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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
It has now emerged that the 23-year-old Nigerian who attempted to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight in the US bought a KLM ticket in Ghana on December 16, 2009.
Information available in the international media say Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab travelled to Ethiopia and Ghana where records show he bought a $2,831 ticket from Lagos to Amsterdam from a KLM office in Accra on December 16.
He sneaked back into Nigeria the day before his bomb attempt, the reports say.
According to the reports, he already had a US visa – issued in London on June 16, 2008. But despite his father’s concerns, extremist links and his inclusion on a terror database he was never added to the US “no fly” list.
Abdulmutallab is believed to have had 80 grams of pentaerythritol explosive in his underwear – moulded to the shape of his body to avoid detection in “pat-down” searches.
It is the same explosive used by failed British shoe-bomber Richard Reid, although he only had 50 grams, the reports said.
By Emmanuel K. Dogbevi
It has now emerged that the 23-year-old Nigerian who attempted to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight in the US bought a KLM ticket in Ghana on December 16, 2009.
Information available in the international media say Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab travelled to Ethiopia and Ghana where records show he bought a $2,831 ticket from Lagos to Amsterdam from a KLM office in Accra on December 16.
He sneaked back into Nigeria the day before his bomb attempt, the reports say.
According to the reports, he already had a US visa – issued in London on June 16, 2008. But despite his father’s concerns, extremist links and his inclusion on a terror database he was never added to the US “no fly” list.
Abdulmutallab is believed to have had 80 grams of pentaerythritol explosive in his underwear – moulded to the shape of his body to avoid detection in “pat-down” searches.
It is the same explosive used by failed British shoe-bomber Richard Reid, although he only had 50 grams, the reports said.
By Emmanuel K. Dogbevi
That pic is of the wrong guy LoL
Who is this guy? Is he the real Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
Rather than a photo how about the unedited CCTV footage from Amsterdam showing how the failed bomber got on the plane. It is an insult to not show this to the world.
This image of Abdumutallab looks closer to a spoiled banker’s son than the one offered by US Media.
It isn’t shown on the surface, but there is a deepening philosophical war happening in the US. This feature will certainly add fuel to the fire.
Is there a source of the picture in this article? Is this picture a mistake, or is it authenic?
I am left speechless as every day passes by and more information comes forward to dispel what truly happened on that fateful date. The false flags operations and blatant disregards for every U.S citizen falling for such inaccuracies. How do you account for such information and then try to frame victims for something that never occurred.
Alright, who is wrong and who is right, cause lately the FBI has change their story 5 different times about the whole so-called investigation. This was another false flag attack, so they can bring us to tyranny. People of America wake up! You have been fooled and are about to be punished. Our Constitution is under fire and all the American people can do is watch football and other mindless evenets or sports. Its sad that our children will grow up in a society that is not free, and who do they have to thank for ruining almost 200 years of Freedom! Anybody that believed everything the Government and the lying medias spewed for its deceiving lips. @ mindless wars all on lies are being fought for the lining in these Global bankers pockets. Wake up morons.
I think America should have a rethink and remove Nigeria name from the dirty list. Farouk father should be praised and hailed for his bold step! How many fathers will do what the man did? It is a brave and brilliant step that should be commended by the whole world. I blame the so called American intelligence for their obvious inefficiency after the father made official report at the US Embassy. America should stop the talking and the dishing out of information to the world and act responsibly. Nigerian are good people and we are opposed to any form of terrorism, economical political or otherwise. The same western came to Nigeria, steal our money, oil and values, turning the youths to criminals. They should leave us alone.
NICE BODY DOUBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oops I mean…Why are there two different pictures of two different people going around saying it’s the bomber?
Well you know what they say, “all us black folks look alike”! Looks like this is Obama’s “Bay of Pigs” Gotta keep that war machine well oiled!
well they’ve changed the picture apparently
Yeah, they changed it shortly after I emailed them to ask them why they were using a different photo. They replied to me saying that this was the photo the british press was using so they were using it too because they believed this was the real bomber. As it turns out this photo of the guy in the pink shirt WAS used by the London Guardian as well as The African Sun Times. There are also a couple other photos circulating in the media of two other completely different people they are saying is the underwear bomber.
http://www.citizensforgovernmentaccountability.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Stand-Up-With-Tables2.pdf
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/photo_galleries/article6970387.ece?slideshowPopup=true&articleId=6970387&nSlide=10§ionName=WorldUSAmericas
http://africansuntimes.com/cms/modules/content/index.php?id=215
does anyone out there find it strange, besides me, that Umar has never been seen since he was captured?
does any one out there find it strange that there has only been one picture of Umar printed in the papers-which to me, looks like his high school picture.
isn’t it strange that there is not one picture of him being arrested, not one picture of him being sent off to jail, no mention of a trial….. yet,
this one boy has instigated a world wide hysteria and an excuse for all the countries in the world to install-instantly- naked body scanners, finger prints and eye scans….