable technology. They smuggle explosives now hidden in the banned gadgets.
The Trump administration said that this current US restriction didn't spur because of a new threat. Indeed, the White House Spokesperson denied that the government received an intelligence regarding it. This is also supported by the statement of UK regarding their own banning.
Additionally, the US confirmed Amman, Jordan, Kuwait City, Kuwait, Cairo, Istanbul, Jeddah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Casablanca, Morocco, Doha, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi as part of the newly launched rules. the UK security measures only apply in Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt, and Tunisia.
In another report by BBC News, it shared the more details regarding the US and the UK's counter-terrorism security measures of limiting gadgets in flights. It also touched the side of the affected Muslim countries over it.
The imposition of US and UK on gadgets is said to remain until this year only. Notably, it will start this coming March 25 and remain until October 14. It is according to an Emirate spokeswoman as quoted by the report on Reuters.
While US and UK have the best purpose for implementing its latest security measures, Many unimpressed airline passengers disagreed with it. Moreover, Turkey and UAE also issued their own argument over the matter. The two countries requested a statement reverse for it.
