Posted on 12/26/2009 2:37:05 PM PST by Cindy
SNIPPET: "Discussion: I first observed discussion of binary explosives on the al-Firdaws forum in January of 2007. In light of recent events I will post here my archive:"
SNIPPET: "Implementation: On Christmas Day, 2009, Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab boards a flight in Amsterdam, bound for Detroit, and on final descent he attempts to set off what was most likely a binary explosive. Thank goodness he either screwed up or had bad instructions, because the chemicals he was working with were evidently quite good."
(Excerpt) Read more at internet-haganah.com ...
Good, hope he never pees again. It’d serve him right.
Exactly right - had the terrorist scum succeeded, we would never or nearly never have known it was a terrorist attack - not under this administration’s security agencies.
Thank GOD this (apparently drugged up) jihadist fouled things up.
“This alleged attack on a U.S. airplane on Christmas Day shows that we must remain vigilant in the fight against terrorism at all times,” Attorney General Eric Holder said. “Had this alleged plot to destroy an airplane been successful, scores of innocent people would have been killed or injured.”
Alleged attack? Alleged plot?
Holder should be forced to resign immediately (he already should have been forced to resign over the terrorist trial being located in NYC - criminal trial).
It’s the new Washington legalese.
ADDING a copy of the complaint to post no. 6.
Bomb experts say there was more than enough explosive to bring down the Northwest jet, which had nearly 300 people aboard, had the detonator not failed, ..."
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/12/report-flight-253-bomb-built-by-al-qaeda-in-yemen-flight-saved-by-failed-detonator.html
"...contained more than 80 grams of PETN...sewn into Abdulmutallab's underwear..."
"...Investigators believe Abdulmutallab was connected to al Qaeda by the same radical imam, American-born Anwar Awlaki, who is linked to the American Army major accused of opening fire at Fort Hood in November..."
According to investigators, the bomb used yesterday was built in Yemen by a top al Qaeda bomb maker.
Let me clear that up. I did not say--nor do I think--African nations have a pervasive aptitude for engineering, (heck, that aptitude isn't pervasive here), but that most of the African students I encountered in College were in engineering curricula. I think the reason for this is that those who backed them were looking for a return on the investment of sending a student to the US, and rather than place their son or mentored individual in art appreciation, they had them pursue the program which might bring the best return for the investment, both for the investor and the country. The average African does not come to the US or any European country for an education, only those of means.
Africa's problems are not simply a matter of resources nor the know how to utilize them. Their problems are far more deeply rooted in tribalism, socialism, Islamism, and plain old corruption.
When you transition from a tribal society in which the chief is law and has a right to everything to a more egalitarian (and capitalistic) culture, (something which I am not saying has been done), the complications of socialist influences (guaranteed popular with status quo ruling elites because of greater efficiency at maintaining power at all levels and easily corrupted) and Islamism (again, a tribal based culture which is authoritarian in nature), the pitfalls on the trek to a republic are many and the path is narrow.
(We have been exceedingly fortunate in having honorable men who set up a Republic unprecedented in its regard for individual liberty.)
Add in the European partitioning of regions without regard to traditional tribal boundaries, the enduring emnity of tribal groups for one another, and the relatively late arrival (as opposed to internal and ongoing development) of technological capabilities, and it is little wonder that Africa persists as a mess.
The culture has not been developed with the technology, and that includes the more mundane infrastructure developed with the ability to build sewers, roads, electrical nad other infrastructure, which developed with technology and industrial capability in the West. Here, the engine of development was one of broad based consumption of the benefits of our technology for profit, there, it is an adopted technology used to separate the elites from the masses rather than bring the two closer together--a prime philosophical difference deeply rooted in the respective cultures.
The problems there are ones of political and cultural bias, where individuals are doing well not to be complete slaves to whomever the 'bossman' is, and force is for taking power, property, rights, and lives from those not in your tribe or cadre, not protecting them for all.
That modern Western European socioeconomic models have not persisted in that cultural enviroment does not preclude the education of a select few (not always based on aptitude) in American Universities, and that education is commonly in engineering, not advanced ethnocentric tiddlywinks.
Thanks for the ping Mama Dearest.
I traveled through the Detroit airport today, and the “threat” was not obvious to the average traveler. The threat level was only orange in spite of the fact they had a second suspicious plane coming in.
Heck of a weekend for you to visit your Mom ff. Must have been fun coming across the tunnel or bridge.
They grilled me at the border.
Had I crossed the border by land before?
Had I crossed it by air before?
Had I ever had trouble at the border?
