Passenger Tries to Blow Up Jet Arriving in Detroit Updated: 30 minutes ago
MoreLara Jakes and Larry Margasak
AP WASHINGTON (Dec. 25) - A Northwest Airlines passenger landing in Detroit on Friday tried to blow up the flight but the explosive device failed, two U.S. national security officials said.
The passenger, who was traveling on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam, was not identified. He was being questioned Friday evening, according to one of the officials, both of whom spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was continuing.
The motive of the Christmas Day attack was not immediately clear
The Homeland Security Department said passengers may see additional screening measures on domestic and international flights because of the incident.
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., ranking GOP member of the House Homeland Security Committee, identified the suspect as Abdul Mudallad, a Nigerian. King said the flight began in Nigeria and went through Amsterdam en route to Detroit. There were 278 passengers aboard the Airbus 330.
One law enforcement source said the man claimed to have been instructed by al-Qaida to detonate the plane over U.S. soil.
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Will th dumbasses in charge pay attention to this or will they keep thinking conservatives and veterans are the ones to watch??
Rhetorical
Hydra (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-25-09 05:42 PM
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1. You notice that after the truth gets out, someone thought it would be more useful
To have a "terrorism event"?
nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-25-09 06:16 PM
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5. GREAT increased security
So tell me how could somebody get fire crackers onto a plane?
Oh never mind. Will see how the circus is on Sunday at the Airport...
Myrina (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-25-09 06:45 PM
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6. Yeah, I heard he set off 'firecrackers' ...
How does one get firecrackers past TSA?
spoony (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-25-09 06:51 PM
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10. I'm sure this is nothing our drone bombers can't handle.
Thank goodness we're wiping out the terrarrists in Afghanist...er, Pakist...er, Yem...er, Nigeria.
bobburgster (540 posts) Fri Dec-25-09 07:59 PM
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5. Now we see how much the mighty US
Will shake and shiver in fear over the acts of random wanna-be terrorists.
I hope Obama can help us retain a little dignity this time around.
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-25-09 06:16 PM
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5. GREAT increased security
So tell me how could somebody get fire crackers onto a plane?
Oh never mind. Will see how the circus is on Sunday at the Airport...
...The passenger was being questioned Friday evening. An intelligence source said the Nigerian passenger was being held and treated in an Ann Arbor, Mich., hospital...
At least someone seems to be taking the threat of terrorism seriously:
In other words, the rest of the plane's passengers saw this camel ****er acting strangely, and fearing for their tender pink tushes, beat the ever-loving CRAP out of him, just like Richard Reid got.
(http://frontpage.americandaughter.com/wp-images/richard_reid.jpg)
All along we have said that since the Big Zero got elected that something would happen once he sat on his ass and did nothing but go on world tours to apologize to people that don't deserve it.
Memo to Al-Qaeda,
It's DETROIT. Crashing a plane into that shithole will only improve it.
So yet another Islamic fanatic tries to take out people from a Christian nation on one of it's holiest days...and the BEST our elected officials can come up with is a vow to hold hearings?
Hey Ms. Collins...here's a way you can prevent a breach like this from happening again...profile Islamic men between the ages of 18-35 from countries known to sponsor terrorism.
These elected officials are living some kind of "West Wing" fantasy in a "24" world.
And it's going to get a lot more of us killed unless we change our mindset as a country.
I wouldn't expect much more from the frozen Maine-iac brain of one-half of Maine's "Obama Comfort Girls".
But...but...but...we'll FEEEEEELLLLLLL better!
The FBI and the Homeland Security Department issued an intelligence note on Nov. 20 about the threat picture for the holiday season, which was obtained by The Associated Press. At the time, officials said they had no specific information about attack plans by al-Qaida or other terrorist groups.
President Barack Obama was notified of the incident and discussed it with security officials, the White House said. Officials said he is monitoring the situation and receiving regular updates from his vacation spot in Hawaii.
