Flight 253 Terrorist Says There Are More Like Him in Yemen; Dutch Are Looking For Bomber's Accomplice
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, December 28, 2009, 5:27 AM
A former teacher says that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab openly supported the Taliban.
During a school trip to the Buckingham Palace, former teacher Mike Rimmer says Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, in the red jacket, donated $80 to an orphanage. (NY Daily News)
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab told federal officials that there are more Al-Qaeda trainees in Yemen who are also planning attacks on Amerian jets.
ABC News reported:
American officials have cause to worry there may be more al Qaeda-trained young men in Yemen planning to bring down American jets.
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.”
Yemen has become a principal al Qaeda training ground and the accused suicide bomber told the FBI he was trained for more than a month in Yemen, given 80 grams of a high explosive cleverly sewn into his underpants, undetected by standard security screening.
Related… The Dutch are probing the possibility that an accomplice was involved with Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.
Reuters reported:
Dutch military police are investigating the possibility that an accomplice may have helped the Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day, a spokesman said on Monday.
A U.S. couple on the flight, Kurt and Lori Haskell, told Reuters and other news agencies that they saw a tall, well-dressed man aged about 50 with the suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on Friday morning at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.
The Haskells have claimed the man spoke for Abdulmutallab and attempted to get him aboard Northwest flight 253 without a passport.
“At this moment we have no information on whether there was another guy,” the military police spokesman said. “We are checking all clues and information we get.”
The spokesman added that the military police and the counter-terrorism agency NCTb were reviewing CCTV video and other evidence to see if the accomplice story bears out.
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JJAYNED commented:
The possibility of “more people in Yeman being trained to kill American citizens” would have worried me had not Janet Napolitano assured us that the system works.
Opus #6 commented:
Janet changed her tune this am when grilled by Matt Lauer. She says her “system works” comment was take out of context. She says the system worked *after* the incident, in that they informed security agencies about the incident.
Can somebody tell me why this woman still has a job?
Kenny Solomon commented:
OK, somebody’s gotta say it….. May as well be me.
There are approximately 1.6 BILLION Muslims on the planet. The number is growing. Fast.
If 1/2 of 1% of that number are the true believers – the 12th Imam guys – that makes approximately 8 MILLION supposed human beings who’s sole goal is to eliminate (murder) everyone and everything not in lock-step with their documented religion of peace.
Oh yeah…… Before you say it, these are some of the most patient people ever to exist – they ‘know’ their timw ia coiming. What’s a decade here or there gonna matter.
No Man commented:
The Obama regime’s amateur poseurs, America-haters, fisters, and liberal morons are going to get you killed.
You need to defend yourself.
KR commented:
And who thought they would love us once The One was in office working his magic, healing the souls,…?
olm commented:
I had a discussion on another blog yesterday about the guy in the suit. I’m glad someone is looking for him because our smart power is too busy on TV and blaming Bush while Odumbo golfs.
olm commented:
I’m also waiting for another couple like the Haskells to discuss the flight yesterday.
Scott commented:
Weasel Zipplers has a link to a story that there are 25 BRITISH born Muslims currently in Yemen learning how to blow up jets.
plainslow commented:
Exactly, how did they get this info? Was his lawyer present? Has he been given his Koran? Did he spit this out after they said hello?
Marsh commented:
This is what happens when leftists churn out the anti-American propaganda and islamofascist websites are allowed to remain open. I “knew” someone over the internet who frequented a car forum I also posted on who later ended up joining the taliban. He quoted leftist articles, books, vids, etc, which protrayed America, our soldiers and our efforts in Afghanistan and whatnot in a negative light. And I googled his screen name and found out that he posts on islamists forums which decapitated soldiers and IED attacks and other islamist propaganda. We’re allowing these kids to get brainwashed and trained over the internet in how to carry out terrorist attacks. Another huge problem we have is our immigration policies. Western countries are letting TOO many fundamentalist muslims from the 3rd world into our borders to steal our school spots and our jobs. They take advantage of our openness to stab us in the back. ENOUGH! I don’t care if people don’t like anti-immigration rhetoric. It’s a real problem whether people want to admit it or not. Almost all of these damn islamic terrorists were educated in Western universities. When are people going to wake up? It’s like letting the Nazis infiltrate our universities and high technology business sectors right before WWII. It’s suicidal.
Arch commented:
Anyone heard about a missing Air France jet?
Jean commented:
Kenny Solomon | #6
Thanks for saying what needed to be said.
free` commented:
This guy should be turned over to the cia so they can find out what he knows. You can’t treat this as a criminal matter.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab told federal officials that there are more Al-Qaeda trainees in Yemen who are also planning attacks on Amerian jets.
Nice to get this information, but the U.S. government and the TSA is unlikely to do anything effective about this other than to further inconvenience air passengers that aren’t terrorists.
jonyjoe101 commented:
I’m not a security expert, but I think one way of preventing or lessening the risk is not to issue VISA’s to nigerians or Yemenis or even all Muslims.
In wartime you need to seperate the enemies and keep them away from the civilians.