Thread: Man Attempts to Set Off Explosives on Northwest Airlines Plane

Originally Posted by dirtydog

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

so like Homeland Security don't have to much authority down there...

Thank God....

But does homeland have any say in your countries airline passengers?

Haven't seen too many of them hanging around Swampy lately. Having said that, I saw that this guy was on a watchlist so actually, the all-powerful Homeland Security should have picked up on this POS.

BBC News - Met Police search London flat in US plane attack probe Forensic officers have been searching the mansion block in central London

Police are conducting searches at a mansion block in London in connection with the inquiry into an attempted act of terrorism on a US passenger plane.
Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, a Nigerian being held after the flight to Detroit, is thought to have been a student at University College London.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the UK would take "whatever action was necessary" to protect passengers.
UK airport operator BAA said searches for flights to the US would increase.
BAA said: "Passengers travelling to the United States should expect their airline to carry out additional security checks prior to boarding."
Meanwhile, a statement on the British Airways website said Washington has revised its security arrangements for all travellers to the US and they would only be allowed one piece of hand luggage.
The security of the public must always be our primary concern


Gordon Brown



US probes flight 'terror attack'

A BA spokesman said the directive meant US-bound passengers on all airlines would be subjected to additional screening.
"We apologise to passengers for any delays to their journeys. Safety and security are our top priorities and will not be compromised."
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Passengers on the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 operated by Delta say a man was overpowered on Christmas Day after trying to ignite an explosive device as the Airbus 330 approached Detroit from Amsterdam.
According to reports in the US, Mr Abdulmutallab has links to al-Qaeda.
UCL said it had a record of a student with a name similar to the man being questioned in the US.
A spokesperson said that while the name Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab did not appear in its records, a student called Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was enrolled on a mechanical engineering course between September 2005 and June 2008.
It added: "It must be stressed that the university has no evidence that this is the same person currently being referred to in the media."
BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera said the British authorities were informed of a possible connection to the UK on Thursday evening.
The plane was carrying 278 passengers

The MI5 and police teams assigned to the case are trying ascertain whether Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab and Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is the same person, he added.
It is understood one of their key priorities will also be to check whether the arrested man has cropped up in the course of any other investigations.
The prime minister said he had been in contact with Sir Paul Stephenson, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, because of the "serious potential threat".
Mr Brown said: "The security of the public must always be our primary concern.
"We have been working closely with the US authorities investigating this incident since it happened."
£1.5m flats
BBC News correspondent Richard Slee said there was fairly low-key police activity at the last known address of Mr Abdulmutallab, a basement flat in a mansion block near Harley Street in central London.
Reporting from the scene, he said police forensic officers have been seen going into the building on Mansfield Street.
Flats in the building sell for between £1.5m and £2.5m and residents are now asking how a student could afford to live in such an exclusive location, our correspondent said.
A blue English Heritage plaque states that philanthropist Sir Robert Mayer once lived there.
The Metropolitan Police said its officers were liaising with the US authorities.
A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said: "Searches are being carried out at addresses in central London."

Originally Posted by chitown

First Fort Hood and now this. Seems the US was safer before that wimpy Obama got in the White House. That makes two terrorist attacks since he got in office. I guess the Mussies know who they can muscle without the fear of retaliation. They were afraid of the Bush / Cheney duo!

The signs were in place pre-Fort Hood that Nidal was a jihadist, though nobody was prepared to risk 'offence' and compromise their career by sticking their neck out...esp under the current US-hating admin. It's telling that until the fateful day, Nidal was guilty of no crime and the entire saga could just as easily have been a staged controversy. Nothing new, and that's the type of conundrum facing Western security services daily; act too early and be mocked on the way to court, or a moment too late and be accused of ignoring the "obvious" signs.

Still, Fort Hood as a jihad attack was quickly dismissed out of hand by the Anointed One and his cohorts in the Zionist-controlled media, so that's ok then. Otoh, it'll be interesting to see how they wriggle out of this one, esp since it has been revealed that for about a year prior to the attack Nidal had been in communication with a known radical imam, during which he asked for guidance about killing American military personnel.

Fort Hood: Hasan Asked Awlaki If It Was Okay to Kill American Soldiers - ABC News

Expect the peacelovers to be emboldened by your President's naivete, timidity, and cooperation.