On Detroit Plane Attempt By Terrerism

On Detroit Plane Attempt By Terrorism


Passenger detained on a plane in Detroit Christmas morning said that he acted on behalf of al-Qaeda when he tried but failed to detonate an incendiary or explosive device, said American officials on Friday evening.

The course is alleged that extremist ties, and the unit was purchased in Yemen, together with instructions on when to use it, according to a federal situational awareness bulletin.

"It was a very sophisticated equipment," King, the ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, said on CNN in the middle of a round of the appears in the media, after being informed by the authorities. "We may have been lucky, he has been misplaced," he says. "We may have slipped a bullet on this."

Rep. Peter King, RN.Y., identified the suspect as Abdul Mudallad, a Nigerian. King said the plane began in Nigeria and went through Amsterdam on his way to Detroit.


A major terrorist attack on an American military base on American soil.

White House spokesman Bill Burton said President Obama, on vacation in Hawaii, was informed of the incident about three hours after the plane landed. Obama then held a conference call with Homeland Security and counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan and NSC chief of staff, Denis McDonough. Burton said that in a subsequent interview, Obama "instructed to take all necessary measures to increase safety in travel."