Monday, November 1, 2010

Parcel Bomb Plot -- News Roundup



U.S. Feared Parcel Bomb Plot Was Coming; Saw September 'Dry Run' -- ABC News

Saudi Intelligence Provided UPS, FedEx Tracking Numbers to Stop 'Real Thing'.

US intelligence officials feared that al Qaeda terrorists in Yemen were plotting to attack the United States and actually intercepted what they now believe were "dry run" shipments to Chicago in mid-September, according to several people briefed on the plot and a senior US official.

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More News On The Parcel Bomb Plot

US official: Possible 'dry run' from Yemen intercepted weeks ago -- CNN
Sept. Episode Believed A Dry Run For Attack -- FOX News

Governments tighten air security after Yemen plot -- Reuters
Cargo plane bomb plot: UK steps up security checks on airline passengers -- The Guardian
Germany, U.K. Restrict Flights, Parcels After Bombs Discovered -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Britain, Germany increase flight security after bomb scare -- L.A. Times

Al-Qa'ida defector 'blew the whistle on explosives plot' -- The Independent
Yemen: Ex-Gitmo Detainee Helped Uncover Bomb Plot -- CBS news
Sources: Bomb Plot Tip Came From Former Detainee -- NPR
Former al-Qaida Followers Foiled Mail Bomb Plot -- Voice of America
Source of Bomb-Plot Tip-Off Is Named -- Wall Street Journal

US concerned about former Guantanamo militants in Yemen -- L.A. Times
Tribal Ties Impede Yemen's War on al Qaeda -- Wall Street Journal
Analysis: Parcel bomb plot shows Saudi al Qaeda challenge -- Reuters

Meet the Bomb-Maker the Behind ‘Underpants,’ ‘Printer’ Attacks -- The Danger Room
Suspected Printer Bomber Is Fanatical Jihadist -- ABC News
Yemen Plot Puts Spotlight On Saudi Bomb-Maker -- NPR

The Parcel-Bomb Case: Investigators Again Playing Catch-Up -- Bruce Crumley, Time Magazine
Why the West should tread carefully in Yemen -- Richard Spencer, The Telegraph
Stopping al-Qaeda in Yemen -- Washington Post editorial
Five reasons it will be hard for Yemen to 'destroy' Al Qaeda franchise -- Christian Science Monitor

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