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 ...
What freaking religious ceremony???
JIHAD!!!!
Obama ordered two strikes on Al Qaeda in Yemen in 5 days. One being the 23rd or 24th I think.
That pretty much says it all, eh?
They don't have time...they are too busy frisking Grannies...
These people are giving us our best reason to BAN ALL MUSLIMS
from non-Islamic country aircraft . ALL of them ...a blanket ban . I don’t care who they are or how ‘innocent ‘, the whole damn gang of them should be made to pay for the sins of the few . Maybe then the majority will finally stop this crazy s#it. IF they are forced to feel the heat from what their
insane nutcase members do .
Just do it and screw them if they don’t like . They can walk or swim .
On another post, I read that passengers heard a sound which sounded like a firecracker before he was subdued. Must be the reason for the burns. It seems to me he was very close to being successful.
Something is off with this story.
“Obama’s military aide told the president about an incident aboard a plane as it was landing in Detroit just after 9 a.m. here. “
Here..I assume is Hawaii since it was a hawaii story.
Isn’t there about a 4 or 5 hour time difference between Detroit and Hawaii.
Red Flags Napolitiano should have been aware of..reports “she being briefed” when “she should be doing the briefing”..?
Written on Dec 13, 2009 by
http://luishipolito.blogspot.com/2009/12/al-qaeda-looking-to-yemen-as-next-base.html
Sunday, December 13
Al Qaeda looking to Yemen as next base
Officials say move already underway
Several of the leading Al Qaeda figures now in Yemen were released from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including Ibrahaim Al Rubaish, one of the groups leading religious ideologues, who is affectionately known as the poet of Guantanamo, according to militant videos broadcast on the Internet and considered authentic by US intelligence officials.
CUTS
Yes, his skills sucked.
But more importantly, the engineering aspect of his background conforms with the recruiting practices of AQ and other terrorist groups.
Who would you rather have doing your ops? An engineer or a womyn’s studies graduate student?
5 hour time difference between Hawaii and Detroit. Flight arrived at 12:01
AT LEAST make them pass the quiz with 100% correct before every shift. (I'm posting it because it's getting hard to find)
Can We Start Profiling Now?
1. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by:
a. Olga Corbitt
b. Sitting Bull
c. Arnold Schwartzeneger
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
2. In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by:
a. Lost Norwegians
b. Elvis
c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.
3. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:
a. John Dillinger
b. The King of Sweden
c. The Boy Scouts
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
4. In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
a. A pizza delivery boy
b. Pee Wee Herman
c. Geraldo Rivera
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
5. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by:
a. The Smurfs
b. Davy Jones
c. The Little Mermaid
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
6. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a U.S. Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by:
a. Captain Kid
b. Charles Lindberg
c. Mother Teresa
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
7. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
a. Scooby Doo
b. The Tooth Fairy
c. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
8. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
a. Richard Simmons
b. Grandma Moses
c. Michael Jordan
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
9. In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
a. Mr. Rogers
b. Hillary, to distract attention from Wild Bill' s women problems
c. The World Wrestling Federation
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
10. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted to a crash by the passengers. Thousands of people were killed by:
a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
b. The Supreme Court of Florida
c. Mr. Bean
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
11. In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:
a. Enron
b. The Lutheran Church
c. The NFL
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
12. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
a. Bonny and Clyde
b. Captain Kangaroo
c. Billy Graham
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
Nope, .........I really don't see a pattern here to justify profiling, do you?
So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics intent on killing us, airport security screeners will no longer be allowed to profile certain people. They must conduct random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, Secret Service agents who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winning former Governors.
I hope the passengers STOMPED the s*** out of his groin to put out the smoke hidden flames
I swear democRATs are too stupid to live.
Great post.
“from Nigeria to the United States for a religious ceremony”
Sooo, are they trying to plant a Mecca here in Detroit now?
“Sooo, are they trying to plant a Mecca here in Detroit now?”
Already passed the “green shoots” stage by ‘93...they got it going pretty good up there...it is our London...
MO slem town.
There were certainly many of them on the planes on 9/11. Remember that they like to marry 9 year olds. Nuff said.
I so love that; thanks for posting.
The something off is called a cover-up. Just after 9 a.m. could technically be 9:55. Just saying. Bush's notification was on camera and he was notified immediately.
5 hour time difference between Detroit and HI. The plane landed at 12:51 pm EST, which was 7:51 HI time. Maybe dude was too busy or didn't want to be disturbed.
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