Yemen parcel bombmaker believed to be al Qaeda terrorist Ibrahim Hassan Al Asiri

Telegraph.co.uk ^ | 10-30-2010 | William Lowther

[gandalftb]

She's been released. Her ID was used by a familiar, that's why her real cell phone number and address was used on the packages.

It is common for AQ to hide behind innocents. She will not be charged. BTW, she may likely be from the same village as Bin Laden's wife, still checking on that.

[thouworm]

Thanks. Interesting possible Bin Laden connection.

NOTE: suspected bombmaker -— Ibrahim Hassan Al Asiri

See excerpt at top of thread. (photo at news article link)

Also, Al Asiri designed Abdulmutallab’s (underwear bomber} failed bomb in the plane over Detroit last Christmas.

Another news article says US Intelligence believes Al Asiri is in regular contact with Anwar al-Awlaki.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks thouworm.

[thouworm]

DRUDGE just posted this thread's article. He has the following photo, which is different than the one in the article.

Ibrahim Hassan Al Asiri

[thouworm]

Additional info at this related thread:

Mail Bombing Suspect Also Behind Attempted Christmas Day Bombing, Officials Say
Fox News ^ | Oct. 31, 2010

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2618540/posts

[nuconvert]

He should have been arrested a long time ago just on his looks

[AdmSmith]

source: http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,725618,00.html

[nascarnation]

To me it makes no difference what the details are.

Any terror news is BAD NEWS for Baraq and Imcompetano.

They have less credibility with the public on terror than they do on the economy.

[gandalftb]

Thanks for the graphic!

[AdmSmith]

Rashid Rauf looks like a ghost, and he might be dead.

[gandalftb]

We’ve captured him twice and killed him three times, Rauf is a real pro.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks AdmSmith!

[Cindy]

http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/07/20/saudi-yemen-bomb-maker-idINDEE96J01420130720

“Saudi suspect in underwear bomb plots trained others, U.S. says”

By Phil Stewart
ASPEN, Colo. | Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:25am IST
(Reuters) -

SNIPPET: “”There is intelligence that he has unfortunately trained others and there’s a lot of effort to identify those folks,” Pistole told the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado.

Asked by Reuters afterward about the nature of that intelligence, Pistole said Asiri was believed to have trained a small number of people. He added that the intelligence was “credible.”

Believed to be in his early 30s, Asiri, who survived a U.S. drone missile attack in 2011, has drawn scrutiny for his skill at fashioning hard-to-detect bombs and hiding them in clothing or equipment.”

[Cindy]

H/T:
twitter.com/KatieZimmerman/status/364559673258541056

~

http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=19871892&ref=http://t.co/4PxxYkJXeB

“Al Qaeda Threat: Officials Fear ‘Ingenious’ Liquid Explosive”

By RHONDA SCHWARTZ (@rhondaABC) and JAMES GORDON MEEK (@meekwire)
Aug 5, 2013, 8:57 PM

SNIPPET: “The officials said the new technique is believed to have been developed by the Yemen-based al Qaeda affiliate al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), home to notorious alleged bomb maker Ibrahim al-Asiri. Al-Asiri is suspected of being the mastermind behind several devious explosive devices including the underwear bomb and surgically implanted body bombs.

Al-Asiri was listed today among Yemen’s 25 top terrorists, who the Yemeni government said were planning to carry out operations in the capital, Sana’a. The Yemeni government is offering 5 million Yemeni rials, or $23,000, for information leading to the capture of any of the terrorists.”

SNIPPET: “In addition to the new liquid bomb, a U.S. official said American spy agencies are concerned the attack could use what some call “Frankenbombers,” suicide bombers who could carry an improvised explosive device sewn into their body cavity.

Sunday on “This Week,” Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-MD — the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee — said the intercepted communications called for a “major attack.””

[Cindy]

2011...

Quote:

www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/03/158911.htm

Department of State’s Terrorist Designation of Ibrahim Hassan Tali Al-Asiri

Media Note
Office of the Spokesman

Washington, DC
March 24, 2011

The Secretary of State has designated al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) operative and bomb maker Ibrahim Hassan Tali al-Asiri under E.O. 13224, which targets terrorists and their supporters. This action will help stem the flow of finances to al-Asiri by blocking all property subject to U.S. jurisdiction in which al-Asiri has an interest and prohibiting all transactions by U.S. persons with al-Asiri. AQAP has previously been designated by the United States under Executive Order 13224 and as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

Al-Asiri is an AQAP operative and serves as the terrorist organization’s primary bomb maker. Before joining AQAP, al-Asiri was part of an al-Qa’ida affiliated terrorist cell in Saudi Arabia and was involved in planned bombings of oil facilities in the Kingdom.

Al-Asiri gained particular notoriety for the recruitment of his younger brother as a suicide bomber in a failed assassination attempt of Saudi Prince Muhammed bin Nayif. Although the assassination attempt failed, the brutality, novelty and sophistication of the plot is illustrative of the threat posed by al-Asiri. Al-Asiri is credited with designing the remotely detonated device, which contained one pound of explosives concealed inside his brother’s body.

Al-Asiri is currently wanted by the Government of Saudi Arabia. In addition, Interpol has published an Orange Notice warning the public about the threat posed by him.

PRN: 2011/460

[cynwoody]

Telegraph article says US intelligence believes Al Asiri is in regular communication with al-Awlaki.

Anwar al-Awlaki, posthumously and recently famous as the AQ Chef ["Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of your Mom"], suffered a fatal encounter with Hellfire missiles on 30 Sep 2011.