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 ...
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http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/men-believed-northwest-airlines-plot-set-free/story?id=9434065
“Two al Qaeda Leaders Behind Northwest Flight 253 Terror Plot Were Released by U.S.
Former Guantanamo Prisoners Believed Behind Northwest Airlines Bomb Plot; Sent to Saudi Arabia in 2007”
By BRIAN ROSS, ANNA SCHECTER and JOSEPH RHEE
Dec. 28, 2009
SNIPPET: “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. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the Northwest bombing in a Monday statement that vowed more attacks on Americans.”
SNIPPET: “Guantanamo prisoner #333, Muhamad Attik al-Harbi, and prisoner #372, Said Ali Shari, were sent to Saudi Arabia on Nov. 9, 2007, according to the Defense Department log of detainees who were released from American custody. Al-Harbi has since changed his name to Muhamad al-Awfi.”
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http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/northwest-airlines-bomb-photos/story?id=9436297
“EXCLUSIVE: Photos of the Northwest Airlines Bomb
Accused Bomber Abdulmutallab’s Underwear, Explosive Packet and Detonator”
By RICHARD ESPOSITO and BRIAN ROSS
Dec. 28, 2009
SNIPPET: “UNDERWEAR WITH EXPLOSIVE PACKET
In the second photo (below), the packet of actual explosive powder has been removed from the underpants and displayed separately.”
SSNIPPET: “UNDERWEAR AND EXPLOSIVE PACKET
It is a six-inch long packet of the high explosive chemical called PETN, less than a half cup in volume, weighing about 80 grams.
A government test with 50 grams of PETN blew a hole in the side of an airliner. That was the amount in the bomb carried by the so-called shoe bomber Richard Reid over Christmas 2001.
The underpants bomb would have been one and a half times as powerful.”
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/12/28/president-addresses-public-attempted-terrorist-attack
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The President Addresses the Public on the Attempted Terrorist Attack
Posted by Macon Phillips on December 28, 2009 at 04:35 PM EST
Earlier today, the President addressed the public on the recent attempted terrorist attack:
Good morning, everybody. I wanted to take just a few minutes to update the American people on the attempted terrorist attack that occurred on Christmas Day and the steps we’re taking to ensure the safety and security of the country.
The investigation’s ongoing. And I spoke again this morning with Attorney General Eric Holder, the secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano, and my counterterrorism and homeland security adviser, John Brennan. I asked them to keep — continue monitoring the situation to keep the American people and members of Congress informed.
Here’s what we know so far: On Christmas Day, Northwest Airlines Flight 253 was en route from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Detroit. As the plane made its final approach to Detroit Metropolitan Airport, a passenger allegedly tried to ignite an explosive device on his body, setting off a fire.
Thanks to the quick and heroic actions of passengers and crew, the suspect was immediately subdued, the fire was put out, and the plane landed safely. The suspect is now in custody and has been charged with attempting to destroy an aircraft.
A full investigation has been launched into this attempted act of terrorism, and we will not rest until we find all who were involved and hold them accountable.
Now, this was a serious reminder of the dangers that we face and the nature of those who threaten our homeland. Had the suspect succeeded in bringing down that plane, it could have killed nearly 300 passengers and crew, innocent civilians preparing to celebrate the holidays with their families and friends.
The American people should be assured that we are doing everything in our power to keep you and your family safe and secure during this busy holiday season.
Since I was first notified of this incident, I’ve ordered the following actions to be taken to protect the American people and to secure air travel.
First, I directed that we take immediate steps to ensure the safety of the traveling public. We made sure that all flights still in the air were secure and could land safely. We immediately enhanced screening and security procedures for all flights, domestic and international. We added federal air marshals to flights entering and leaving the United States. And we’re working closely in this country, federal, state and local law enforcement, with our international partners.
Second, I’ve ordered two important reviews, because it’s absolutely critical that we learn from this incident and take the necessary measures to prevent future acts of terrorism.
The first review involves our watch list system, which our government has had in place for many years to identify known and suspected terrorists so that we can prevent their entry into the United States. Apparently the suspect in the Christmas incident was in this system, but not on a watch list, such as the so-called no-fly list. So I have ordered a thorough review, not only of how information related to the subject was handled, but of the overall watch list system and how it can be strengthened.
