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Sweden suicide bomber was British university graduate
guardian.co.uk ^ | Sunday 12 December 2010 | Jonathan Paige and agencies

Posted on 12/12/2010 9:54:03 PM PST by DeaconBenjamin

The suicide bomber who blew himself up yesterday was an Iraqi man who graduated from a British university. Whitehall sources confirm that Taimour-Al-Abdaly, a 28-year-old man who lived in southern Sweden, was the owner of the car that exploded in central Stockholm last night. His Facebook profile lists him as having studied a BSc in sports therapy at the University of Bedfordshire in 2004.

Swedish police confirmed that the two explosions that killed one person and injured two more, causing panic among Christmas shoppers, were a terrorist attack.

They said last night's explosions were the result of "terror crimes". "We are investigating this as terror crimes according to Swedish law. We are still investigating the case. In this situation, we have not raised the security [threat] level," police spokesman Anders Thornberg said.

The Swedish foreign minister, Carl Bildt, said in a message on Twitter: "Most worrying attempt at terrorist attack in crowded part of central Stockholm. Failed – but could have been truly catastrophic."

A Swedish news agency said it had received an email warning before the blasts in which a threat was made against Sweden's population, linked to the country's military presence in Afghanistan and the five-year-old case of caricatures of the prophet Muhammad by Swedish artist Lars Vilks.

The TT agency said the email, which contained audio files in Swedish and Arabic, was also sent to Sweden's security police and was received 10 minutes before the blasts.

The first explosion caused panic in the busy street of Drottninggatan at around 4.50pm local time when a car containing gas canisters burst into flames, causing minor injuries to two people.

Sweden's Aftonbladet newspaper reported that the man was carrying pipe bombs, as well as a backpack full of nails, although this has not been confirmed by the authorities.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cartoons; cartoonwar; iraqi; islam; islamofascism; jihad; larsvilks; nomoreislamimmgrants; nomoremuslims; religionofpeace; rop; sweden; terrorists; waronterror
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1 posted on 12/12/2010 9:54:06 PM PST by DeaconBenjamin
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Well, bye.


2 posted on 12/12/2010 9:55:33 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Don’t you just hate it when you scrimp and save to send your kid to college and they don’t use their degree?


3 posted on 12/12/2010 10:00:25 PM PST by bgill (K Parliament- how could a young man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Proves the really good jobs are hard to find even with a degree.


4 posted on 12/12/2010 10:01:33 PM PST by nkycincinnatikid
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To: DeaconBenjamin
28, male, middle easterner, upset over the wars and cartoons of Mohammed, so he turns to suicide bombing jihad.

I'm... just not seeing any connections...

5 posted on 12/12/2010 10:01:49 PM PST by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Wow, betcha he had to spend a lot of all nighters studying for such an intellectual topic.

/S


6 posted on 12/12/2010 10:04:21 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: DeaconBenjamin

All that subsidized tuition; up in smoke. No wonder they’re tripling tuition at British universities.


7 posted on 12/12/2010 10:06:17 PM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: DeaconBenjamin

These savages need to be purged from western civilization. Soon, we too will have to deal with these maniacs on our own soil.

What happened in Texas will be repeated, and with each new attack from them our freedoms will become more and more circumscribed and ye we will be no safer.


8 posted on 12/12/2010 10:08:46 PM PST by ZULU (No nation which tried to tolerate Islam escaped Islamization.)
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Sweden suicide bomber was British university graduate

Will liberals and secularists never learn that education doesn't change moral or religious values for most people?

It only makes the criminal or fanatic smarter.

9 posted on 12/12/2010 10:12:27 PM PST by DWar ("The ultimate destination of Political Correctness is totalitarianism.")
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To: nkycincinnatikid

or

The quality of the degree is low. What did he learn from those years of study? Regression to barbarism. Now thats a success story with a real future!


10 posted on 12/12/2010 10:25:55 PM PST by himno hero
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Those who have orchestrated the destruction of the US economy went to better schools, and never needed a bomb.


11 posted on 12/12/2010 10:30:37 PM PST by mmercier
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Liberals file suit against gun manufactures, maybe we ought to class action some of these colleges. (partial sarcasm)


12 posted on 12/12/2010 10:31:42 PM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Probably angry because he paid to study something useless like “Gay and Transgender studies,” “Art Therapy” or “conflict resolution.”


13 posted on 12/12/2010 10:34:07 PM PST by PGR88
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To: ZULU

Whether Imam Anwar Alawaki is “tapped” in Yemen, or not, these people will CONTINUE to be worldwide PESTS.


14 posted on 12/12/2010 10:44:50 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (**George W Bush** bears as much responsibility as CARTER, CLINTON and OBAMA over N. Korean nukes)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Picture of perp, please? (hopefully BEFORE he blew himself to bits).


15 posted on 12/12/2010 10:45:35 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (**George W Bush** bears as much responsibility as CARTER, CLINTON and OBAMA over N. Korean nukes)
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To: nkycincinnatikid

I’m sure it was a case of entrapment.


16 posted on 12/12/2010 10:46:31 PM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: DeaconBenjamin
Another Suiside bombing Islamic Medical student?


ISLAM KILLS

17 posted on 12/12/2010 10:52:31 PM PST by MaxMax (Conservatism isn't a party)
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Another Suiside bombing Islamic Medical student?


ISLAM KILLS

18 posted on 12/12/2010 10:52:33 PM PST by MaxMax (Conservatism isn't a party)
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To: DeaconBenjamin
But I thought poverty was at the root of all terrorism?

/S

19 posted on 12/12/2010 10:54:31 PM PST by Junior_G (Funny how liberals' love affair with Muslims began on 9/11)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

And that outrage from the worldwide Muslim communities is . . . . is . . . is?


20 posted on 12/12/2010 11:04:36 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat (NO MOS-que AP: It's the "GROUND ZERO MOSQUE")
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