Posted on 10/30/2010 9:06:44 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
SAN'A, Yemen – Yemeni police arrested a woman on suspicion of mailing a pair of bombs powerful enough to take down airplanes, officials said Saturday as details emerged about a terrorist plot aimed at the U.S. that exploited security gaps in the worldwide shipping system.
Investigators were hunting Yemen for more suspects tied to al-Qaida and several U.S. officials identified the terrorist group's top explosives expert in Yemen as the most likely bombmaker.
The explosives, addressed to Chicago-area synagogues, were pulled off airplanes in England and the United Arab Emirates early Friday morning, touching off a tense search for other devices.
It still wasn't clear whether the bombs, which officials said were wired to cell phones, timers and power supplies, could have been detonated remotely while the planes were in the air, or when the packages were halfway around the world in the U.S. But the fact that they made it onto airplanes showed that nearly a decade since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, terrorists continue to probe and find security vulnerabilities.
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They say she tried to escape out a window. Guess that makes her a Yumping Yemeni.
Why the f*ck do we accept ANYTHING from Yemen in the first place never mind air mailed packages? Is there ANYONE with brains left running the country ?
LOL!
why do we even need air freight???
consider the 400 dollar-a-pound Kobe beef,
that Obama feeds on,
could that stuff be sent by ship?
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