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Cops Hunt For UK Link After US 'Jet Bomb' Plot
Sky News ^ | 12/26/09 | Jon di Paolo

Posted on 12/26/2009 5:11:16 AM PST by jimbo123

The Metropolitan Police are carrying out searches in the UK after a suspected al Qaeda operative allegedly attempted to blow up a US passenger jet.

The man, said to be a student at a British university, is accused of trying to blow up a transatlantic aeroplane with explosives strapped to his leg on Christmas Day.

The Nigerian man caused panic as the jet was about to land at Detroit with 278 people aboard when he apparently tried to detonate some sort of bomb.

He was overpowered by passengers and crew after the device failed to ignite properly.

Sources have since told Sky News that the device was apparently hidden during transit in a pillow.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airbusa330; alqaeda; alqaedauk; counterterrorism; flight253; humancauseddisaster; leo; manmadedisaster
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Witnesses said that they saw the suspect - who was in seat 19A - emerge from the toilet with a pillow held over his stomach and a syringe in his hand.

He then injected the syringe into something held in his stomach area, possibly a powdery substance, and smoke and flames quickly followed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6886600/Detroit-British-student-in-al-Qaeda-airline-bomb-attempt.html

1 posted on 12/26/2009 5:11:18 AM PST by jimbo123
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troubling.. knowing the only reason 300 people are still alive is that the bomb didn’t work.


2 posted on 12/26/2009 5:15:40 AM PST by FunkyZero ("It's not about duck hunting !")
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In response, no doubt Gordon Brown and Hussein Obama are working
tirelessly to free their invited terrorist UK-engineering student,
whom they now claim was only investigating a type of 'alternative energy' to drive the plane.

Meanwhile, every convent and young girl therein is planned to
be searched internally.


3 posted on 12/26/2009 5:16:47 AM PST by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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To: Diogenesis

This attack is a direct result of Hussein The Kenyan’s groveling to the muslim world.


4 posted on 12/26/2009 5:20:20 AM PST by jimbo123
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The suspect had reportedly flown from Lagos, Nigeria to Amsterdam’s Schipol airport and transferred to Northwest Airlines - which is undergoing a merger with Delta Airlines - for the nine-hour flight to Detroit in an Airbus A330-300.


Contrary to conventional wisdom from various reports it now appears the MUSLIM TERRORIST did not go thru screening at Schipol after transferring from his KLM flight from Lagos to the NWA flight to Detroit.

Before this is over the blame game will be global.

Meanwhile, the MUSLIMS have succeeded in making life more miserable for those who must travel by air and less profitable for the airline companies.


5 posted on 12/26/2009 5:36:02 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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This attack is a direct result of Hussein The Kenyan’s groveling to the muslim world.


I agree the MUSLIM terrorists smell weakness (OBAMA) and will exploit the opportunities to disrupt and destroy.


6 posted on 12/26/2009 5:38:11 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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This muslim terrorist was also traveling on a one-way ticket paid with cash.


7 posted on 12/26/2009 5:38:29 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: jimbo123
Speaking of Barry....

White House: Failed plane attack an attempted act of terrorism(Obama told 3 HOURS AFTER PLANE LANDS)

Where was he and/or what was doing for those three hours...?

8 posted on 12/26/2009 5:39:06 AM PST by mewzilla (Rick Santelli for Man of the Year!)
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This muslim terrorist was also traveling on a one-way ticket paid with cash.

Good gad. Was he really? And if so, that didn't single him out for some extra special attention?!

9 posted on 12/26/2009 5:40:15 AM PST by mewzilla (Rick Santelli for Man of the Year!)
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How about a Houston link examination first....he was in Houston in 2008.


10 posted on 12/26/2009 5:48:19 AM PST by givemELL (Does Taiwan Meet the Criteria to Qualify as an "Overseas Territory of the United States"? by Richar)
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“This muslim terrorist was also traveling on a one-way ticket paid with cash.”

Nothing to worry about here ;-)


11 posted on 12/26/2009 5:50:21 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
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To: Diogenesis
this picture, has to be the most disgusting....it says it all....a recently arrived Muslim, searching a Christian....have we lost all control of our society???
12 posted on 12/26/2009 5:53:05 AM PST by thinking
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Where was he and/or what was doing for those three hours...?

"Mr. President, we had a terrorist indecent several hours ago but we handled it"
"We are loading your response onto the teleprompter as we speak"

13 posted on 12/26/2009 5:59:39 AM PST by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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Note to Joe Gibbs: Hope you’ve got a tick-tock ready, pard, in case some presstitute grows a pair.


14 posted on 12/26/2009 6:02:56 AM PST by mewzilla (Rick Santelli for Man of the Year!)
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Wasn’t interpol just warning UK about the fact that an incident was going to happen?


15 posted on 12/26/2009 6:06:02 AM PST by RummyChick
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The Brits were concerned, not sure about Interpol. Then there was that thing with the Chunnel. And I’ve been wondering for weeks if Barry was in such a hurry to pass Obamacare because he knew we were about to have incoming.


16 posted on 12/26/2009 6:08:19 AM PST by mewzilla (Rick Santelli for Man of the Year!)
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To: jimbo123

They seem to be going after the Airbus, although they may all be targets of opportunity. The one in New Jersey right after 9-11 is suspecious, the one that disappeared in the Atlantic recently and now this one.


17 posted on 12/26/2009 6:12:17 AM PST by Western Phil
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To: mewzilla

Scotland Yard
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6962867.ece


18 posted on 12/26/2009 6:13:50 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: mewzilla; cardinal4

How did the Washington Redskins get involved in this issue?


19 posted on 12/26/2009 6:30:58 AM PST by Ax (Carpe Vinum.)
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To: jimbo123

Follow the money. How did a Nigerian man live in Houston and attend college in UK? Who is his benefactor?


20 posted on 12/26/2009 6:42:26 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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