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Father of Nigerian terror suspect sought government help to no avail before airline attack
AP ^ | December 28, 2009 | JON GAMBRELL

Posted on 12/28/2009 8:23:04 AM PST by maggief

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian man accused of trying to bomb a U.S. airliner cut off all ties with his relatives until they awoke to news of the attempted Christmas Day attack, the family said Monday.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's father first reached out to Nigerian security agencies two months ago and a month later to foreign security agencies about his concerns that his son had disappeared and ceased contact with the family, the family said in a statement. U.S. authorities said that in November, Abdulmutallab's father visited the U.S. embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, to discuss his concerns about his son's religious beliefs.

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A U.S. official in Washington said the father's concerns were shared among those in the embassy, including liaison personnel from other agencies based there, such as the FBI. The alert was then relayed to Washington and again shared among agencies such as the State, Justice and Homeland Security departments, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the investigation.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 0bamasfault; abdulmutallab; flight253; flight800; islam; jihad; obama; obamasfault; obamateur; terrorism; twaflight800; waronterror
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To: onyx; SE Mom
A taped statement,....hmm...must have not brought his teleprompter...he has never missed a chance to put his mug on the TV before.

By the way ..from the UK:

FAILED plane bomber Umar Abdulmutallab has bragged to FBI agents that there are more young men plotting to launch attacks on the West.

21 posted on 12/28/2009 10:20:49 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

There will soon be even more!

Obama plans to repatriate 90 Yemeni “detainees” from GITMO!


22 posted on 12/28/2009 10:25:39 AM PST by onyx
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To: onyx; SE Mom; tobyhill; bgill; maggief
I just posted this:

Radical US cleric survived airstrike in Yemen: family

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Long War Journal ^ | December 25, 2009 8:05 PM | Bill Roggio

23 posted on 12/28/2009 10:43:07 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Travis McGee

“A bim? You say he has a bim?”


24 posted on 12/28/2009 7:18:36 PM PST by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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