Great. More inspections of the elderly and disabled coming up...
Posted on 12/25/2009 3:53:18 PM PST by SilvieWaldorfMD
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials said a Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria said he was acting on behalf of al-Qaida when he tried to blow up a flight Friday as it landed in Detroit. And a White House official called the Christmas incident an attempted act of terrorism.
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., identified the suspect as Abdul Mudallad. King said the flight began in Nigeria and went through Amsterdam en route to Detroit.
One of the U.S. intelligence officials said the explosive device was a mix of powder and liquid. It failed when the passenger tried to detonate it.
The passenger was being questioned Friday evening. “He appears to have had some kind of incendiary device he tried to ignite,” said one of the U.S. officials.
Authorities initially believed the passenger had set off firecrackers that caused some minor injuries.
Delta Air Lines spokeswoman Susan Elliott said the passenger was subdued immediately. She had no details on the injuries. Delta and Northwest have merged.
One passenger from the flight was taken to the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, hospital spokeswoman Tracy Justice said. She didn't know the person's condition, or whether the person was a man or woman. She referred all inquiries to the FBI.
An FBI spokeswoman in Detroit said the incident is being investigated. It came just as the flight, an Airbus 330 carrying 278 passengers, was arriving in Detroit from Amsterdam. “Next thing you know, there was a lot of panic,” he said.
Rich Griffith, a passenger from Pontiac, said he was seated too far in the back to see what had happened. But he said he didn't mind being detained on the plane for several hours.
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I think the messiah knows exactly what muslims have in store for us. he has connections to them.
Terrorists? Who said anything about terrorism?
Thanks. If there is a terrorist attack during the AQ terrorist trials in NYC, Obama is finished. Obama and Holder are taking a huge risk. This may be a harbinger of things to come.
Richard Reed attack was 8 years ago, today.
Great. More inspections of the elderly and disabled coming up...
/sarc
I’ve read several theads on this, but there are more details here than I’ve seen elsewhere, including the suspect’s name. That seems to confirm the original assumption that he is a Muslim. Plus the fact that he said he was working with al Qaeda and intended to blow up the plane.
The authorities are still trying to figure out what his motive possibly could have been.
“One of the U.S. intelligence officials said the explosive device was a mix of powder and liquid. It failed when the passenger tried to detonate it.”
He lit magnesium and put water on it to enhance the effect?
And when obambi is going to call hassan a terrorist? Only foreign Muslims are called that.
Snort.... I wonder if he was screaming 'allah akhbar' as he was lighting the fuse. Maybe that would give these idiot 'authorities' a frigging clue.
Zero better get his body back from Hawaii and start protecting the country.
Peter King stated on FNC he wasn’t surprisid it was a flight to Detroit. FNC gal tried to pin him down as to why; He just saqid he had personal reasons for his suspicions. C’mon Pete, just say it.
Thanks for that explanation. I was thoroughly confused.
This is clearly a mistake. There’s nothing left in Detroit worth blowing up. 40 some odd years of Democrats running the place has turned it into a ghost town of abandoned buildings.
White House official called the Christmas incident an attempted act of terrorism.”
Why just this time?
Where will they hold his trial?
Make sure to check all those Amish bonnets, and the pill boxes of the 90 year old ladies. Oh .. DO NOT even think of look at 20-6=50 year old mid eastern looking people .. that would be PROFILING and we can’t have that.
Not all muslims are terrorists ...BUT .....ALL TERROISTS have been muslim!
Not yet. That assurance should be forthcoming. /sarcasm
Lets not jump to conclusions about any “Man caused disasters” please! /sarc
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