Posted on 07/25/2014 4:38:49 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The 2009 "underpants bomb" plot failed because the terrorist had been wearing his explosive-laden undergarments for more than two weeks and soiled the explosives, a senior US official said.
Umar Abdulmutallab sent shockwaves through US intelligence when he successfully smuggled a bomb onto a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas day three years ago.
The British-educated Nigerian was able to light the bomb but it failed to explode, causing minor burns to the would-be bomber but sparing his fellow passengers.
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When they say under-garments....are they referring to underwear? Worn for two weeks straight?
Now that’s what you call a dirty bomb!
I’m surprised the stank didn’t kill everyone on the plane.
I deployed to a Panama exercise with some guy on a cargo plane. When I got off...I went to a hotel and enjoyed the next eleven days. They dragged my associate off to a jeep, and spent eleven days in the jungle....never changing BDUs, underwear or even socks. When he showed at the pad to leave...we actually drove him to our hotel to “refresh” himself.
Just another sh*tty terrorist.
Abdul Mutallah! What a wonderful phrase
Abdul Mutallah! Ain’t no passing craze
It means no bombs for the rest of your days
It’s our explosion-free philosophy
Abdul Mutallah!
Abdul Mutallah?
Yeah. It’s our motto!
What’s a motto?
Nothing. What’s a-motto with you?
I guess if one were to read into this the dude would have been carrying the bomb with him the whole time.
Apparently his mama never had that ‘talk’ with him about changing daily so you wouldn’t embarrass her in case you had to go the hospital.
Explain THAT to your hygiene discussion panel.
Your Underwear bomb didn’t go off because you must have soiled the bomb as you didn’t change your drawers for (at least) two weeks.
Kind of like the Military group whose morale was down and the CO addressed them and stated...
“Today we will change underwear.
Lougi you change with Tomas, Julian you change with Pietra” etc etc etc.
Urine luck, folks!
Ewww!
Did bomb “hang left”or “hang right”?
Not unlike the OWS crowd.
And that stank wasn't purple either.
DUMB, DUMBER and DUMBEST!!!
How stupid can we get? Be sure to tell the bad guys why their terrorist attempt failed so that they can take steps to correct their mistake(s). Okay from now on we will give you two sets of underwear: you wear the regular one for a couple of weeks before the event and change into the big bang set in the airport restroom just before boarding.
I don’t understand.. He had 12 pair of underwear. Labelled January, February, March.............
Why do we even let these filthy muslim pigs into the country?
Fight Islamic Terrorism.
Throw poop at them.
Will TSA now be required to sniff our @$$?
Because it “fizzled” out maybe we should call it a “crappy bomb”
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