The second review will examine all screening policies, technologies and procedures related to air travel. We need to determine just how the suspect was able to bring dangerous explosives aboard an aircraft and what additional steps we can take to thwart future attacks.
Third, I’ve directed my national security team to keep up the pressure on those who would attack our country. We do not yet have all the answers about this latest attempt, but those who would slaughter innocent men, women and children must know that the United States will more — do more than simply strengthen our defenses. We will continue to use every element of our national power to disrupt, to dismantle and defeat the violent extremists who threaten us, whether they are from Afghanistan or Pakistan, Yemen or Somalia, or anywhere where they are plotting attacks against the U.S. homeland.
Finally, the American people should remain vigilant, but also be confident. Those plotting against us seek not only to undermine our security, but also the open society and the values that we cherish as Americans. This incident, like several that have preceded it, demonstrates that an alert and courageous citizenry are far more resilient than an isolated extremist.
As a nation, we will do everything in our power to protect our country. As Americans, we will never give in to fear or division. We will be guided by our hopes, our unity, and our deeply held values. That’s who we are as Americans; that’s what our brave men and women in uniform are standing up for as they spend the holidays in harm’s way. And we will continue to do everything that we can to keep America safe in the new year and beyond.
In his remarks, the President also addressed the events that have taken place over the last few days in Iran.
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Home • Briefing Room • Statements & Releases
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release December 28, 2009
Statement by the President on the Attempted Attack on Christmas Day and Recent Violence in Iran
Kaneohe Bay Marine Base, Kaneohe, Hawaii
10:01 A.M. HAST
THE PRESIDENT: Hey, guys. Good morning, everybody. I just want to take a few minutes to update the American people on the attempted terrorist attack that occurred on Christmas Day and the steps we’re taking to ensure the safety and security of the country.
The investigation is ongoing and I spoke again this morning with Attorney General Eric Holder, the Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, and my Counterterrorism and Homeland Security Advisor John Brennan. I asked them to keep — continue monitoring the situation, to keep the American people and members of Congress informed.
Here’s what we know so far. On Christmas Day, Northwest Airlines Flight 253 was en route from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Detroit. As the plane made its final approach to Detroit Metropolitan Airport, a passenger allegedly tried to ignite an explosive device on his body, setting off a fire.
Thanks to the quick and heroic actions of passengers and crew, the suspect was immediately subdued, the fire was put out, and the plane landed safely. The suspect is now in custody and had been charged with attempting to destroy an aircraft. And a full investigation has been launched into this attempted act of terrorism and we will not rest until we find all who were involved and hold them accountable.
This was a serious reminder of the dangers that we face and the nature of those who threaten our homeland. Had the suspect succeeded in bringing down that plane it could have killed nearly 300 passengers and crew, innocent civilians preparing to celebrate the holidays with their families and friends.
The American people should be assured that we are doing everything in our power to keep you and your families safe and secure during this busy holiday season. Since I was first notified of this incident I’ve ordered the following actions to be taken to protect the American people and to secure air travel.
First, I directed that we take immediate steps to ensure the safety of the traveling public. We made sure that all flights still in the air were secure and could land safely. We immediately enhanced screening and security procedures for all flights, domestic and international. We added federal air marshals to flights entering and leaving the United States. And we’re working closely in this country — federal, state and local law enforcement — with our international partners.
Second, I’ve ordered two important reviews because it’s absolutely critical that we learn from this incident and take the necessary measures to prevent future acts of terrorism. The first review involves our watch list system, which our government has had in place for many years to identify known and suspected terrorists so that we can prevent their entry into the United States.
Apparently the suspect in the Christmas incident was in the system, but not on a watch list such as the so-called no-fly list. So I’ve ordered a thorough review not only of how information related to the subject was handled, but of the overall watch list system and how it can be strengthened.
The second review will examine all screening policies, technologies and procedures related to air travel. We need to determine just how the suspect was able to bring dangerous explosives aboard an aircraft and what additional steps we can take to thwart future attacks.
Third, I’ve directed my national security team to keep up the pressure on those who would attack our country. We do not yet have all the answers about this latest attempt, but those who would slaughter innocent men, women and children must know that the United States will do more than simply strengthen our defenses — we will continue to use every element of our national power to disrupt, to dismantle, and defeat the violent extremists who threaten us — whether they are from Afghanistan or Pakistan, Yemen or Somalia, or anywhere where they are plotting attacks against the U.S. homeland.
