A Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria, who said he was acting on al-Qaida’s instructions, set off an explosive device Friday in a failed terrorist attack on the plane as it was landing in Detroit, federal officials said. (Dec. 25)
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Last week, President Obama justified sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan at a cost of $30 billion a year, calling al-Qaida a “cancer in that country.
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DETROIT (AP) — A Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria, who said he was acting on al-Qaida’s instructions, set off an explosive device Friday in a failed terrorist attack on the plane as it was landing in Detroit, federal officials said. ... "Northwest Airlines passenger" "terrorist attack" ...
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What a joke. Kind of funny how this was so willing to just up and admit he was from Al-Qaida as soon as he was caught. This is such a staged event!
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PlusWoman Linked to Al-Qaida 'Not a Terrorist’Woman Linked to Al-Qaida 'Not a Terrorist'The Associated PressA Pakistani woman linked to al-Qaida appeared in federal court Tuesday to face charges she tried to kill US employees in a gunfight in Afghanistan after police said they discovered suspicio...
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behalf of al-Qaida when he tried to blow up a flight Friday as it landed in Detroit. Rep. Peter King, RN.Y., identified the suspect as Abdul Mudallad, a Nigerian. King said the flight began in Nigeria and went through Amsterdam en route to Detroit. One of the US intelligence officials said the e...
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In the debate surrounding Barack Obama’s decision to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, one detail has slipped through without much attention:
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The suspect in the failed bombing attempt on Northwest Flight 253 had severed contact with his parents months before the attack. In turn, they alerted authorities. Yet Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab boarded the plane anyway and now the world is on alert. Laurel Bowman has an update on the story.
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