US Plane Suspect 'a London Student'

This is London ^ | Saturday, December 26, 2009

[kristinn]

An al Qaida-linked suspect who allegedly tried to blow up a transatlantic plane is studying at a UK university, it has been reported.

The Nigerian is accused of trying to detonate a powdery substance on a plane from Amsterdam as it prepared to land at Detroit with 278 people on board.

US sources said he was subdued by passengers and has since claimed to have been acting for al Qaida.

He has been named by ABC News as Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, an engineering student at University College London, with the broadcaster citing US government documents.

The suspect, who has also been identified as Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab in other reports, is currently under guard at a Michigan hospital.

He was flying from Nigeria to the United States for a religious ceremony according to his entry visa, ABC News said, which was issued on June 16 last year and valid until June 12, 2010.

[kristinn]

Next we'll probably learn he attended Finsbury Park mosque.

[McGruff]

an engineering student

So he had some skills.

[cmsgop]

Send Him To Detroit !

[Poser]

Darn those Amish!

[bray]

Seem to still hate us even w/a Mooselip President? How can that be??

Pray for America’s Freedom

[Jim W N]

How long before the MSM releases a mug shot?

How long before the MSM calls for more sensitivity training?

[servantboy777]

I wonder how many children were on the plane?

What a bunch of cowards these F’n mussies are.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Oh, come on.....

We’ve all had our pants catch fire during a final approach into Detroit....

[1951Boomer]

Yeah, probably just some BC powders that spontaneously ignited.

[easternsky]

He was gone , so it was ok

[jessduntno]

“We’ve all had our pants catch fire during a final approach into Detroit....”

I think Michael Jackson did once...

[jessduntno]

According to a federal counterterrorism official, Abdulmutallab has told authorities in preliminary interviews that he met with Al Qaeda operatives in Yemen to collect the chemical components for the device and learn how to use it. Authorities also said that Abdulmutallab appears in government records as a terrorism suspect, though he was not on the Transportation Safety Authority's "no-fly" list.

http://www.nationalreview.com/onthenews/?q=NmRiM2I4YWVhMTNiNzUyYTg4YjM5YjJmZDE3YTZkNGM=

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I’d like to poll the audience, here....

How many fights have you been involved in on an international flight?

One, for me.....

[jessduntno]

http://www.nationalreview.com/onthenews/?q=NmRiM2I4YWVhMTNiNzUyYTg4YjM5YjJmZDE3YTZkNGM=

[brityank]

"the suspect was apparently taken to a front row seat with his trousers cut off and his legs burned.

A White House official said: "We believe this was an attempted act of terrorism."

The US government has tightened airport screening measures as a result of the incident, which happened on a Northwest Airlines Airbus 330."

So now all pants come off as well as shoes?

PROFILE !! YOU DAMN STUPID BASTARDS!

[HiTech RedNeck]

Word to copycats: please test your bomb outside the plane first. Attached to your leg of course.

[Allegra]

...US sources said he was subdued by passengers

Got that, terrorist scum?

[ElkGroveDan]

The Nigerian is accused of trying to detonate a powdery substance

First thing the Feds will do is close that barn door and ban all the womens' makeup, baby powder etc. Before long we'll be boarding naked and shipping our luggage by Fedex.

[Allegra]

How many fights have you been involved in on an international flight?

Never. And intermational flights are sort of a part of my life...

[kristinn]

Peter King was just on CNN again. He said he was told Abdul was not on the no-fly list because his terrorist ties were not aviation related. I kid you not.

Jeanne Meserve, a reporter for CNN, said she was told by U.S. officials that their files on Abdul indicate he was not a trained hardcore al Qaeda operative, that it was more likely his cellphone number turned up in terrorist investigation.