Finally, the American people should remain vigilant, but also be confident. Those plotting against us seek not only to undermine our security, but also the open society and the values that we cherish as Americans. This incident, like several that have preceded it demonstrates that an alert and courageous citizenry are far more resilient than an isolated extremist. As a nation we will do everything in our power to protect our country, as Americans we will never give in to fear or division, we will be guided by our hopes, our unity, and our deeply held values. That’s who we are as Americans. And that’s what our brave men and women in uniform are standing up for as they spend the holidays in harm’s way, and we will continue to do everything that we can to keep America safe in the New Year and beyond.
Before I leave let also briefly address the events that have taken place over the last few days in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The United States joins with the international community in strongly condemning the violent and unjust suppression of innocent Iranian citizens, which has apparently resulted in detentions, injuries and even death.
For months the Iranian people have sought nothing more than to exercise their universal rights. Each time they have done so they have been met with the iron fist of brutality, even on solemn occasions and holy days. And each time that has happened the world has watched with deep admiration for the courage and the conviction of the Iranian people, who are a part of Iran’s great and enduring civilization.
What’s taking place within Iran is not about the United States or any other country — it’s about the Iranian people and their aspirations for justice and a better life for themselves. And the decision of Iran’s leaders to govern through fear and tyranny will not succeed in making those aspirations go away. As I said in Oslo, it’s telling when governments fear the aspirations of their own people more than the power of any other nation.
Along with all free nations the United States stands with those who seek their universal rights. We call upon the Iranian government to abide by the international obligations that it has to respect the rights of its own people. We call for the immediate release of all who have been unjustly detained within Iran. We will continue to bear witness to the extraordinary events that are taking place there. And I’m confident that history will be on the side of those who seek justice.
Thank you very much, everybody, and Happy New Year.
END
10:07 A.M.HAST
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=988413
“Terror suspect attended Aussie-run uni
14:50 AEST Tue Dec 29 2009
SNIPPET: “Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was studying for a master’s degree in international business at the University of Wollongong’s campus in Dubai, vice-chancellor Gerard Sutton said on Tuesday.
Abdulmutallab took classes for about seven months, from January to the middle of 2009.
He defied his family’s pleas to remain at the university and graduate by travelling to the terrorism hotbed of Yemen to study Arabic and Sharia law, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The 23-year-old vanished from the Dubai campus about mid-year, Professor Sutton said.”
Until that's figured out, the bigger question would be... Why would anyone get on an aircraft with a Muslim on board?
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581355,00.html
“I’m the First of Many, Jet Terror Suspect Warns”
Monday, December 28, 2009
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/12/flight-253-jihadists-hometown-he-learned-about-that-jihad-stuff-somewhere-else.html
(REUTERS, December 27, 2009)
Posted December 28, 2009
“Flight 253 jihadist’s hometown: he learned about that jihad stuff somewhere else”
SNIPPET: “One friend who knew him in London said he kept himself to himself and always wore a skullcap, rare among young Nigerian Muslims who usually wear such caps only on religious occasions.
Nigeria’s This Day newspaper said he had been given the nickname “Alfa” — a local term for an Islamic scholar — while at school in Togo, for his preaching to other students.
He also made two trips to Yemen during his student days for short Arabic and Islamic courses, according to a family friend....”
Home • Briefing Room • Speeches & Remarks
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release December 29, 2009
Statement by the President on Preliminary Information from his Ongoing Consultation about the Detroit Incident
Kaneohe Bay Marine Base, Kaneohe, Hawaii
11:26 A.M. HAST
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Yesterday I updated the American people on the immediate steps we took — the increased screening and security of air travel — to keep our country safe in the wake of the attempted terrorist attack on Christmas Day. And I announced two reviews — a review of our terrorist watch list system and a review of our air travel screening, so we can find out what went wrong, fix it and prevent future attacks.
Those reviews began on Sunday and are now underway. Earlier today I issued the former [sic] guidelines for those reviews and directed that preliminary findings be provided to the White House by this Thursday. It’s essential that we diagnose the problems quickly and deal with them immediately.
