Attempted Terrorist Attack On Detroit Plane



Flight 253 with 278 passengers and 11 crew members aboard was about 20 minutes from the airport when passengers heard popping noises.  At least one hero climbed over others and jumped on the man. Shortly afterward, the suspect was taken to the front of the plane with his pants cut off and his legs burned, a passenger said. Law enforcement officials said the burns indicated the explosive was strapped to his legs.

How many Terrorist attacks will America endure as Socialist Barack Hussein Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder dismantle our Intel?  They destroyed the CIA with their attacks and threats of charging them with crimes for protecting America.  Then the Fort Hood massacre and still Obama’s refusal to call that a terrorist attack.

"It sounded like a firecracker in a pillowcase," said Peter Smith, a traveler from the Netherlands. "First there was a pop, and then (there) was smoke."  Smith said a passenger sitting opposite the man climbed over people, went across the aisle and tried to restrain the man. Syed Jafri, another passenger, said he saw a glow and smelled smoke. Then, he said, "a young man behind me jumped on him."

Law enforcement officials identified the suspect in Friday's attempted attack as Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab. He was described as Nigerian.  One law enforcement official said the man claimed to have been instructed by al-Qaida to detonate the plane over U.S. soil, but other law enforcement officials cautioned that such claims could not be verified immediately, and said the man may have been acting independently — inspired but not specifically trained or ordered by terror groups.

One law enforcement official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said Mutallab's name had surfaced earlier on at least one U.S. intelligence database, but he was not on a watch list or a no-fly list.

Dutch airline KLM says the connection in Amsterdam from Lagos, Nigeria, to Detroit involves a change in carrier and a change in aircraft.  Schiphol airport, one of Europe's busiest with a heavy load of transit passengers from Africa and Asia to North America, strictly enforces European security regulations including only allowing small amounts of liquid in hand luggage that must be placed inside clear plastic bags.

Two planes were boarded by this terrorist Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab.  His name had surfaced on a U.S. intelligence database.  Again political correctness has surfaced its nasty head.  This man’s name should have been on every terrorist database but Obama and Holder have handcuffed the very people charged with protecting us.  Do you feel safe as Obama and Holder destroy American intel?

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