Mail Bombing Suspect Also Behind Attempted Christmas Day Bombing, Officials Say

Fox News ^ | Oct. 31, 2010

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The person behind the mail bombs recovered in Britain and Dubai is believed to be the same suspect behind the attempted Christmas Day bombing over Detroit and the explosives that severely injured the Saudi counterterrorism chief in the summer of 2009, U.S. and Yemeni officials tell Fox News.

The presumed bomb maker, Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, is a Saudi who is on the kingdom's most wanted list.

Al-Asiri is believed to be hiding in Yemen and working with U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, making up the leadership of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

[Vendome]

I call BS.

you figured it all in 3 days?

[hershey]

Gee, a Saudi no less.

[Cindy]

http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/07/20/saudi-yemen-bomb-maker-idINDEE96J01420130720

“Saudi suspect in underwear bomb plots trained others, U.S. says”

By Phil Stewart
ASPEN, Colo. | Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:25am IST
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SNIPPET: “”There is intelligence that he has unfortunately trained others and there’s a lot of effort to identify those folks,” Pistole told the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado.

Asked by Reuters afterward about the nature of that intelligence, Pistole said Asiri was believed to have trained a small number of people. He added that the intelligence was “credible.”

Believed to be in his early 30s, Asiri, who survived a U.S. drone missile attack in 2011, has drawn scrutiny for his skill at fashioning hard-to-detect bombs and hiding them in clothing or equipment.”

[Cindy]

H/T:
twitter.com/KatieZimmerman/status/364559673258541056

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http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=19871892&ref=http://t.co/4PxxYkJXeB

“Al Qaeda Threat: Officials Fear ‘Ingenious’ Liquid Explosive”

By RHONDA SCHWARTZ (@rhondaABC) and JAMES GORDON MEEK (@meekwire)
Aug 5, 2013, 8:57 PM

SNIPPET: “The officials said the new technique is believed to have been developed by the Yemen-based al Qaeda affiliate al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), home to notorious alleged bomb maker Ibrahim al-Asiri. Al-Asiri is suspected of being the mastermind behind several devious explosive devices including the underwear bomb and surgically implanted body bombs.

Al-Asiri was listed today among Yemen’s 25 top terrorists, who the Yemeni government said were planning to carry out operations in the capital, Sana’a. The Yemeni government is offering 5 million Yemeni rials, or $23,000, for information leading to the capture of any of the terrorists.”

SNIPPET: “In addition to the new liquid bomb, a U.S. official said American spy agencies are concerned the attack could use what some call “Frankenbombers,” suicide bombers who could carry an improvised explosive device sewn into their body cavity.

Sunday on “This Week,” Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-MD — the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee — said the intercepted communications called for a “major attack.””