Now, the more comprehensive, formal reviews and recommendations for improvement will be completed in the coming weeks, and I’m committed to working with Congress and our intelligence, law enforcement and homeland security communities to take all necessary steps to protect the country.
I wanted to speak to the American people again today because some of this preliminary information that has surfaced in the last 24 hours raises some serious concerns. It’s been widely reported that the father of the suspect in the Christmas incident warned U.S. officials in Africa about his son’s extremist views. It now appears that weeks ago this information was passed to a component of our intelligence community, but was not effectively distributed so as to get the suspect’s name on a no-fly list.
There appears to be other deficiencies as well. Even without this one report there were bits of information available within the intelligence community that could have and should have been pieced together. We’ve achieved much since 9/11 in terms of collecting information that relates to terrorists and potential terrorist attacks. But it’s becoming clear that the system that has been in place for years now is not sufficiently up to date to take full advantage of the information we collect and the knowledge we have.
Had this critical information been shared it could have been compiled with other intelligence and a fuller, clearer picture of the suspect would have emerged. The warning signs would have triggered red flags and the suspect would have never been allowed to board that plane for America.
The professionalism of the men and women in our intelligence, counterterrorism and law enforcement and homeland security communities is extraordinary. They are some of the most hardworking, most dedicated Americans that I’ve ever met. In pursuit of our security here at home they risk their lives, day in and day out, in this country and around the world.
Few Americans see their work, but all Americans are safer because of their successes. They have targeted and taken out violent extremists, they have disrupted plots and saved countless American lives; they are making real and daily progress in our mission to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al Qaeda and other extremist networks around the world. And for this every American owes them a profound and lasting debt of gratitude.
Moreover, as Secretary Napolitano has said, once the suspect attempted to take down Flight 253 — after his attempt it’s clear that passengers and crew, our homeland security systems and our aviation security took all appropriate actions. But what’s also clear is this: When our government has information on a known extremist and that information is not shared and acted upon as it should have been, so that this extremist boards a plane with dangerous explosives that could cost nearly 300 lives, a systemic failure has occurred. And I consider that totally unacceptable.
The reviews I’ve ordered will surely tell us more. But what already is apparent is that there was a mix of human and systemic failures that contributed to this potential catastrophic breach of security. We need to learn from this episode and act quickly to fix the flaws in our system, because our security is at stake and lives are at stake.
I fully understand that even when every person charged with ensuring our security does what they are trained to do, even when every system works exactly as intended there is still no one hundred percent guarantee of success. Yet, this should only compel us to work even harder, to be even more innovative and relentless in our efforts.
As President I will do everything in my power to support the men and women in intelligence, law enforcement and homeland security to make sure they’ve got the tools and resources they need to keep America safe. But it’s also my job to ensure that our intelligence, law enforcement and homeland security systems and the people in them are working effectively and held accountable. I intend to fulfill that responsibility and insist on accountability at every level.
That’s the spirit guiding our reviews into the attempted attack on Christmas Day. That’s the spirit that will guide all our efforts in the days and years ahead.
Thank you very much.
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11:31 A.M. HAST
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http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/12/al-qaida_in_yemen_claims_respo.php
“Al-Qaida in Yemen Claims Responsibility for Christmas Day Airline Terror Plot”
By Evan Kohlmann
SNIPPET: “Al-Qaida’s network in Yemen (otherwise known as “Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula”) has issued an official communique claiming responsibility for the failed terrorist bomb plot targeting a Delta/Northwest airliner traveling from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas day. The communique included original photographs of would-be bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab grinning in front of an Al-Qaida banner. The group acknowledged that the device had failed to properly detonate, but promised that it would “continue on this path until we achieve success.” The statement also congratulated Ft. Hood shooter Maj. Malik Nidal Hasan and urged fellow Muslims to follow in his footsteps and kill American soldiers.
A complete translation of the communique from AQIY/AQAP can be accessed via the NEFA Foundation website.
