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Offline joeyb747

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CIA thwarts 'undetectable' al-Qaida bomb plot
« on: May 07, 2012, 09:18:07 PM »
"WASHINGTON — The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, U.S. officials said Monday.

The plot involved an upgrade of the underwear bomb that failed to detonate aboard a jetliner over Detroit on Christmas 2009. This new bomb was also designed to be used in a passenger's underwear, but this time al-Qaida developed a more refined detonation system, U.S. officials said.

The FBI is examining the latest bomb to see whether it could have passed through airport security and brought down an airplane, officials said. They said the device did not contain metal, meaning it probably could have passed through an airport metal detector. But it was not clear whether new body scanners used in many airports would have detected it."

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http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20120507/US.Airline.Plot/



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Re: CIA thwarts 'undetectable' al-Qaida bomb plot
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2012, 11:44:46 AM »





          Let's pray that we can stay one step ahead of these murderers.  Otherwise........ :?