Posted on 12/25/2009 7:17:19 PM PST by kristinn
An al Qaida-linked suspect who allegedly tried to blow up a transatlantic plane is studying at a UK university, it has been reported.
The Nigerian is accused of trying to detonate a powdery substance on a plane from Amsterdam as it prepared to land at Detroit with 278 people on board.
US sources said he was subdued by passengers and has since claimed to have been acting for al Qaida.
He has been named by ABC News as Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, an engineering student at University College London, with the broadcaster citing US government documents.
The suspect, who has also been identified as Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab in other reports, is currently under guard at a Michigan hospital.
He was flying from Nigeria to the United States for a religious ceremony according to his entry visa, ABC News said, which was issued on June 16 last year and valid until June 12, 2010.
(Excerpt) Read more at thisislondon.co.uk ...
Blowing up an American airliner is one of the sacraments of Islam. That counts as a religious ceremony.
I hope they beat the living hell out of him. This guy needs to be used as an example. Public and horrific example.....as a message.
We've turned the other cheek too often.
I’m predicting Zero will issue a half-assed apology on Monday for America judging him before all the facts are in and stress that muslims are our friends.
I’m betting that the Justice Department will “accidentally” botch the case and have to let him go, a la Wen Ho Lee. That’s what always happens when the DemonRats are in charge.
I;m surprised , Schiphol is really tight on security.
Another reason I don't believe in offshoring.
Unreal. This is yet another of millions (billions) of instances of liberal imbecility..... (and I do not use the word “imbecility” lightly)...... haaaaa
Do people like this DUmpster-diver clown really exist? Oh,wait,there are at least 59 million of them in the USA who voted for the Obamanation.
Yes, we all need to be more culturally sensitive toward those who don’t appreciate the need to avoid explosions on airplanes.......
LOL! You’ve got a point. (Post #79.)
They could have done a great many things with the number of people they had,
You act like they are finished.
NOT ANY MORE
In slummy Detroit in a high noise zone (constantly incoming aircraft)? I don’t think ground damage was the point.
23 years old? Hope he’ll be put away for a looooooong time.
Wow, these clowns (the Feds) are really on top of things.
If our President and Home Land Secretary don’t start taking these threats seriously, I fear, unlike Europe, we’ll begin to see some type of vigilante justice begin.
PROFILE !! YOU DAMN STUPID BASTARDS!
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Now we'll have to walk naked through the screening process.
“Wow, these clowns (the Feds) are really on top of things.”
Really...put a guy in a room with a dial up connection and a Commodore and he could do a better job...this is disgusting...
Well, the 19 who mounted the attacks on 9/11 are finished.
They’re dead.
He said the device was sophisticated.
The Democrats knew in advance of this plot, otherwise they would have never voted for Health Care Destruction. This was the event to declare a National Emergency and postpone elections. Just like 9/11 was supposed to happen when B.J. was in office so he could suspend elections and be the Supreme Leader. That’s why the vote had to happen on Christmas Eve because they knew this would happen. How could this guy get through security unless he was allowed? Biggest scandal since Climate Gate. The Democrats are now screwed as Obamas promise of no elections in 2010 are on hold untill the back-up attack occurs. No tin foil hat needed
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