December 28, 2009 08:51 PM
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - blog: "'HUNDREDS' MORE AL QAEDA OPERATIVES IN YEMEN PLANNING ATTACKS, FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS" (SNIPPET: ""Of course there are a number of Al Qaeda operatives in Yemen and some of their leaders. We realize this danger," Al-Qirbi said. "They may actually plan attacks like the one we have just had in Detroit. There are maybe hundreds of them - 200, 300."") (December 29, 2009, 3:32)
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)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - blog: "'HUNDREDS' MORE AL QAEDA OPERATIVES IN YEMEN PLANNING ATTACKS, FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS" (SNIPPET: ""Of course there are a number of Al Qaeda operatives in Yemen and some of their leaders. We realize this danger," Al-Qirbi said. "They may actually plan attacks like the one we have just had in Detroit. There are maybe hundreds of them - 200, 300."") (December 29, 2009, 3:32)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "OFFICIAL LAUDS YEMENI GOVERNMENT FOR TAKING ON AL-QAIDA" (SNIPPET: "The Yemeni government said the strikes were a success, but there has not been an accounting of casualties in the strikes.") (December 28, 2009)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "AL-QAIDA IN YEMEN CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHRISTMAS DAY AIRLINE TERROR PLOT" by Evan Kohlmann (SNIPPET: "The group acknowledged that the device had failed to properly detonate, but promised that it would "continue on this path until we achieve success."") (December 28, 2009, 08:51 pm)
ABC NEWS.go.com - The Blotter: "TWO AL QAEDA LEADERS BEHIND NORTHWEST FLIGHT 253 TERROR PLOT WERE RELEASED BY U.S. (SNIPPET: "American officials agreed to send the two terrorists from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia where they entered into an "art therapy rehabilitation program" and were set free, according to U.S. and Saudi officials. Guantanamo prisoner #333, Muhamad Attik al-Harbi, and prisoner #372, Said Ali Shari, were sent to Saudi Arabia on Nov. 9, 2007, according to the Defense Department log of detainees who were released from American custody. Al-Harbi has since changed his name to Muhamad al-Awfi." (December 28, 2009)
ABC NEWS.go.com - The Blotter: "TWO AL QAEDA LEADERS BEHIND NORTHWEST FLIGHT 253 TERROR PLOT WERE RELEASED BY U.S. (SNIPPET: "American officials agreed to send the two terrorists from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia where they entered into an "art therapy rehabilitation program" and were set free, according to U.S. and Saudi officials. Guantanamo prisoner #333, Muhamad Attik al-Harbi, and prisoner #372, Said Ali Shari, were sent to Saudi Arabia on Nov. 9, 2007, according to the Defense Department log of detainees who were released from American custody. Al-Harbi has since changed his name to Muhamad al-Awfi." (December 28, 2009)
ABC NEWS.go.com - The Blotter - Exclusive: "PHOTOS OF THE NORTHWEST AIRLINES BOMB Accused Bomber Abdulmutallab's Underwear, Explosive Packet and Detonator" (SNIPPET: "It is a six-inch long packet of the high explosive chemical called PETN, less than a half cup in volume, weighing about 80 grams. A government test with 50 grams of PETN blew a hole in the side of an airliner. That was the amount in the bomb carried by the so-called shoe bomber Richard Reid over Christmas 2001. The underpants bomb would have been one and a half times as powerful.") (December 28, 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)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "ICT JIHADI WEBSITES MONITORING GROUP..." (SNIPPET: "One of the surfers suggests using a low power laser in order to bring planes down. Several surfers show enthusiasm for this suggestion, but one surfer doubts it, including suggestions made by other surfers to use higher powered lasers, such as those appearing on the website of the...") (December 23, 2009)
Thanks to Freeper Kristinn for his research and post on the FR link listed below. Please click on the FR link to read his thread and check his hyper-text links. Thank you. -Cindy
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“Plane Bomber Was Anti-War Activist in London (Freeper Research Thread)”
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 | Kristinn
Posted on December 29, 2009 5:44:58 PM PST by kristinn
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6971071.ece
December 30, 2009
“Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab organised ‘War on Terror Week’ while studying at UCL”
Sean O’Neill, Crime and Security Editor
SNIPPET: “According to isocnews.com, an online magazine for Muslim students, War on Terror Week at University College London was one of the events of the year in 2007. There was a slick video advertisement for the event, an eye-catching poster and packed lecture theatres for five days of discussions about Guantánamo Bay, allegations of torture and the subject of “Jihad v Terrorism”.
The website reported the week of talks as “informative, relevant and always entertaining — the audience got involved with a good mixture of Muslim and non-Muslim attendees asking tough questions of the speakers”. In a corner of the poster, the event is declared to have been “approved by Umar Farook, president of UCLU Islamic Society”.”