Jasper Schuringa subdued alleged terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on Northwest Airlines 253
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Jasper Schuringa, a director from Amsterdam, reportedly helped cabin crew abord Northwest Airlines flight 253 to subdue alleged terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who planned to blow up the plane.
The passenger who tackled a suspected terrorist on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 said Saturday that he’s “happy†to be alive.
Jasper Schuringa, a video director and producer from Amsterdam, told CNN how he helped the cabin crew to subdue Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old who reportedly ignited a small explosive device on board the plane Friday as it prepared to land in Detroit.
Schuringa said he heard a sound that reminded him of a firecracker and someone yelling, “Fire! Fire!â€
But he was only certain something was wrong when he saw smoke. He saw Abdulmutallab's pants open and he was holding a burning object between his legs.
"I pulled the object from him and tried to extinguish the fire with my hands and threw it away," Schuringa said.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/12/26/2009-12-26_jasper_schuringa_helped_subdue_alleged_terrorist_umar_farouk_abdulmutallab_on_no.html#ixzz0aoYW3JUt
The DU commenter(s) didn't know enough about the incident to know that this moron flew from Nigeria (Do they even have airport security there? If so, how bribe-able, assuming they would even care to stop a terrorist?), but still shot their mouth (OK, keyboard) off. What a ... (yawn) ... shock ...
As this blog post points out (http://www.skatingonstilts.com/skating-on-stilts/2009/12/al-qaeda-failed-what-about-us.html), a lot of people got some 'splainin' to do. I doubt any of them will, though. There were at least three layers of security between this twerp and his perpetual virgins: 1.) the US State department, who gave a visa to a watch-list terrorist suspect; 2.) Nigerian airport security, who didn't give a sh__ or took $$ to be temporarily blind; 3.) Netherlands airport security - EuroLanders seem less than concerned when the possible bombers are outward bound. All three layers failed, at least from the POV of the passengers on that flight.
And, while passengers on that flight may have tried some DIY cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of the would-be perp, his hospitalization is due to his self-inflicted burns (which may be the most serious punishment he'll receive).
Over the past 8 years or so, I've flown to Germany three times. On two occasions, I flew through Amsterdam. I can say with 100% certainty that the Dutch security measures compared to ours are pretty lame.I haven't flown much since late 2000 or early 2001, so I haven't been through security, personally, post-9/11. My kids have flown a fair amount these past few years - mostly domestically, except for two that have been on Youth With A Mission outreaches. My 6'2" son almost always gets extra attention; his sisters wear flip-flops because of the shoe removal thingy. I'll have to ask the daughter that flew through Amsterdam about the security she saw there.
Nigeria banker fears son is alleged plane attackerAP on Yahoo (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091226/ap_on_re_us/us_airliner_attack)
Don't know if this has been commented on already, but this guy was apparently already in a terrorist database (run by Homeland security or the FBI - the NYT mentioned it, even as they were trying desperately to downplay this to deflect criticism from the Terrorist-in-Chief - aka Zero-bama).
Given that, how in God's name was this SOB allowed to board a U.S.-bound aircraft without being given a very, very, very detailed examination - the sort that even your proctologist won't give you unless you've got intestinal cancer?
Maybe they only profile short American grandmothers with red hair and green eyes. ::)
The DU commenter(s) didn't know enough about the incident to know that this moron flew from Nigeria (Do they even have airport security there? If so, how bribe-able, assuming they would even care to stop a terrorist?), but still shot their mouth (OK, keyboard) off. What a ... (yawn) ... shock ...
As this blog post points out (http://www.skatingonstilts.com/skating-on-stilts/2009/12/al-qaeda-failed-what-about-us.html), a lot of people got some 'splainin' to do. I doubt any of them will, though. There were at least three layers of security between this twerp and his perpetual virgins: 1.) the US State department, who gave a visa to a watch-list terrorist suspect; 2.) Nigerian airport security, who didn't give a sh__ or took $$ to be temporarily blind; 3.) Netherlands airport security - EuroLanders seem less than concerned when the possible bombers are outward bound. All three layers failed, at least from the POV of the passengers on that flight.
