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Originally posted by Venetian
Has the topic of Manchurian candidate came up regarding this guy? According to BBC World News, university staff and colleagues regard the suspect as "quiet, obedient" and a "perfect example of a good student" and so forth. Also, Nigeria claims "We do not think that there is any organised Islamic group in Nigeria that is inclined to such a criminal and violent act. We condemn such an extreme viewpoint and action."
I haven't read the previous 30 pages of posts, so apologies if this has been discussed already.
Two al Qaeda Leaders Behind Northwest Flight 253 Terror Plot Were Released by U.S.
Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Detroit were released by the U.S. from the Guantanamo prison in November, 2007, according to American officials and Department of Defense documents. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the Northwest bombing in a Monday statement that vowed more attacks on Americans.Airport in Romulus, Michigan December 27, 2009.
(Reuters/U.S. Marshal's Service)
American officials agreed to send the two terrorists from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia where they entered into an "art therapy rehabilitation program" and were set free, according to U.S. and Saudi officials.
Guantanamo prisoner #333, Muhamad Attik al-Harbi, and prisoner #372, Said Ali Shari, were sent to Saudi Arabia on Nov. 9, 2007, according to the Defense Department log of detainees who were released from American custody. Al-Harbi has since changed his name to Muhamad al-Awfi.
Both of the former Guantanamo detainees are described as military commanders and appear on a January, 2009 video along with the man described as the top leader of al Qaeda in Yemen, Abu Basir Naser al-Wahishi, formerly Osama bin Laden's personal secretary.
In its Monday statement claiming responsibility for the Northwest bombing, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula called bombing suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab a "hero" and a "martyr" and lauded him for beating U.S. intelligence.
The two-page written claim included a photo of Abdulmutallab and boasted of Al Qaeda's success in designing "advanced explosive packages" that can pass through airport screening undetected.
The statement also asks for attacks upon Americans in the Arabian peninsula, and promises further attacks on the American people.
Originally posted by Walkswithfish
If you are successful in this plan, you will divert attention away from your highly unpopular domestic agendas and have Americans and the world focused more on wars and international affairs... Then by the time the American people wake up to what has actually happened you will already have won your reelection in 2012!
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
reply to post by JJay55
How would blowing up a plane on an approach to Detroit affect a prison 100 miles away?
Is the prison on the approach path?
One news report I heard today said that the device on some planes that tells passengers how far they are away from their destination had been disabled, so there may be some validity to your theory, but still that would seem to be a very long shot.
Certainly, blowing up a full airliner on an approach to a large city would produce very many casualties, but affecting a given facility would require much better tracking than a passenger could effect, it seems to me.
[edit on 2009/12/28 by GradyPhilpott]
Originally posted by Walkswithfish
What if I'm right?
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
reply to post by TheCoffinman
Do you have a simplistic answer to everything?
Have you ever had to solve complex problems?
Do you think that al Qaeda is just going to move and leave a forwarding address and that's it?
Could you just once express yourself in complete thoughts with a thesis, an elaboration and a conclusion?