SNIPPET: “The Nigerian student who organised “War on Terror Week” in January 2007 is now better known as Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the would-be suicide bomber who tried to blow up a transatlantic airliner last week.”
SNIPPET: “UCL has confirmed that Mr Abdulmutallab was a mechanical engineering student on its Central London campus in 2005-08 and in the academic year 2006-07 was president of the student union’s Islamic Society.”
SNIPPET: “And he confessed to having “jihad fantasies”...”
SNIPPET: “Within a year of arriving in London Mr Abdulmutallab started to adopt a more formal religious dress code, including a white robe and skullcap.”
SNIPPET: “He is reported to have attended some of the radical meetings held at London colleges and mosques. He is understood to have attended talks given by the extremist US-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki at East London Mosque. Awlaki, who was later banned from Britain and is believed to be in hiding with al-Qaeda in Yemen, where Mr Abdulmutallab spent months.”
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Muslim Cleric Anwar Awlaki Linked to Fort Hood, Northwest Flight 253 Terror Attacks
ABC World News ^ | Dec. 29, 2009 | RUSSELL GOLDMAN
Posted on December 29, 2009 12:03:00 PM PST by jersey117
Most Americans have never heard of Anwar al Awlaki, but the radical Muslim cleric who may have inspired a young Nigerian man to try to blow up a plane on Christmas Day has been linked to the alleged perpetrators of the deadliest terror attacks on U.S. soil this decade, from 9/11 to the massacre at Fort Hood....
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To: jersey117
Awlaki is regarded as a protege of Abd-al-Majid Al-Zindani, who was designated by the U.S. Treasury as a terrorist on February 24, 2004. Zindani was a close associate of Osama bin Laden, and he set up the Al Iman University in Sanaa in Yemen.
As reported by the Jamestown Foundation, there have been rumors that Al-Zindani gave a fatwa that resulted in the attack on USS Cole in the Gulf of Aden in 2000, an event that killed 17 U.S. sailors.
Much more on Awlaki at the link.
10 posted on December 29, 2009 1:42:28 PM PST by TigersEye (Tar & feathers! Pitchforks and torches! ... Get some while supplies last.)
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The terrorists who flew the plane into the Pentagon lived here in San Diego as well as the Imam Anwar al-Awlaki
Awlaki also received a M.A. degree from San Diego St. Univ.
11 posted on December 29, 2009 1:47:22 PM PST by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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Awlaki returned in 1991 to study engineering at Colorado State University.
That’s interesting - Yemen supported Iraq in the Gulf War which was going on about that time. Yemen has a few political parties of note- one is the Baathist Party, which is also found in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and which was born in Syria.
I wonder if the Baathist party sent an operative to the US under his name on purpose , not unlike the 1993 WTC bomb plotter Michell Malkin often talks about ...
13 posted on December 29, 2009 8:45:08 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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Colorado.
Thank you piasa.
14 posted on December 29, 2009 10:05:01 PM PST by Cindy
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Previously...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379404/posts
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https://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.4729/pub_detail.asp
November 10, 2009
“Exclusive: Who is Anwar al-Awlaki?”
Adrian Morgan
http://www.danielpipes.org/7840/detroit-northwest-near-tragedy
“The System “Worked Really Very, Very Smoothly” in Detroit?”
by Daniel Pipes
FrontPageMagazine.com
December 28, 2009
SNIPPET: “But they did not place him on the list of about 15,000 individuals who must go through additional screening, much less the list of about 4,000 people on the “no-fly” list, who are not allowed to fly to or in the United States. Nor did they revoke Abdulmutallab’s two-year, multi-entry tourist visa. Nor did an air marshal accompany his flight.
Despite these multiple failures, Janet Napolitano, the Department of Homeland Security secretary, astonishingly claimed that the system “worked really very, very smoothly” in Detroit. This institutional myopia increases my worries about U.S. law enforcement. Of course, had the system worked, Abdulmutallab would never have entered the airplane, much less set off an explosive device.”
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http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/166466
Summary execution for sabotage
Reader comment on item: The System “Worked Really Very, Very Smoothly” in Detroit?