And, while passengers on that flight may have tried some DIY cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of the would-be perp, his hospitalization is due to his self-inflicted burns (which may be the most serious punishment he'll receive).
They'll keep pulling 90 year old gray haired ladies out of line, or confiscating bottles of breast milk from moms with infants before they start profiling.
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said that the thwarting of the attempt to blow up the Amsterdam-Detroit flight this week demonstrated that "the system worked."Words fail me ...
Asked by CNN's Candy Crowley on "State of the Union" how that could be possible when the young Nigerian who sought to set off the bomb was able to smuggle explosive liquid onto the flight, Napolitano responded: "We're asking the same questions."
Sit down, well away from vessels containing liquids:
Napolitano: "The system worked" (http://www.politico.com/blogs/politicolive/1209/Napolitano_The_system_worked.html?showall)
Posted by Jonathan Martin 09:14 AM
PoliticoWords fail me ...
I heard that on Fox this morning. WTF is that woman thinking? It's also being reported that this guy is a member of a wealthy, politically connected family in Nigeria. The family was compared to the Kennedy-Shriver clan. This could make things interesting in terms of how Lord Zero deals with this.
Ask BadCat about his former Gov if you want some REAL insight into what a mental midget she really is.What does he have against mental midgets that he would compare her to them? Seriously?
What does he have against mental midgets that he would compare her to them? Seriously?
AZ is one of several western states that have inflicted poor Gubers on themselves; OR is another. Then there's CA ... Davis the Gray made Pete Wilson look good ... and the Gubernator is making Davis the Gray look brilliant!
I think you're spot on with that last statement. CA residents were passionate about getting a debt-increasing, large spender out of office when Davis was in power... and seem complacent (or at least less passionate) about the current situation with the current leadership. Seems odd to me.
Sit down, well away from vessels containing liquids:
Napolitano: "The system worked" (http://www.politico.com/blogs/politicolive/1209/Napolitano_The_system_worked.html?showall)
Posted by Jonathan Martin 09:14 AM
PoliticoWords fail me ...
They'll keep pulling 90 year old gray haired ladies out of line, or confiscating bottles of breast milk from moms with infants before they start profiling.
It was both. Davis the Gray had a large (~7B-10B IIRC) deficit. The Gubernator has brilliantly managed (mangled!) to triple that. And tried to get at least one R legislator recalled for wanting to cut spending rather than increasing taxes! It could have been different. If the Gubernator hadn't shoved in his schnozz into the 2003 recall late in the game, Tom McClintock would have become Governor, and he would have done very differently (he was a State Senator who knew the budget inside and out!). What I fear is that the Ds will run their standard-issue-idiot, and the Rs will either run a mo-o-o-o-oderate half-idiot or a conservative with mo-o-o-o-oderates picking up their toys and running home.
Heard on Fox News this am that they're already saying it wasn't a plot, just one lone person.
If I saw an animal like that trying to light something on a commercial flight I was on, I'd slip my belt out in 1 second, wrap it around his neck and break it in 2 seconds.
And once again the MSM appears to be proven wrong.
Same flight tonight had to request police at the gate and a Nigerian man has been taken into custody.
That last sentence is, IMO, a summary history of the last 15-20 years of politics in CA. I'm not convinced that Fiorina or the lady who ran E-Bay will be that much better that the Gubernator. They're making some nice noises, saying some nice things, but he said pretty much the same things back in '03.
Lagos, Nigeria, has consistently been on the shit-list for world's worst airport security, along with a few in the ME and even Athens still has major issues. While the EU takes security seriously, they're not as intrusive as they are here, or at least such has been my experience. Most of the BS we go through here is just stuff that is "feel good because it's visible but really is useless" crap.