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How al-Qaeda airline fiend used leg bomb and syringe
New York Post ^ | 12/26/2009

Posted on 12/26/2009 6:21:52 AM PST by KeyLargo

How al-Qaeda airline fiend used leg bomb and syringe

The man who tried to blow up a US airliner as it prepared to land at Detroit on Christmas Day had an explosive powder strapped to his leg which he tried to ignite by injecting chemicals with a syringe, Fox News reports.

The 23-year-old - named as al-Qaeda-linked Nigerian engineering student Abdul Mudallad (alters from earlier spelling of Mudallah) - failed in his bid to achieve a major blast, but succeeded in burning himself seriously and inflicting minor injuries on at least two other passengers seated nearby on Northwest Airlines Flight 253.

Passenger Syed Jafri, a US citizen who was seated three rows behind the Mudallad, told the Associated Press he saw a glow and noticed a smoke smell.

Then, he said, "a young man behind me jumped on him (Mudallad). Next thing you know, there was a lot of panic.''

Another passenger said: "There was smoke and screaming and flames. It was scary''.

A spokeswoman for Northwest's parent company Delta said the flight, from Amsterdam, was carrying 278 passengers. They have been questioned by officials and their luggage - and the rest of the Airbus - has been screened for more explosives.....

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airliner; bomb; explosive; flight253; terrorist
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1 posted on 12/26/2009 6:21:54 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

No pics of this guy yet?...Let’s see if he fits the profile.


2 posted on 12/26/2009 6:26:49 AM PST by equaviator ("There's a (datum) plane on the horizon coming in...see it?")
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To: KeyLargo

Another isolated incident I assume. Funny how many of them seem to have Islamic terrorist organization connections. Liberals are probably too worried about the atrocity of Christians wearing crosses in public to consider anyone else a danger.


3 posted on 12/26/2009 6:26:59 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder (The right thing is not always the popular thing)
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To: KeyLargo
Analysis of the explosive material, which appears to be chemical in nature, is ongoing.

Yeah, those non-chemical bombs are the ones that you've got to watch out for.

4 posted on 12/26/2009 6:27:52 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Obey the law, or you'll go to prison and be raped.)
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To: KeyLargo
Mudallad is reportedly an engineering student at University College of London, who claimed he was traveling from Nigeria to the US via Amsterdam - where he got on Flight 253 - for a religious ceremony.

Other reports say he has a residence in Houston. The dude got around, and had to have some money coming from somewhere.

5 posted on 12/26/2009 6:28:17 AM PST by Will88
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To: KeyLargo
Earlier Rep. Peter King (R-New York), the ranking Republican member of the House Homeland Security Committee, told Fox Report the "sophisticated device" was one not encountered by authorities before, which may be why it got through security screening.

"Hey Joe, what's this funny thing this Mooslem guy's got strapped to his legs? I guess it's okay--I never seen nothin' like it before."

6 posted on 12/26/2009 6:30:11 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Obey the law, or you'll go to prison and be raped.)
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To: KeyLargo

By now all the Muslims of the world are probably saying “how could one of our religious brothers have tried to kill all these innocent people”?


7 posted on 12/26/2009 6:30:17 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: Will88
had to have some money coming from somewhere.

Well DUH... he's Nigerian. His uncle the former finance minister hooked him up.

8 posted on 12/26/2009 6:30:29 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

I sometimes get emails from that guy.


9 posted on 12/26/2009 6:31:10 AM PST by humblegunner
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To: KeyLargo

The sources told CNN that the suspect flew into Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on a KLM flight from Lagos, Nigeria, and is not believed to be on any ”no fly” list, although his name does appear in a U.S. database of people with suspect connections. He did not undergo secondary security screening in Amsterdam, an administration official said.


Lots of conflicting reports on whether or not he was screened at Schiphol.


10 posted on 12/26/2009 6:31:46 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: KeyLargo

From the reaction of the mixture I bet it wasn’t meant to ‘explode’ as much as it was an incendiary device meant to hurl a burning plane at an American city.


11 posted on 12/26/2009 6:31:59 AM PST by FreeLuna
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To: Will88

This is likely the Muslim terrorist’s father-—

First Bank of Nigeria Plc
Board of Directors: 1. Mr. Umaru Abdul Mutallab, Chairman

source:

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=134402909877


12 posted on 12/26/2009 6:34:11 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Picture

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/12/26/airline.attack/index.html

One guy was able to subdue the terrorist....


13 posted on 12/26/2009 6:34:50 AM PST by forYourChildrenVote4Bush
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To: FreeLuna
Burn extremely hot over tank fumes and there you have it...
14 posted on 12/26/2009 6:34:50 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Sarah Palin - For such a time as this)
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To: FreeLuna

If it had exploded where it was intended to explode, I wonder if it might have have burned and crashed over the airport, taking out other planes and possibly the terminal (and in any case, lots of people).

Why are Muslims so ingenious in thinking of ways to bring death?


15 posted on 12/26/2009 6:37:15 AM PST by livius
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To: KeyLargo
The US official told Fox News that Nigeria is "a center for concern'', adding that about a year ago the Department of Homeland Security "reached out to Nigerian authorities to improve airport screening''

Lets "REACH OUT" to Nigeria with a NUKE!

16 posted on 12/26/2009 6:39:40 AM PST by jaz.357 ("If the present tries to sit in judgment on the past, it will lose the future." W.Churchill)
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To: forYourChildrenVote4Bush

Jasper Schuringa = hero

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/12/26/2009-12-26_jasper_schuringa_helped_subdue_alleged_terrorist_umar_farouk_abdulmutallab_on_no.html


17 posted on 12/26/2009 6:40:39 AM PST by forYourChildrenVote4Bush
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To: forYourChildrenVote4Bush

Yes He is and not a big dude at all. Lets hope the rag head burnt his package off. LOL


19 posted on 12/26/2009 6:45:55 AM PST by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: KeyLargo

Has anyone speculated that the flight from Rio that crashed in the Atlantic a while back might have been broght down this way?


20 posted on 12/26/2009 6:46:00 AM PST by ken5050 (Save the Earth..It's the only planet with chocolate!!!)
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