Submitted by robert a (United States), Dec 29, 2009 at 05:10
The bomber was an enemy combatant, operating behind the lines, without a uniform, in civilian clothes and part of a army that has declared war on the U.S. How much simpler can it get.
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To: RWR8189; Cindy; Ernest_at_the_Beach
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1472411/posts?q=1&;page=41
...HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW TODAY about Ahmed Hikmat Shakir. In August 1999, Shakir, a 37-year-old Iraqi, accepted a position as a “facilitator” at the airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A “facilitator” works for an airline and assists VIP travelers with paperwork required for entry and other logistical issues. Shakir got the job because someone in the Iraqi embassy in Malaysia wanted him to have it. He started that fall.
Although Shakir officially worked for Malaysian Airlines, his contact in the Iraqi embassy controlled his schedule. On January 5, 2000, Shakir apparently received an assignment from his embassy contact. He was to escort a recent arrival through immigration at the airport.
Khalid al Mihdhar, a well-connected al Qaeda member who would later help hijack American Airlines Flight 77, had come to Malaysia for an important al Qaeda meeting that would last at least three days. (Shakir may have also assisted Nawaf al Hazmi, another hijacker, thought to have arrived on January 4, 2000.)
Malaysian intelligence photographed Shakir greeting al Mihdhar at the airport and walking him to a waiting car. But rather than see the new arrival off, he hopped in the car with al Mihdhar and accompanied him to the meeting.
Malaysian intelligence has provided its photographs to the CIA. While U.S. officials can place Shakir at the meeting with the hijackers and several high-ranking al Qaeda operatives, they do not know whether Shakir participated actively. (Also present at the meeting were Hambali, al Qaeda’s top man in South Asia, and Khallad, later identified as the mastermind of the attack on the USS Cole.)
The meeting concluded on January 8, 2000. Shakir reported to work at the airport on January 9 and January 10, and then never again. Khalid al Mihdhar and Nawaz al Hazmi also disappeared briefly, then flew from Bangkok, Thailand, to Los Angeles on January 15, 2000. Shakir, the Iraqi-born facilitator, would be arrested six days after the September 11 attacks by authorities in Doha, Qatar. According to an October 7, 2002, article by Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman, “A search of Shakir’s apartment in Doha, the country’s capital, yielded a treasure trove, including telephone records linking him to suspects in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and Project Bojinka, a 1994 Manila plot to blow up civilian airliners over the Pacific Ocean.” (Isikoff, it should be noted, has been a prominent skeptic of an Iraq-al Qaeda connection.)
Shakir had contact information for a lot of bad people. As noted, one was a Kuwaiti, Ibrahim Suleiman, whose fingerprints were found on the bombmaking manuals U.S. authorities allege were used in preparation for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Suleiman was convicted of perjury and deported to Jordan. Another was Musab Yasin, the brother of 1993 Trade Center bomber Abdul Rahman Yasin. Yet another was Zahid Sheikh Mohammed, brother of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the September 11 attacks, now in U.S. custody. Shakir also had an old number for Taba Investments, an al Qaeda front group. It was the number long used by Mahmdouh Mahmud Salim, the highest-ranking Iraqi member of al Qaeda. According to testimony from al Qaeda informants, Salim maintained a good relationship with Saddam’s intelligence service.
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Who was it that Hikmat Shakir’s charges future 9/11 hijackers Khalid al Mihdhar and Nawaz al Hazmi, met with after their arrival in Los Angeles and later followed all the way to his new mosque in Falls Church, Va?
Imam Anwar al Awlaki / al Aulaqi, the Imam of Major Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter who wanted to try US troops assigned to him as his patients for war crimes and who opted to just murder 14 other US troops at fort Hood in November 2009.
Who was the inspiration of the Fort Dix plotters?
Imam Anwar al Aulaqi.
Who helped the crotch bomber Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab of Nigeria make his preparations to murder more than 200 people on Christmas Day this year when the bomber visited Yemen?
Imam Anwar al Aulaqi.
Given how the 9/11 Commission’s libs relegated Hikmat Shakir’s involvement with the perps in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing on up to the perps of the 2000 USS Cole bombing and even 9/11 hijackers to the footnotes...
No wonder the libs are freaked out over Ft. Hood and this latest attempt on an aircraft.
66 posted on December 29, 2009 11:32:10 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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