TagsTagsLooks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue. -- Steve McCroskey, "Airplane!"
Just coming over the news wires: a Qatari citizen is under arrest after allegedly attempting to set off an explosive device on United Flight 663, originating in Washington DC, headed to Denver … UPDATE at 4/7/10 7:36:35 pm: It may have been a Qatari diplomat who was smoking in the bathroom, then ...
At Facebook, an eruption of support from the wingnut roots for Joe Stack, who flew an airplane into an Austin building this morning: Joseph Andrew Stack | Facebook. I wish I could say I was surprised, but there you go. There was a much larger outpouring of support for convicted anti-abortion ...
Muslims, Arabs, and Nigerians in the Detroit area held a demonstration yesterday outside the courthouse where Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was arraigned, to speak out against terrorism. Major LGF kudos to them. Detroit — Muslims, Arab-Americans and Nigerian-Americans stood together Friday outside the federal courthouse downtown to speak out against terrorism ...
Terrorism, Airplane, Detroit, Saudi Arabia, Al Qaeda, Demonstration
Umar Farouq Abdulmutallab was not the first Al Qaeda terrorist to use a PETN bomb hidden in his underwear; the terrorist who tried (and failed) to assassinate Saudi prince Mohammed bin Nayef in August used the same method.
Right wing radio fire breather Mike Gallagher says we should have separate lines at airports for anyone with the name Ahmed, Abdul, or Mohammed. Rep. Peter King (R-NY) says “100% of Islamic terrorists are Muslims.” Oh, my aching head. [Video] In other news, 100% of Popes are Catholic.
President Obama is making another statement on the failed terror attack on Christmas Day, and he isn’t mincing words about the failures of the system that’s supposed to identify possible threats. Here’s a thread to discuss. Quote: What’s also clear is this: when our government has information on a known extremist, and ...
Terrorism, Airplane, Detroit, Nigeria, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda
All of the wingnut blogs are screaming that in his statement about the Northwest 253 terror attack, President Obama called the alleged terrorist an “isolated extremist.” This one comes straight from Karl Rove and Fox News, and it’s already everywhere on the right wing: ‘isolated extremist’ - Google Search. They’re trying to ...
Terrorism, Airplane, Detroit, Nigeria, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda
ABC News has a report that two of the Al Qaeda leaders behind the Christmas Day attack plot were released from Guantanamo Bay in 2007, and handed over to Saudi Arabia. Where they underwent “art therapy,” and then were set free. Our friends, the Saudis. Two of the four leaders allegedly behind ...
Terrorism, Airplane, Detroit, Nigeria, George W. Bush, Saudi Arabia
[Video] UPDATE at 12/28/09 4:35:35 pm: ABC News has pictures of the explosive device sewn into accused bomber Abdulmutallab’s underwear: Northwest Airlines Bomb Photos - ABC News.
Reuters is reporting that the Transportation Security Administration has now eased their silly new rules. The TSA will now let pilots decide whether to allow passengers to keep items in their laps or require them to remain seated during portions of the flight, said the source who spoke on condition ...
Bruce Schneier is exactly right — the new TSA rule about staying seated for the last hour of flight is completely silly. And what sort of magical thinking is behind the rumored TSA rule about keeping passengers seated during the last hour of flight? Do we really think the terrorist ...
Another Nigerian man was taken into custody today aboard the same Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas. DETROIT — A passenger onboard the same Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas Day was taken into custody in Detroit on Sunday after becoming verbally disruptive upon landing, officials ...
New details on the attempted Christmas Day terror attack: The plot to blow up an American passenger jet over Detroit was organized and launched by al Qaeda leaders in Yemen who apparently sewed bomb materials into the suspect’s underwear before sending him on his mission, federal authorities tell ABC News. Investigators ...
The New York Times has a story on the scene aboard Northwest flight 253, as passengers acted quickly to avert disaster. During 19 hours of travel, aboard two flights across three continents, law enforcement officials said, Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab bided his time. Then, just as Northwest Flight 253 finally began ...
There was apparently an attempt to blow up a passenger jet today, but the bomb failed to detonate. Details are still sketchy. WASHINGTON — A Northwest Airlines passenger landing in Detroit on Friday tried to blow up the flight but the explosive device failed, two U.S. national security officials said. The ...
The Observer has chilling new details about the airplane bombing plot: Al-Qaeda’s airport bomb plot. Isn’t it curious how many of these stories revealing details about terrorist plots are being suddenly released—after the US elections? A convicted al-Qaeda bomb-maker serving a jail sentence in Northern Ireland carried out dummy runs for a ...
Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Terrorism, Airplane, Radical Islam
The Islamic terrorists arrested in London in August apparently were planning to detonate their bombs aboard airplanes above American cities. A group of alleged terrorists arrested in London in August planned to blow up airliners over U.S. cities to maximize casualties, rather than over the Atlantic Ocean as many intelligence officials ...
Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Terrorism, Airplane, Radical Islam
At The Blotter, disturbing new details about the London airplane bomb plotters, who used eBay to raise funds and concealed explosives in AA batteries. (Hat tip: sr_soph.) The British terror cell that allegedly plotted to blow up flights from London to the U.S. helped finance the operation by buying and ...
Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Terrorism, Airplane, Radical Islam, Ebay
British police have discovered at least seven “martyrdom videos” made by suspects in the airplane bombing plot: As you bomb, you will be bombed, says video ‘martyr’. MARTYRDOM videos found by police investigating the alleged airline terrorist plot contain chilling statements made by young men who are apparently willing to die ...
Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Terrorism, Airplane, Heathrow
Three more British Muslims have been charged in the Heathrow bombing plot: LONDON - British anti-terrorist police charged three more people late Tuesday with conspiring to commit murder in the alleged plot to blow up U.S.-bound airliners. The three — Mohammed Yasar Gulzar, Mohammed Shamin Uddin and Nabeel Hussain — were also ...
Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Terrorism, Airplane, Heathrow
Here’s a nasty scenario imagined by Niall Ferguson: What if the Heathrow Bombers Succeeded? We cannot assume, for obvious legal reasons, that the suspects who were charged in London are anything other than innocent, as they themselves maintain. Nor should we speculate about those who haven’t yet been released or charged. ...
Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Terrorism, Airplane, Heathrow
A Dutch plane bound for India was forced to return to the Netherlands today, and 12 passengers were arrested on landing. AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch police arrested 12 passengers on a U.S. Northwest Airlines plane bound for India which was forced to turn back to Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on Wednesday, news ...
We have an update on that British Air Passengers Mutiny story from Saturday, as information emerges that the passengers may have had more cause for alarm than first reported: Malaga passenger defends actions. (Hat tip: Allahpundit.) David Wearden, who was returning from a nine-day holiday with his wife and three children, ...