Why wasn’t my husband with me?
What did I have with me?
How much money did I have on me?
What do I do for a living?
For how long?
Damn, when do you get the results of the “Free Colonoscopy” from the US Government?
I don’t think I get a copy.
;-)
aren't muzzies supposed to avoid alcohol?
I heard that report was poopoo’d...
Bacon grease...
THE SUN.co.uk: "25 BRITS IN JET BOMB PLOTS Cops fear that 25 British-born Muslims are plotting to bomb airliners." (SNIPPET: "The 25 suspects, of Pakistani and Somali descent, were radicalised in UK mosques. Some had been to university and studied engineering or computer sciences. Others were former street gang members. Special Branch monitored them as they flew to Yemen, in the Middle East, from British airports in the spring and summer. In almost every case, their tickets were paid for in cash and bought less than a week before travel. The source added: "Imams would have promised them rewards in heaven for becoming suicide bombers prepared to kill Westerners."") (December 27, 2009)
stepping back in time...INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "FUN WITH BINARY EXPLOSIVES" (SNIPPET: "Binary explosives are bad, bad stuff. The jihadis have not yet learned how to make the stuff, but they have enough chemical engineers in their ranks that it should only be matter of time.") (January 14, 2007)
Video (CNN): "Intended Victims of Northwest Flight 253 Apprehended Islamic Terrorist" (Note: THANK YOU PASSENGER JASPER SCHURINGA for your quick action. -Cindy) (December 26, 2009)
AF.REUTERS.com: Amsterdam - "DUTCH PROBE CLAIMS OF NIGERIAN BOMBER ACCOMPLICE" (SNIPPET: "A U.S. couple on the flight, Kurt and Lori Haskell, told Reuters and other news agencies that they saw a tall, well-dressed man aged about 50 with the suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on Friday morning at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.") (December 28, 2009, 7:37 am GMT)
JIHAD WATCH.org (MLIVE.com, December 26, 2009): "WHO WAS THAT SHARPLY DRESSED MAN" (SNIPPET: "Haskell said he and his wife were sitting on the ground near their boarding gate in Amsterdam, which is when they saw Mutallab approach the gate with an unidentified man. Kurt and Lori Haskell are attorneys with Haskell Law Firm in Taylor. Their expertise includes bankruptcy, family law and estate planning. While Mutallab was poorly dressed,his friend was dressed in an expensive suit, Haskell said. He says the suited man asked ticket agents whether Mutallab could board without a passport. "The guy said, 'He's from Sudan and we do this all the time.'" Mutallab is Nigerian.") (December 27, 2009)
JIHAD WATCH.org (ABC NEWS): "SUSPECT IN ATTEMPTED BOMBING OF DETROIT FLIGHT HAD VISA TO ATTEND 'RELIGIOUS CEREMONY'" (SNIPPET: "The suspect was identified as Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, who according to federal documents is an engineering student at University College of London.") (December 25, 2009)
THE JAWA REPORT - blog: "FLIGHT 253 BOMBER CLAIMS AL-QAEDA IN YEMEN LINKS (Updated - Video Image of Abdulmutallab added)" (SNIPPET: "I received a copy of this video the other day. The 23rd to be exact. It was the subject of some chatter on a the boards talking about "Was it really safe to fly". No kidding.") (December 26, 2009, 07:27 am)
DAWN.com: "BRITISH EMBASSY IN YEMEN TARGETED BY AL-QAEDA" (SNIPPET: "Sanaa: The British embassy in Sanaa was the target of an al-Qaeda suicide plot foiled by Yemeni authorities last week, a defence ministry-linked website said on Thursday.") (December 24, 2009)
WASHINGTON POST.com: "SIX YEMENI DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO BAY TO BE REPATRIATED" (SNIPPET: "The Obama administration is planning to repatriate six Yemenis held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a transfer that could be a prelude to the release of dozens more detainees to Yemen, according to sources with independent knowledge of the matter.") (December 18, 2009, 5:04 am)
Quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2416643/posts
Oops! Freed Gitmo alumni plotted airline bombing.
Wahington Examiner ^ | 12/28/09 | David Freddoso
Posted on December 28, 2009 5:24:46 PM PST by Nachum
Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Detroit were released by the U.S. from the Guantanamo prison in November, 2007, according to American officials and Department of Defense documents.
American officials agreed to send the two terrorists to Saudi Arabia where they entered into an “art therapy rehabilitation program” and were set free, according to U.S. and Saudi officials.
Gee, who would have expected “art therapy” to fail on terrorists?
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