Terrorist attack foiled aboard U.S. jetliner

It is quite strange thou...that there were alot of plane crashes this year and then an attempted terrorist attack right on Christmas day...what is the world coming to? *rubs face*
 
Steel X said:
It is quite strange thou...that there were alot of plane crashes this year and then an attempted terrorist attack right on Christmas day...what is the world coming to? *rubs face*
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we had "lot" of plane crashes last year and 2 years ago and 3 years ago and so on. and we've had terrorist attack at our Olympic games right here in America while back. and anthrax scare thru our mails. and crazy gunman spraying AK-47 at our White House. and a small plane crash at White House.

same old. nothing new. life goes on. nothing to be scared about. :zzz:
 
Attacks have become more brazen and deadlier than ever by the increasingly ever so resourceful Islamic terrorists. It'll continue and this won't stop, people will die.
 
kokonut said:
Attacks have become more brazen and deadlier than ever by the increasingly ever so resourceful Islamic terrorists. It'll continue and this won't stop, people will die.
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that I agree.
 
Obama promises justice for Christmas terror plotters
(CNN) -- President Obama on Saturday linked the man accused in a botched Christmas Day airline bombing to an al Qaeda affiliate based in Yemen.

The president pledged that everyone involved in the attack would be held accountable. He also highlighted his administration's attempts to crack down on extremist enclaves in Yemen, and reiterated his longstanding promise to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat" al Qaeda.

Obama has been criticized by some political opponents for not responding more aggressively to a botched December 25 attempt to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet en route from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Detroit, Michigan.

Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab is accused of trying to ignite explosives smuggled aboard the plane in his underwear. Obama confirmed Saturday that AbdulMutallab, 23, recently traveled to Yemen and "it appears that he joined an affiliate of al Qaeda."

Michael Leiter, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said the attempted attack is a stark reminder of the threats the United States is still facing more than eight years after the September 11, 2001, attacks.

"While this attempt ended in failure, we know with absolute certainty that [al Qaeda] and those who support its ideology continue to refine their methods to test our defenses and pursue an attack on the homeland," Leiter said in a statement Saturday.

The group, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, apparently trained AbdulMutallab, "equipped him with ... explosives and directed him to attack that plane headed for America," Obama said.

"This is not the first time this group has targeted us," Obama said. "They have bombed Yemeni government facilities and Western hotels, restaurants and embassies, including our embassy in 2008.

"I've made it a priority to strengthen our partnership with the Yemeni government -- training and equipping their security forces, sharing intelligence and working with them to strike al Qaeda terrorists," he said.

Gen. David Petraeus, head of the U.S. Central Command, met with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday in Yemen, according to a senior U.S. government source.

During the meeting, the source said, Saleh expressed his appreciation for U.S. help fighting extremists.

Saleh also offered more support for U.S. counterterrorism strikes and said he would continue providing assistance for the U.S. investigation into the attempted airline bombing.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called Friday for an international meeting later this month to discuss how to counter radicalization in Yemen.

Obama promised that "all those involved in the attempted act of terrorism on Christmas must know you, too, will be held to account," Obama said.

"Our nation is at war against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred, and ... we will do whatever it takes to defeat them and defend our country."

Obama, on vacation with his family in Hawaii, spoke with Homeland Security Assistant John Brennan on Thursday to review preliminary assessments of the federal government's inability to prevent the attempted airline attack.

AbdulMutallab had a valid, two-year, multiple-entry visa into the United States, despite the fact that his father had twice spoken to at least one representative of the CIA at the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria about his son's increasingly extremist views.

A report detailing that information was prepared but not circulated outside the agency, a source told CNN. Had that information been shared, AbdulMutallab might have been denied access to the flight, the source said.

The State Department announced Thursday it was directing American embassies around the world to include information on whether a person has a U.S. visa when they send special cables to Washington containing information on potentially suspicious individuals.

Obama also recently spoke with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to receive an update on a federal review of "detection capabilities and ... enhanced security measures" put in place since the attempted bombing.

A new Transportation Security Administration directive requires airlines to physically pat down all passengers boarding planes bound for the United States and inspect their carry-on bags.

The directive also gives airlines the discretion to take other measures to prevent people from secretly assembling or igniting bombs on aircraft. Those measures include prohibiting people from keeping pillows or blankets on their laps during the final hour of a flight.
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so President Obama has brought down the hammer of justice and declared that Flight 253 is the work of Al Queda in Yemen. Now let's see if he will wag his finger at Yemen and demand action from Yemeni government to start cracking down hard on terrorists on Yemeni soil. I hope he ended his sentence with "or else."
 
kokonut said:
Attacks have become more brazen and deadlier than ever by the increasingly ever so resourceful Islamic terrorists. It'll continue and this won't stop, people will die.
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Agreed. As long as we are occupiers it won't stop. Apparently the "war" is permanent so it will never stop.
Anyway, I have a lot of questions concerning this whole affair. I was surprised to see the internet abuzz with sites such as
Flight 253 passenger Kurt Haskell: 'I was visited by the FBI' | Detroit News - - MLive.com

No doubt I will be denounced for posting this, but don't hate me for it, lol. I just don't think we have all the facts.
 
Pat-downs on all travelers from 14 nations

TSA also says all international passengers will see more random screening

NBC News
updated 7:08 p.m. ET, Sun., Jan. 3, 2010
WASHINGTON - All travelers flying into the U.S. from 14 nations considered high risk will be patted down and have carry-on luggage searched under new security procedures starting Monday, the Transportation Security Administration said Sunday.

In addition, all international passengers will see enhanced random screening, which may include pat-downs, explosive detection testing (swabbing of luggage) or body scans, the TSA said.

Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen are on the list as countries of interest. Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria are listed because they have long been identified as "state sponsors of terrorism" by the United States, NBC reported.

This list was developed between Homeland Security and the State Department using the latest intelligence, a senior federal official told NBC.

"The new directive includes long-term, sustainable security measures developed in consultation with law enforcement officials and our domestic and international partners," the TSA said in a statement.

"TSA is mandating that every individual flying into the U.S. from anywhere in the world traveling from or through nations that are state sponsors of terrorism or other countries of interest will be required to go through enhanced screening," it added. "The directive also increases the use of enhanced screening technologies and mandates threat-based and random screening for passengers on U.S. bound international flights."

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man who allegedly tried to set off an explosive device aboard a Northwest airliner on Christmas Day, has told U.S. investigators he received training and instructions from al-Qaida operatives in Yemen. Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan is a key battleground in the U.S.-led battle against al-Qaida and the Taliban.

The TSA said the ability to enforce the new security measures is the "result of extraordinary cooperation from our global aviation partners."


NBC's Jay Blackman contributed to this report.
URL: Pat-downs on all travelers from 14 nations - Airliner attack- msnbc.com
 
JClarke said:
Poor him, how long has he been there?
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just left a message. will let you know. mind you - only Terminal C is under lock-down. how unlucky of him to be in Terminal C....
 
It's saddening that there are sickkkkk people out there who are fixiated in exploding themselves and others on planes or anywhere else in the world, especially on US soil. They obviously need help mentally and emotionally. *sighs*
Just am grateful that it was foiled this time, hopefully future won't happen again...I doubt it cos there will be attempts. Grr at them...
 
Jiro said:
well nobody in Terminal C missed a flight since no planes are allowed to leave.
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Some airline agent can give free flight voucher of flying in any city to your friend if missing plane.
 
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