US Calls Explosion on Airplane 'Attempted Act of Terrorism'

Voice of America News ^ | 26 December 2009 | Jeff Seldin Washington D.C.

[gov_bean_ counter]

With the larger redeployment numbers now, a flight from Amsterdam is very likely to have US soldiers or Expats on it. They would probably know how to respond.

[Vinnie]

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 68%

male: 75.7%

female: 60.6% (2003 est.)
.........
Reverse the male/female percentages and the figures are probably better than this country.
Certainly some segments of the population.

[hennie pennie]

Yes, that was how we reacted when we heard about this incident - goodness, allegedly an attempted act of manmade disaster - which is probably the reason why the prez was not informed for 4 hours - although perhaps investigators were worried that they’d be called off the “crime” scene were he to learn anything about it.

[calex59]

Obama stopped a terror attack. That is at least one good thing he should legitimately be able to brag about. Not much else is there.

Bozo didn't stop anything. What stopped the attack was a poorly constructed bomb and a fast acting passenger.How anyone could even remotely say this attack was stopped by Bozo is a mystery to me, unless you are an Obamabot.

[stevie_d_64]

Yeah I guess he stopped it 3 hours after he was finally notified of the attack...While he was looking at, (and putting the final touches) on his BC in Hawaii...

Brag, nothin’...He can’t claim crap...

But we will hear soon that we should not jump to any conclusions...I don’t think he’ll utter those words, but you can bet that a whole slag of mouthpieces will say that for him...

[wiggen]

Dude should not have been able to get on the plane with the devices. Also it seems it failed to work so more likely the hand of Providence than any calculated effort to stop the terrorist. Finally,he was subdued by citizens,not any government agency. All in all,it would seem that any credit talking by Barrack,certainly possible,would be quite a reach and maybe too transparent for his way of doing things.

[1951Boomer]

Although normally I’d argue for immediately informing the pres— ent, I do see advantages to keeping B.O. in the dark and allowing law enforcement to actually do their jobs unrestrained before he sticks his big nose into it.

[HollyB]

I understand the frustration, but just curious to know how it will go over when questionaires are started regarding ones religion before buying a ticket or boarding a plane?

[bushpilot1]

The CIA fact book post.