Wealthy, quiet, unassuming: the Christmas Day bomb suspect

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Wealthy, quiet, unassuming: the Christmas Day bomb suspect

The inside story of the privileged student who embraced al-Qa'ida and tried to blow a transatlantic jet out of the sky - and the lessons for us all

By Andrew Johnson and Emily Dugan

Sunday, 27 December 2009

With his wealth, privilege and education at one of Britain's leading universities, Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab had the world at his feet – able to choose from a range of futures in which to make his mark on the world.

Instead, the son of one of Nigeria's most important figures opted to make his impact in a very different way – by detonating 80g of explosives sewn into his underpants, and trying to destroy a passenger jet as it came in to land at Detroit Airport on Christmas Day.

As he was charged by US authorities last night with attempting to blow up an airliner, a surprising picture emerged of the would-be bomber.

Abdulmutallab, 23, had lived a gilded life, and, for the three years he studied in London, he stayed in a £2m flat. He was from a very different background to many of the other al-Qa'ida recruits who opt for martyrdom.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/wealthy-quiet-unassuming-the-christmas-day-bomb-suspect-1851090.html

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1. It is bloody unbelievable he was allowed to fly, even his father was surprised.

Someone's head needs to roll. How much more incompetent can Homeland Security be? The father is a highly educated and respected Nigerian so every alarm should should go off if someone like him warns the US that he believes his son poses a danger.


What is also SHOCKING is that terrorists are now implanting explosives in their bodies. As per the article "a terrorist tried to assassinate the Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Nayef with explosives implanted in his body."

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2. Isn't the world sick of being murdered by rich boys?

By Bush, by Bin Ladin, by the young professionals who flew into the towers, none of them knew poverty or need, just privilege.