Posted on 12/25/2009 9:47:21 PM PST by cold start
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.
Yes, they’re going to praise Obama (for what???) and make it sound like the whole thing was no big deal anyway.
I just read that this guy was possibly trying to make his own body combust, using magnesium so that it would burn hot enough to ignite the vapors in the fuel tank, which was under where he was seated.
Good grief. It wasn’t meant to be just a prank, which is the way they are trying to make it sound now. Oh, those witty, fun-filled Muslims.
Flight 93, the shoe bomber, a church in Colorado, Fort Hood, and now this Flight heading to Detriot, it's pop quiz time:
1. Who has proven to be the most effective force at fighting terrorism?
2. Who is the first line of defense in this war against Jihad?
3. Anyone else want to follow a (fill in the blank) who apologizes for America at every turn, can't even use the word 'terrorism' in a sentence, and bows to it's sponsors?
Turn in your answers at the end of today's class.
Same here, a syringe with water, a few ounces of potassium or sodium mixed together will create an explosive thermic reaction. And both can be easily concealed.
Even an ordinary drink container can have a sealed inner pouch with an oil such as olive oil or kerosene that has chunks of potassium, mixing the potassium, sodium or lithium with water would create an explosive mixture of hydrogen.
As a nurse I can tell you that 2nd and 3rd degree burns are the most painful thing there is.....glad thats what he got...If bad enough, even morphine doesn’t touch the pain...
Hopefully nobody gave the guy a bloody lip!
That blackout over the American’s penis has always struck me as absurd in light of the general obscenity of the photo in its entirety.
I was wondering about that. All he had to do was to be in the lavatory.
Also thinking about recent flights (Airtran 297 and United 227) in which groups of muslims/mideasterners were allowed to congregate in the aisles and lavatories, despite the fact that such behavior is prohibited... emboldened also, no doubt, by the recent payout to the flying imams. It’s a win/win for them.
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