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US Plane Suspect 'a London Student'
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| Saturday, December 26, 2009
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 ...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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posted on
12/25/2009 7:17:19 PM PST
by
kristinn
To: kristinn
an engineering student So he had some skills.
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posted on
12/25/2009 7:18:46 PM PST
by
McGruff
(We're Going Rogue Baby!)
To: kristinn
Send Him To Detroit !
3
posted on
12/25/2009 7:19:20 PM PST
by
cmsgop
To: kristinn
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posted on
12/25/2009 7:20:45 PM PST
by
Poser
(Enjoying Prime Rib for 58 Years!)
To: kristinn
Seem to still hate us even w/a Mooselip President? How can that be??
Pray for America’s Freedom
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posted on
12/25/2009 7:21:34 PM PST
by
bray
(What ya in for Son? No Health Insurance.)
To: kristinn
How long before the MSM releases a mug shot?
How long before the MSM calls for more sensitivity training?
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posted on
12/25/2009 7:23:28 PM PST
by
Jim W N
To: McGruff
I wonder how many children were on the plane?
What a bunch of cowards these F’n mussies are.
To: bray
Oh, come on.....
We’ve all had our pants catch fire during a final approach into Detroit....
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posted on
12/25/2009 7:25:27 PM PST
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Merry Christmas, FReepers!)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Yeah, probably just some BC powders that spontaneously ignited.
To: bray
He was gone , so it was ok
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
“Weve all had our pants catch fire during a final approach into Detroit....”
I think Michael Jackson did once...
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posted on
12/25/2009 7:28:05 PM PST
by
jessduntno
(I think "you'll get what you deserve" is a promise. A socialist thinks it is a threat.)
To: kristinn
According to a federal counterterrorism official, Abdulmutallab has told authorities in preliminary interviews that he met with Al Qaeda operatives in Yemen to collect the chemical components for the device and learn how to use it. Authorities also said that Abdulmutallab appears in government records as a terrorism suspect, though he was not on the Transportation Safety Authority's "no-fly" list. http://www.nationalreview.com/onthenews/?q=NmRiM2I4YWVhMTNiNzUyYTg4YjM5YjJmZDE3YTZkNGM=
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posted on
12/25/2009 7:31:01 PM PST
by
jessduntno
(I think "you'll get what you deserve" is a promise. A socialist thinks it is a threat.)
To: jessduntno; All
I’d like to poll the audience, here....
How many fights have you been involved in on an international flight?
One, for me.....
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posted on
12/25/2009 7:31:25 PM PST
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Merry Christmas, FReepers!)
To: jessduntno
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posted on
12/25/2009 7:31:28 PM PST
by
jessduntno
(I think "you'll get what you deserve" is a promise. A socialist thinks it is a threat.)
To: kristinn
"the suspect was apparently taken to a front row seat with his trousers cut off and his legs burned.
A White House official said: "We believe this was an attempted act of terrorism."
The US government has tightened airport screening measures as a result of the incident, which happened on a Northwest Airlines Airbus 330."
So now all pants come off as well as shoes?
PROFILE !! YOU DAMN STUPID BASTARDS!
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posted on
12/25/2009 7:32:37 PM PST
by
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !! Â)
To: McGruff
Word to copycats: please test your bomb outside the plane first. Attached to your leg of course.
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posted on
12/25/2009 7:32:51 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America.)
To: kristinn
...US sources said he was subdued by passengersGot that, terrorist scum?
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posted on
12/25/2009 7:32:58 PM PST
by
Allegra
(It doesn't matter what this tagline says...the liberals are going to call it "racist.")
To: kristinn
The Nigerian is accused of trying to detonate a powdery substance First thing the Feds will do is close that barn door and ban all the womens' makeup, baby powder etc. Before long we'll be boarding naked and shipping our luggage by Fedex.
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posted on
12/25/2009 7:34:33 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(Get rid of the dirty moderates. Get rid of them,)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
How many fights have you been involved in on an international flight?Never. And intermational flights are sort of a part of my life...
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posted on
12/25/2009 7:34:57 PM PST
by
Allegra
(It doesn't matter what this tagline says...the liberals are going to call it "racist.")
To: jessduntno
Peter King was just on CNN again. He said he was told Abdul was not on the no-fly list because his terrorist ties were not aviation related. I kid you not.
Jeanne Meserve, a reporter for CNN, said she was told by U.S. officials that their files on Abdul indicate he was not a trained hardcore al Qaeda operative, that it was more likely his cellphone number turned up in terrorist investigation.
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posted on
12/25/2009 7:35:20 PM PST
by
kristinn
(A conspiracy of silence speaks louder than words.)
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