On Air: Your questions on the cargo bomb plot
| 19:31 UK time, Sunday, 31 October 2010
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This topic was discussed on World Have Your Say on 1 November 2010. Listen to the programme.
More details on the cargo bomb plot have unfolded over the weekend but there are still so many questions. Today we'll beÌýtaking your questions for experts on the situation.
Here's a couple of questions that have come in already.
Berit in Norway posted on our :
Looks like there are just a handful countries who we have good reason to fear now. To be careful and put a pressure on those, might it be an idea to ban cargo from these countries?
Gerry The Comedian posted
Will any review be conducted on existing practices to assuage public fears?
What do you want to know? And who would you like to hear from? ÌýPost below and we'll try make it happen on Monday.
Many people are talking about Yemen. If it really is the new safe haven for Al Qaeda how should the west respond? Christopher Boucek that too much military aid will inflame the tensions which drive Al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisinsula:
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Washington needs to help improve Yemen's laws and legal system, advance the abilities of the police, increase economic growth, support land reform, enhance education and fight corruption. These efforts will go to the heart of al-Qaeda's appeal and help the primary US goal of containing the risk of terrorism.
Another big question is the role of Yemen's rich neighbour Saudi Arabia in all this. After all the whole security alert was down to a from Saudi Arabia. says it's the Saudis who know how to tackle Yemen's problems:
We would be well advised to leave the job of arresting Yemen's descent to Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf counties which make up the Middle East's equivalent to the European Union, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). All have substantial Yemeni diaspora and a much better understanding of how the country's internal and tribal affairs work.
And many of you are concerned about cargo security. It seems whoever planted these bombs exploited a big loophole in airline security. Here in the UK, the prime minister David Cameron will be chairing an to discuss how to respond to these threats.
