Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
US to release report on failed airplane bomb plot on Christmas Day
January 07, 2010The White House is set to share more details Thursday on the intelligence failures that led to the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. jetliner. Spokemsan Robert Gibbs says officials will release a declassified account of a probe into a Nigerian...
US grand jury indicts Christmas Day airline attack suspect
January 07, 2010A U.S. grand jury has indicted the suspect in the December 25 bombing attempt of a U.S. jetliner. The six-count indictment was filed Wednesday in the state of Michigan. The suspect, 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, is charged with attempted...
Barack Obama to unveil reforms to anti-terrorist policies
January 05, 2010U.S. officials say President Barack Obama will announce a series of reforms to the nation's counterterrorism policies Tuesday, following the attempted December 25, bombing of a U.S. jetliner Mr. Obama will outline the new measures, including changes...
More security screening for travelers to US from 14 suspect countries
January 04, 2010The U.S. government has ordered more security screening for people flying into the United States from 14 countries at high risk for terrorism. The new security measures come after the the failed Christmas Day (December 25) attack on a U.S.-bound jetliner...
Dutch to use full body scanners for US-bound flights
December 30, 2009Interior Minister Guusje Ter Horst says the body scanners will be in place within three weeks. The Dutch Interior Minister says that all passengers flying to the United States from the Netherlands will have to pass through a full body scan. The move...
Barack Obama: US doing everything to protect Americans
December 29, 2009President says a full investigation has been launched into attempted Christmas Day attack on an American airliner. U.S. President Barack Obama says those responsible for the attempted Christmas Day attack on an American airliner will be held to account...
Nigerian bomber warns: I’m the first of many
December 29, 2009Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian who set himself alight in a packed Airbus approaching Detroit on Christmas Day, bought his one-way ticket from a KLM office in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, on December 16. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian...
Al-Qaeda wing claims failed attack on U.S. plane
December 29, 2009A regional wing of Al-Qaeda said it was behind the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. passenger plane, which was meant to avenge U.S. attacks on the group in Yemen, according to a web statement posted today. The group said it had provided the...
Nigerian Abdulmutallab charged with trying to blow up airliner
December 27, 2009By Nico Colombant Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab read charges in a hospital where he is being treated for burns U.S. authorities have charged a Nigerian man with trying to blow up a plane on its descent into the city of Detroit on Friday. The man, who...