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Christmas Airplane Terrorist Attempt in Detroit

By mbrickley

A young Nigerian man was taken into custody for an alleged attempt to blow up an airplane on Christmas Day. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab boarded a plane flying into Detroit, Mich. carrying an explosive device. According to a CNN article, he was arrested and now faces criminal charges of attempting to destroy the plane and placing a destructive device on the aircraft. Abdulmutallab had a multi-entry visa into the United States. But the 23-year-old was added to a watch list of 550,000 potential terrorists. Abdulmutallab?s father - Umar Abdulmutallab ? stated he contacted the National Counter-Terrorism Center providing information about his son and shared his concerns of what his son was capable of. Abdulmatallum’s family further stated that he was studying abroad in London when he disappeared and no longer communicated with them...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Criminal Defense Blog on January 13, 2010 (boomark / email).