[jimbo123]

More:

But some officials are concerned the suspect might have been directed by others, pointing to the fact that he was seated near the bulkhead of the plane - a location where an explosion would do significant damage.

[jwparkerjr]

re: began with a pop and a puff of smoke

So had the device worked as planned the result would have been a successful Christmas Day terror attack on US soil? Hopefully we’ll learn something from this. It was too close for comfort not to be a source of some good info about how they are thinking these days.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“Authorities had placed him on a preliminary watch list, meaning they wanted to gather more information about him, but law enforcement subsequently lost track of him.”

Good job. Of course, he shouldn’t be here, anyway.

[mewzilla]

I still can't get past the fact that Barry wasn't told for 3 hours.

What in HADES was he doing?!

[narses]

Firecracker? I don't think so! Terrorist Attempt Update: Bomb Was Incendiary, Comprised of Mixed Liquids; Obama Only Notified Three Hours After Incident

More:

A Nigerian man, claiming to be linked to al-Qaeda, allegedly tried to set off an incendiary device aboard a transatlantic airplane Friday as it descended toward Detroit's airport in what the White House called an attempted act of terrorism.

The man was quickly subdued after another passenger leapt on top of him, others on the plane said, and Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam landed safely around 1 p.m. Friday. The suspect was being treated at a hospital for burns he suffered while igniting the device...

The suspect[,] Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab[,] 23, attends University College London, where he studies engineering.

Although not on the TSA's "no-fly" list, Abdulmutallab's name appears to be included in the government's records of terrorism suspects, according to a preliminary review, authorities said.

Abdulmutallab has told federal investigators that he had ties to al-Qaeda and traveled to Yemen to collect the incendiary device and instructions on how to use it, according to a federal counterterrorism official briefed on the case. Authorities have yet to verify the claim, and they expect to conduct several more interviews before they determine whether he is credible, the official said.

Federal authorities have been told that Abdulmutallab allegedly had taped some material to his leg, then used a syringe to mix chemicals with the powder while on the airplane, one official said.

But doing so "caused him to catch on fire," Richelle Keepman, who sat a few rows in front of Abdulmutallab, told WDIV-TV.

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Officials described the device as incendiary rather than explosive, pending tests by forensics experts at the FBI. Incendiary devices generally deliver less of an impact than explosive devices.

[kittymyrib]

The word “Muslim” has not been uttered on CNN’s coverage, and Fox News is in holiday mode, so their coverage of this attempted attack on the nation is abysmal.
The pathetic male anchor at CNN is perplexed as to why the terrorist waited until the plane’s descent to light up. He doesn’t understand the terrorists want to make a dramatic statement, and that if the plane blew up over the Atlantic, our lying government would explain it away by saying it was another fuel tank explosion.

[niteowl77]

“Authorities had placed him on a preliminary watch list, meaning they wanted to gather more information about him, but law enforcement subsequently lost track of him.”

They never seem to lose track of people who step onto the lawn while picketing an abortion clinic or people who cut a shotgun barrel down to 17 and 63/64 inches.

Mr. niteowl77

[stevie_d_64]

Just frappin’ great...

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

This could have been a real disaster, on Christmas day!
The choice of days shown how deeply the cult of death hates the Western world.
When do the mass deportations begin?

[DNME]

The man was quickly subdued after another passenger leapt on top of him, others on the plane said ...

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The Minutemen are back!

[ricks_place]

This was an Al Queda terror attack! Obamaphillic CBS does not want Obama tarred with a terror attack since Obama repaired America's image with his various world apology tours.

If Obama bows this low in public, how low can he go in private!

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

How do we profile members of the cult of death? When they are about to do the deed that “gets them 72 virgins” they shave the dirty beards and try to dress like normal people. Some of them have normal peoples’ names. How do you profile them?

We can’t ask them about their religion, but that’s no problem, because the death cult is not a religion, but a world-domination movement cleverly disguised as a religion.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

A spokeswoman for police at the Schiphol airport in Amsterdam declined comment about the case or about security procedures at the airport for Flight 253.

Dutch airline KLM says the connection in Amsterdam from Lagos, Nigeria, to Detroit involves a change in carrier and a change in aircraft.

Schiphol airport, one of Europe’s busiest with a heavy load of transit passengers from Africa and Asia to North America, strictly enforces European security regulations including only allowing small amounts of liquid in hand luggage that must be placed inside clear plastic bags. After the attempted attack, passengers to the U.S. were being frisked at the gate as an added security measure, said airport spokeswoman Mirjam Snoerwang.

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It appears Schiphol airport does not screen transitting passengers from Lagos, Nigeria.

This is the same modus operandi as 9/11 where the MUSLIM Terrorists transit thru a major airport and thus avoid what might be tougher screening at the major airport.

[STONEWALLS]

“A high-ranking law enforcement official told CBS News that the suspect apparently used a syringe to inject a chemical into powder”

....hmmm....homemade thermite grenade perhaps.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

they wanted to gather more information about him, but law enforcement subsequently lost track of him.

If only someone had reported him as a pennyante tax cheat, the IRS would have kept track of him very effectively.

[freedumb2003]

If it had been on one of my flights (I fly cross-country weekly) he would not have survived.

I still begin every flight by mentally selecting my “posse.”

[ThePatriotsFlag]

"Injected a liquid into a powder located near his groin" ...

Well, we have to take off our shoes because of that d@mned Richard Reid ... now we'll probably have to take off our underwear because of this jerk!

[The_Media_never_lie]

Authorities had placed him on a preliminary watch list, meaning they wanted to gather more information about him, but law enforcement subsequently lost track of him.

What a joke. How do you track someone in America who doesn't want to be tracked. You don't.

[boomop1]

If it would have worked the FBI would have said no evidence of terrorism, they have a perpetrator now what to do, oh my.

[freekitty]

Don’t let these politicians get away with it. They are probably planning their lies right now to pretend it’s nothing. Of course, they will point out Obama is your savior.

Yeah right. He’s really the Grim Reaper.