"I've always said....ah...ah...let's not jump conclusions...ah....let me be perfectly ...ah...clear...ah...I've got a bracelet too"
Posted on 12/28/2009 4:13:31 PM PST by malkee
The Obama administration's knee-jerk reaction to al Qaeda's attempted Christmas Day bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 was to minimize the threat. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano declared that the attempted bombing was not connected to a larger terrorist plot. Business as usual, nothing to see here, move along, happy holidays.
Not quite. The Christmas Day attack demonstrated the adaptive and organized nature of the terrorist threat. Al Qaeda chose a flight originating overseas to avoid U.S. domestic security measures. Nigerian bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab reportedly boarded the aircraft by impersonating a Sudanese refugee who did not have a passport, a ruse officials in Amsterdam apparently accepted. It is certain that al Qaeda had tested this method at Amsterdam before.
The PETN explosive was hidden in Mr. Abdulmutallab's underwear to avoid detection. The reagent that he used to set off the PETN reportedly was brought onboard in a syringe, which not only would be useful for introducing the reagent to the explosive but facilitated smuggling it, for example under the guise of it being insulin. The only part of the terrorist plan that failed was the bomb itself, which either was not prepared correctly, was damaged in transit or was not detonated properly. However, even the malfunctioning bomb produced a fire that could have brought the aircraft down had it not been extinguished quickly.
This attack demonstrates al Qaeda's sophistication and adaptation. The tactic Mr. Abdulmutallab used to bring the explosive onto Flight 253 will be particularly difficult to thwart. Shoe-bomber Richard Reid's failed attack forced air travelers to grow accustomed to removing footwear in airports; the impact of the "crotch bomb" on airline passengers can only be imagined.
Once that's in place, killers could just move on to concealing bombs in more difficult-to-search places. In fact, they already have.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
An administration of incompetent cowards.
The controlled media is already trying to erase Nappy’s initial assertion that “the system worked”.
Which is true, if you are an Al-Q operative or an enemy of America.
In the bad old days, these people were fringe.
Today, they rule.
get ready to fly “commando”, folks
The sunbathing communist Kenyan lizard king tore his ass on this one. This won’t poll well. Not to mention that if Umar isn’t water boarded, the Kenyan will be seen as negligent.
How do you spell failure: OBAMAandNAPOLITANO
I know this is not funny,but just imagining strip search for everyone going through airport security makes me laugh. Think I will avoid flying.
Meanwhile:
The plot to blow up an American passenger jet over Detroit was organized and launched by al Qaeda leaders in Yemen who apparently sewed bomb materials into the suspect’s underwear before sending him on his mission, federal authorities tell ABC News.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/northwest-bomb-plot-planned-al-qaeda-yemen/story?id=9426085
Are they actually calling this guy “crotch bomber?” LOL. I suppose it beats “Christmas bomber” though.
(Cue the music: “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...Jasper ripping off your clothes....”)
Are the dirtbags in Obama’s administration still denying that the Fort Hood attack was terrorism?
You wanted “Change” America.
You got it.
Golly gee whiz...now I feel better. Thanks President Obamy. I was pretty worried for a couple days there, but now that you told us it’s an isloated case, I’ll just go back to being stupid and believe every word the MSM and Homeland security secretary tell me. Just go back to playing golf and having fun in Hawaii. We’re all better now. Whew, that was a close one!
>> They don’t care if Americans have jobs or get killed by islamic terrorists.
>> But they will yak all day about “historic healthcare rewrite”.
bttt
"I've always said....ah...ah...let's not jump conclusions...ah....let me be perfectly ...ah...clear...ah...I've got a bracelet too"
The only thing the “crotch” bomber was missing was a better oxidizer. He had the fuel part of the mixture but not the oxidizer component.
Either the bomber was a lone and incompetent chemist, or someone in the bombing conspiracy ensured his failure by sabotaging the mixture.
But it could also be possible that what we have an incompetent conspiracy, which means they’ll be caught fairly quickly... assuming the Feds haven’t been instructed to focus on the “lone gunman” theory.
Tiger Woods is an honest man compared to OB.
The harshest questioning that the zero will allow is not saying “pretty please”.
Tiger Woods is an honest man compared to OB.
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