[unitedstatesaction.com news] December 28, 2009 - A.M. - Reports on Abdulmutallab Foiled Terror Plot

December 28, 2009 - A.M. - Reports on Abdulmutallab Foiled Terror Plot

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If Device On Detroit-Bound Flight Had Worked, Explosion Could Have Been 'Enormous'
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/12/detroit_flight_explosive_threa.html
-- Explosive on Flight 253 Is Among Most Powerful
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/us/28explosives.html
-- Detroit terror attack: explosives 'could have destroyed plane'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6898212/Detroit-terror-attack-explosives-could-have-destroyed-plane.html

-- Detroit terror attack: reconstruction of Northwest Flight 253
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6895927/Detroit-terror-attack-reconstruction-of-Northwest-Flight-253.html

Abdulmutallab: More Like Me In Yemen
-- Accused Northwest Bomber Says More Bombers On the Way; Al Qaeda Promises to Hit Americans
-- ABC: "Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, charged with the attempted Christmas Day bombing of Northwest Airlines flight 253, told FBI agents there were more just like him in Yemen who would strike soon."
-- "And in a tape released four days before the attempted destruction of the Detroit-bound Northwest plane, the leader of al Qaeda in Yemen boasted of what was planned for Americans, saying, 'We are carrying a bomb to hit the enemies of God.' "
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/abdulmutallab-yemen/story?id=9430536

UK Sun: 25 Brits in Jet Plots
-- Sun reports: "Cops fear that 25 British-born Muslims are plotting to bomb Western airliners."
-- "The fanatics, in five groups, are now training at secret terror camps in Yemen."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2785733.ece

Global Probe of Bomb Suspect
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126192334798506391.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop
-- Graphic of journey of terrorist Abdulmutallab
http://bit.ly/6kF1Gc

Detroit terror attack: Yemen is the true home of Al-Qaeda
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6898945/Detroit-terror-attack-Yemen-is-the-true-home-of-Al-Qaeda.html

Yemen: Al-Qaida group linked to Detroit plot boosts role
http://detnews.com/article/20091228/METRO/912280324/1423/LIFESTYLE10
-- Yemen arrests 29 al Qaeda suspects after raids
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BR0WO20091228
-- Yemen is focus of new US front against al Qaeda
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6969378.ece

Nigerians Said to Be Disappointed Yet Skeptical about Terror Allegations
-- Voice of America: "Kabiru Mato, head of the political science department at the University of Abuja said Nigerians are disappointed and skeptical about the allegations against Abdulmutallab."
-- "'I think the reaction in Nigeria is that of some extent disappointment and some extent casting very serious doubts on the ability of the young man to carry out the crime that he is being accused of,' he said."
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/butty-nigeria-us-terror-react-28dec09-80185592.html

Nigeria: Family says Nigeria attacker had cut off contact
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE5BR0GT20091228?type=usDollarRpt
-- Plane bomb suspect's family warned authorities of his Islamic radicalization
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/28/plane-bomber-family-warning

After United 93, Air Travelers React to Threats
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581218,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g2:r5:c0.063663:b29542298:z10

U.S. vows tighter air security
http://detnews.com/article/20091228/METRO/912280365/1423/LIFESTYLE10/U.S.-vows-tighter-air-security
-- For International Airline Passengers, Pat-Downs, Searches and Restroom Monitors
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/us/28security.html?_r=1&ref=us
-- TSA Guidance for Passengers on Heightened Security Measures in Place Following Dec. 25 Incident
http://www.tsa.gov/press/happenings/dec25_guidance.shtm
--- Detroit terror attack: Airport misery continues -- Daily Telegraph report on international airlines delays
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6899683/Detroit-terror-attack-Airport-misery-continues.html
--- London Times: "Passengers face security crackdown after failed airliner bomb plot"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6969073.ece

U.S.: Obama joins lawmakers in calling for security review in wake of terror attempt
http://detnews.com/article/20091227/METRO05/912270321

U.S.: White House Orders Review of "No Fly" List
http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/12/27/white-house-orders-review-of-no-fly-list/

U.S.: Equipment to detect explosives is available
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/27/AR2009122702021.html

U.S.: Domestic Terror Incidents Hit a Peak in 2009
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1949329,00.html
-- Most Domestic 'Jihadists' Are Educated, Well-Off
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1947703,00.html?iid=sphere-inline-bottom

Washington Post: "it is hardly reassuring to argue, as Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano did on ABC's 'This Week,' that 'once the incident occurred, the system worked.' The attack was averted because of the luck of a faulty detonator and the quick response of alert passengers"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/27/AR2009122701655.html

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