Oaf, thanks for finding and posting that link... it’s important enough to post on its own, if you can.
White House: Failed plane attack an attempted act of terrorism
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/25/AR2009122501355.html
By Scott Butterworth and Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, December 25, 2009; 7:20 PM
This picture provided by J.P. Karas shows Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on the runway after arriving at Detroit Metropolitan Airport from Amsterdam on Friday, Dec. 25, 2009. A passenger aboard the plane set off firecrackers Friday, causing a commotion and some minor injuries, a Delta official said. Delta and Northwest have merged. (AP Photo/J.P. Karas)
A Nigerian national, claiming to be acting on behalf of al-Qaeda, is in custody in Detroit after allegedly attempting to light an incendiary device aboard a Northwest Airlines flight after it landed Friday, federal officials said.
A White House official said the incident was an attempted act of terrorism. The FBI is investigating ...
Feel free to post it on it’s own thread.
I usually make Lucy do it for me. * wink *
Flight 253 UPDATE: Nigerian Abdul Mudallad Tried to Blow Up Flight 253
Posted on 25 December 2009
Flight 253 UPDATE: Abdul Mudallad Nigerian tried to blow up Flight 253. Mudallad’s name popped up on Terror Watch List Database, said Rep Peter King of New York on CNN today. Rep King is a ranking GOP member of the House Homeland Security Committee. Rep King said the Nigerian suspect claimed to have links with Al Qaeda and other extremist organizations. The terror suspect also divulged that the explosive device was procured in Yemen with instructions on how to use it on board.
A passenger Syed Jafri (Jafry) sitting at seat 16G on Flight 253 told CNN the suspect was sitting on 19A seat, and “he saw a glow, and noticed a smoke smell. Then a young man behind me jumped on him.”
According to the Huffington Post, a passenger “tried to blow up the flight but the explosive device failed, two U.S. national security officials said.” The passenger ” tried to explode powder taped to his leg with a syringe full of chemicals” according to the NY Daily News.
CNN’s War on Terror Expert Peter Bergen told CNN that Nigeria had one of the least airport security measures and the suspect may not actually be a Nigerian but some one who may have used Nigeria’s Lagos airport to bypass security measures and fly to Amsterdam on way to Detroit. Observers are calling it a grave security breach.
Thanks for the ping, cyn.
DOH.
OThuga actually admitted something was an act of terror?
Was it his once a year brief bout of sanity that brought about such an admission of the obvious, or what?