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Officials: Possible terror attack on Northwest jet (Subdued by flight crew and passengers)
MSNBC ^
| 12/25/09
| NBC, msnbc.com and news services
Posted on 12/25/2009 2:06:37 PM PST by jimbo123
A 23-year-old Nigerian man tried to light a powdery substance aboard a Northwest Airlines flight before landing in Detroit on Friday, a senior U.S. counterterrorism official told NBC News.
Two people noticed the attempt and a third person jumped on the man and subdued him, an airline official told NBC News.
The man is being treated at the burn unit of the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, officials said.
The man told investigators that he wanted to set off a bomb over the United States, and the incident is being handled as a possibile terrorism attack by both law enforcement and intelligence agencies, senior counterterrorism officials said.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Michigan; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airlinesecurity; alqaeda; deltaflight253; flight253; jihadinamerica; muslim; northwestflight253; nwa; terrorist
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To: jimbo123
The editors and government spin masters will be back at work Monday, and the story will be explained away as an overreaction to a harmless incident by profiling bigots.
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posted on
12/25/2009 3:31:34 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: jimbo123
82
posted on
12/25/2009 3:33:11 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: Finalapproach29er
This is just ONE of the terror groups operating and training HERE (35 known)
83
posted on
12/25/2009 3:36:06 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(You think about revolution...Well...)
To: Red in Blue PA
Why?
Because that’s why you’re better than them.
84
posted on
12/25/2009 3:44:03 PM PST
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: PLMerite
It’s what Richard Reid aka Abdul Raheem, Tariq Rajaused, used on American Airlines Flight 63, 22 December 2001. The other passengers and attendants stopped him.
(He doesn’t seem to have been related to Harry Reid.)
85
posted on
12/25/2009 3:48:12 PM PST
by
bvw
To: naturalman1975
Uh, no I’m not.
You don’t want to hear what I would have done to this terrorist.
86
posted on
12/25/2009 3:57:20 PM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
To: arasina
“How did the device with which he attempted to light the substance make it through security?”
If it’s acetone peroxide, it won’t alert to nitrogen based explosive sniffers. So the billions wasted on high tech solutions are exposed again. Of course we must not offend anyone by actually profiling likely terrorist suspects.
To: Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
12/25/2009 4:08:45 PM PST
by
krunkygirl
(force multiplier in effect...)
To: csvset
It has no weenie. Its just about as ingrown as it can be. Takes a real coward to blow up an airliner.
My congratulations to the passenger who jumped the perp. He should fly free 1st class for life. Next time clean up the mess.
89
posted on
12/25/2009 4:24:06 PM PST
by
halfright
(My presidents picture is in the dictionary, next to the word, "rectum".)
To: Red in Blue PA
Because we are not animals.
90
posted on
12/25/2009 4:26:27 PM PST
by
halfright
(My presidents picture is in the dictionary, next to the word, "rectum".)
To: halfright
Time to become a bit more animal like...
91
posted on
12/25/2009 4:28:37 PM PST
by
Chickensoup
(We have the government we deserve.)
To: Chickensoup
As long as you can look Him in the eye and not blink, Go for it.
92
posted on
12/25/2009 4:31:39 PM PST
by
halfright
(My presidents picture is in the dictionary, next to the word, "rectum".)
To: JustPiper
JustPiper is a cartoon hottie?? I had no idea.
93
posted on
12/25/2009 4:45:43 PM PST
by
GeronL
(This is a tagline)
To: bitterohiogunclinger
Thank you, but I meant the device itself. Lighters and such don’t generally make it through the screening.
94
posted on
12/25/2009 4:52:20 PM PST
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: halfright
My congratulations to the passenger who jumped the perp. He should fly free 1st class for life.Bravo to him! I heard on FNC that he was injured in the act of subduing the terrorist.
hmmm...that word subdue makes me wonder if hypodermic needles are allowed on board a plane. That way you could shoot someone without a gun.
95
posted on
12/25/2009 4:57:32 PM PST
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: Peanut Gallery
96
posted on
12/25/2009 4:58:50 PM PST
by
Professional Engineer
(Will Algore give me carbon credits for using treehuggers as home heating fuel? ~~ Galt/Reardon 2012)
To: BAW
...probably a finn in his 60’s
97
posted on
12/25/2009 5:04:27 PM PST
by
pointsal
To: halfright
It has no weenie.Not anymore. One could say he was wee-weed up.
98
posted on
12/25/2009 5:07:05 PM PST
by
csvset
To: bvw
“(He doesn’t seem to have been related to Harry Reid.)”
Well, maybe not directly by blood or marriage.
99
posted on
12/25/2009 5:18:02 PM PST
by
PLMerite
(Ride to the sound of the Guns - I'll probably need help.)
To: PLMerite
Well, maybe not directly by blood or marriage.They have the same goal.
100
posted on
12/25/2009 6:34:26 PM PST
by
Eaker
(Where I'm from, "Gang Colors" is Realtree and Mossy Oak. You know what I'm saying hoss. Rule.308.)
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