Was the Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit plot part of a bigger al-Qaeda scheme?
April 4, 2010 by
Filed under Yemen News
Just being noticed is an August 28 plot where a Yemeni attacked a Saudi Prince with the same hidden explosive — in his undergarments –
from www. cnn . com / breaking news
On August 28, the Saudi Arabian deputy minister of interior, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, survived a bombing attack launched by an al Qaeda cell based in Yemen, Saudi Arabia’s southern neighbor.
Abdullah Hassan al Asiri, the would-be assassin, a Saudi who had fled to Yemen, posed as a militant willing to surrender personally to Prince Nayef.
Because he leads Saudi Arabia’s counterterrorism affords against al Qaeda, the prince is a key target for the terrorist group.
Al Asiri concealed the bomb, made of PETN, in his underwear, according to the official Saudi investigation.
PETN is a plastic explosive that is not picked up by metal detectors — through which the would-be assassin had to pass before he was allowed to meet with the prince.
Saudi officials believe that the prince’s assailant exploded the 100-gram device using a detonator with a chemical fuse, which would also not be detected by a metal detector.
When the bomb went off in Prince Nayef’s Jeddah home it killed the assassin, but the prince survived the attack, sustaining only minor injuries.
Similarly, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly attempted to bring down Northwest Airlines flight 253 using a PETN bomb that was not discovered by metal detectors.
A federal security bulletin obtained by CNN said Abdulmutallab claimed to investigators that the explosive device used Friday “was acquired in Yemen along with instructions as to when it should be used.”
A senior U.S. counterterrorism official says it is “rare” for PETN to be used in a terrorist attack.
The method of concealment, the use of PETN and the origin of the bomb — Yemen — make the Prince Nayef assassination attempt and the Northwest plot an almost perfect match.
I doubt it. Al Queda is more of an ideal in crazy peoples’ heads than a functioning organisation
Christmas day, with national TV audience waatching a bowl game held in Detroit.
Why doesnt anyone ask why didn’t the US follow up information that his own father turned over to the US.
Lets all remember that we should be asking why are we not fighting this “war” with everything we have?
The terrorist were dancing in the streets when Obama was elected.
yes. another flight had a muslim on it who locked himself in the bathroom of the plane. It was the same flight number too.
It’s time to force all muslims to fly on their own planes., seperate from normal people.
Probably connected in ideologies and the idea itself but I don’t think they were both plotted by the same organization. A group of like minded ed Muslims were probably thinking on the idea from Prince Nayef Jeddah’s attempted assassination
More than likely the attempt to blow up the jet was a dry run for future consideration by the Muslims.
The world will be subjected to phase II of Suicide Bombing tactics — eventually it will be involving a kind of incendiary weapon in their bodies that will seem like spontanous combustion once triggered by the assassin
i;m sure it was