Monday, February 15, 2010

Looking For English Speaking Bombers .... Good Luck

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound Northwest airliner on Christmas Day, was "Mirandized" after having surgery to treat burns suffered in the incident. (Wdiv-tv Via Reuters)

U.S. Hunts For English-Speaking Bombers -- Washington Times

Christmas Day bomb suspect reveals plot.

U.S. and allied counterterrorism authorities have launched a global manhunt for English-speaking terrorists trained in Yemen who are planning attacks on the United States, based on intelligence provided by the suspect in the attempted Christmas Day bombing after he began cooperating.

U.S. officials told The Washington Times that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, facing charges as a would-be suicide bomber, revealed during recent cooperation with the FBI that he met with other English speakers at a terrorist training camp in Yemen. Three U.S. intelligence officials, including one senior official, disclosed on the condition of anonymity some details of the additional bomb plots.

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Update: Would-be bomber trained with English speakers in Yemen -- AFP

My Comment: There are over 500,000,000 English speaking people in the world .... OK .... you narrow it down to Yemen but you will still have a huge pool of people to go through. This is looking for a needle in a huge and massive haystack.

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