Failed Christmas Day Detroit Airline Attack Was an Attempted Act of Terrorism

* DELTA Flight 253: Passengers and Crew Got Lucky Today on this one *
Failed Christmas Day Detroit Airline Attack
Was an Attempted Act of Terrorism
Friday, December 25, 2009
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* The Washington Post brings us the following troubling news this Christmas evening and their report starts off like this... A Nigerian national, claiming to be acting on behalf of al-Qaeda, is in custody in Detroit after allegedly attempting to light an incendiary device aboard a Northwest Airlines flight after it landed Friday, federal officials said... A White House official said the incident was an attempted act of terrorism. The FBI is investigating and President Obama, celebrating Christmas in Hawaii, was told of the incident about three hours after the plane landed, officials said...
Read the rest at link below...
White House: Failed plane attack an attempted act of terrorism
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* Haaretz.com reports today’s failed attack this way... U.S. authorities believe an incident involving a small explosion aboard a Delta-Northwest Airlines flight to Detroit on Friday was an attempted act of terrorism, a White House official said... The Transportation Security Administration said the person responsible for the incident was taken into custody and the plane, which departed from Amsterdam, had landed safely in Detroit... "We believe this was an attempted act of terrorism," a White House official told Reuters on condition of anonymity because the investigation was continuing... Officials said the Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria said he was acting on behalf of al-Qaida when he tried to blow up the flight as it landed in Detroit...
Read the full report at link below...
Report: Failed terror attack on U.S. Delta airplane
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* FOX NEWS is on top of things and their following report goes in part like this... The suspect, who ABC reported suffered second-degree burns, told federal investigators he was connected to Al Qaeda, though authorities are questioning the veracity of that statement, Fox News confirmed. A federal situational awareness bulletin noted that the explosive was acquired in Yemen with instructions as to when it should be used, ABC said... Rep. Peter King (R-NY) identified the suspect as 23-year-old Abdul Mudallah of Nigeria, and King said Mudallah "definitely has connections" to Al Qaeda... King said Mudallah was not on any terrorism watchlist... "This could have been catastrophic," said King, speaking to "FOX Report" Friday night. "We were lucky on this one."...
Read the full report at link below...
White House: Failed Airline Bombing Was Attempted Act of Terrorism
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* CNN has this report...
Explosive device set off aboard airliner
The above link also has several informative News Video reports about today’s failed terrorist attack aboard Delta Flight 253...
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AP Sources: Al-Qaida Link in Failed Plane Attack


About this News Video: A Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria, who said he was acting on al-Qaida's instructions, set off an explosive device Friday in a failed terrorist attack on the plane as it was landing in Detroit, federal officials said. (Originally posted on December 25th)
This Video posted on YouTube by AssociatedPress
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Last thought on all of this... I think it is now safe to say that this was not an attempted terrorist attack but rather a terrorist attack... that failed!
More on this developing story Saturday...
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