Posted on 12/29/2009 4:31:59 PM PST by SE Mom
The Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner had his suicide mission personally blessed in Yemen by Anwar al-Awlaki, the same Muslim imam suspected of radicalizing the Fort Hood shooting suspect, a U.S. intelligence source has told The Washington Times.
The intelligence official, who is familiar with the FBI's interrogation of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, said the bombing suspect has boasted of his jihad training during interrogation by the FBI and has said it included final exhortations by Mr. al-Awlaki.
"It was Awlaki who indoctrinated him," the official said. "He was told, 'You are going to be the tip of the spear of the Muslim nation.'"
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
The KnickerBomber was....blessed.
The ‘tip of the spear’?
It sucks to be the ‘tip of the spear’... especially when it gets burned by 6 foot flames...
Yeah..and the grafts he will receive for those burns will be paid for by our money..
I’m still at a loss as to why there are so many of these idiots that will blow themselves up at the direction of leaders who safely sit at home grooming their beards and making hysterical videos. What kind of an idiot puts on exploding underpants.
This will keep her off of the Supreme Court, I believe, which is good for us all.
Umar Farouk was confused...he wanted a "circumnavigation", but his Yemeni mentors sent him on a "circumcision".
"You'll be at the foreskin of jihadi technology".
I’m sure President Bush and his generals are making plans to deal with this as we speak...
Whoops. Whoa. Flash from the past.
For a moment there I hallucinated I was still living in America.
Now back to our regularly scheduled socialist surrender...
Janet Nincompoopitano!
SE Mom, I couldn’t be less surprised if you told me Obama wasn’t on our side.
The disgust just keeps coming.
I don't remember all the details, but the posts about this went on for many pages, and again & again examples were given to demonstrate the lack of logical thought in those who underwent early indoctrination.
So I suspect that there must be alot of material on the web about both the intellectual & negative psychological aspects of islam.
I mean “ISN’T on our side.”
I’m hoping Awlaki is at the end of a hellfire missile, very shortly. We will be very happy to send him to allah.
The father of the terrorist reported his son to the embassy and CIA yet no one in this administration can figure it out yet.
The embassy (state Department) and the CIA knew.....When did they know what; and when did they report what they knew to whom....
Time to file some freedom of information forms....Hope FOX, Drudge, Rush etc are on top of this.....
“Im hoping Awlaki is at the end of a hellfire missile, very shortly...”
I thought there was a story that said they killed him, oh we can hope.
Well, so much for Ozero’s remark that this is only an “isolated extremist”.
Al-Awlaki is a walking argument for repealing the executive order banning assassinations.
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