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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger activated the National Guard Thursday to bolster security at California airports after authorities said they had foiled a terror plot involving U.S.-bound planes from Britain.

``I have ordered the redeployment of security assets to high priority locations to respond to this threat,'' Schwarzenegger said in a statement. ``These assets include bomb-sniffing dogs, the California National Guard, and the California Highway Patrol, in concert with local and federal law enforcement agencies.''

A spokeswoman for the governor did not know how many guard troops would be deployed.

A U.S. intelligence official said the plotters had hoped to target flights to major airports in New York, Washington and California.

Authorities raised the nation's terror alert warning level and banned nearly all liquids and gels from flights after Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the terrorists planned to use liquid explosives disguised as beverages and other common products. The ban extended to toothpaste, makeup and suntan lotion. Baby formula and medicines were exempted.

Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said he would send the National Guard in to Boston's Logan Airport for the first time since the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Schwarzenegger followed suit, ordering the California guard deployed at the state's airports.

``I have taken immediate steps to enhance the security of California's airports and protect the people of this state,'' the governor said.

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The heightened security measures produced long lines and delays at California airports.

The United Airlines terminal at San Francisco International Airport was a scene of utter chaos by midmorning Thursday. Both the security and check-in lines featured multiple switchbacks where frustrated and confused travelers pushed and elbowed each other.

Kathy McMahon, 49, of Mill Valley, was frantically helping her daughter, who's headed off to college in New Jersey, stuff sunscreen, makeup, contact lens solution and other liquids into every corner of her half-dozen suitcases.

``I think it's ridiculous,'' McMahon said. ``But we'll do it anyway. What are you going to do?''

Laurence Fetters, federal security director for the Transportation Security Administration at Los Angeles International Airport, said there was no information indicating the airport or any inbound flights had been targeted. Even so, he urged passengers departing LAX to leave plenty of time before flights.

There were also reports of delays at other Southern California airports.

``Most flights did delay a little bit, but they left with some passengers missing their flights,'' said Victor Gill, spokesman at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank.

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