Bomb material were sewn into the suspect's underwear!

[thewiseguy]

The plot to blow up an American passenger jet over Detroit was organized and launched by al-Qaeda leaders in Yemen who apparently sewed bomb materials into the suspect's underwear before sending him on his mission, federal authorities tell ABC News.

Investigators say the suspect had more than 80 grams of PETN, a compound related to nitro-glycerin used by the military. The so-called shoe bomber, Richard Reid, had only about 50 grams kin his failed attempt in 2001 to blow up a U.S.-bound jet. Yesterday's bomb failed because the detonator may have been too small or was not in "proper contact" with the explosive material, investigators told ABC News.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/northwest-bomb-plot-planned-al-qaeda-yemen/story?id=9426085

What will be the new security protocol? You can not wear an underwear if you want to get on a plane? :shrug:

[hobbit709]

1. You'll have to be naked.

[madokie]

29. I may start flying again if thats true

[The Straight Story]

2. Better check diapers as well (nt)

[Withywindle]

56. David Vitter says, "uh-oh!" n/t

[Kutjara]

Orange jumpsuits.

And plastic shoes. Shaved heads. No luggage. Enjoy your flight!

[Odin2005]

3. Looks like I'll never want to go on a plane that this rate.

[katkat]

4. what a moron

It's one thing to blow yourself up, which presumably happens instantaneously, but setting your genitals on fire?

So it says his father warned security about him some time ago. NTSA doing its fine work again. I'm sure they'll be careful not to let any 90 year old ladies on planes without frisking them first, though.

And I hear now no going to the lav or touching your pocketbook during the last hour of the flight. That should make the lines for the lav even more interesting, esp. when they go into a holding pattern for hours.

Say, what happened to those bomb sniffing dogs?

[Bitwit1234]

5. Excuse me, didn't the press make a big stink

about taking pictures of you as you went thru security that showed your body...why didn't this show up...

I just wonder one thing, this guy must have wanted a sex change and thought this was a good way to do it. If he had the bomb between his legs. What did he think was gonna happen to his gonads.

[Donnachaidh]

10. he must not have been interested in those 70 virgins in the afterlife

just sayin...

[DURHAM D]

23. Not every passenger is put through the scan.

From my experience they seem to use them rarely on domestic flights. Don't know about international flights.

The other thing I have noticed is that they mostly use them for large people - I guess they assume they can hide bombs in fat rolls.

[LisaL]

39. They only have these machines in the few of the airports right now.

[snagglepuss]

6. Question pre-2009, "Is that a gun in your pocket?". Question post 2009,

"Is that a bomb in your pants?"

[malaise]

7. I think the protocol should be not to kill innocent civilians

in countries across the globe. It doesn't make for warm fuzzy relations and endangers everyone on the planet.
All this shit is driven by US foreign policy. You cannot treat human beings like collateral damage and walk away as if nothing happened.

I'm so fucking sick of all this shit.

[lib2DaBone]

8. Quit invading countries, stop using drone bombs on women and children..

bring our troops home.. and the terrorism will stop.

What a unique concept?

[malaise]

13. Seems like common sense to me

Happy Holidays :hi:

[devilgrrl]

28. That about sums it up...

:thumbsup:

[Taitertots]

30. No one ever ran airplanes into buildings before we invaded Iraq and Afghanistan! n/t

[anigbrowl]

52. You have a point. The last major fighting the US saw before 2001

was to defend Bosnian muslims against Serbian genocide. We should not pursue and aggressive foreign policy, but it is also true that some people carry out violence for irrational reasons.

[Mari333]

58. we were doing flyover bombings in the 90s

and sanctions. we were assholes during the Clinton admin too.

[snagglepuss]

12. +1

[RC]

43. I'm with you. We are murdering too many innocent people and saying they are terrorist.

Why is so hard to see the obvious? Someone needs to be the first to stop the killing. The most obvious candidate here would be the United States because we are the ones who perpetuate most of the violence in the first place. How many #2's are we going to kill? How many groups of 30 are we going to blow up before enough people figure out we are being lied to to keep the wars going?

[malaise]

60. It's that simple n/t

[G_j]

9. "organized and launched by al-Qaeda

federal authorities tell ABC News."


I hope they offer some sort of evidence, because we've heard this before.

[malaise]

14. +1

My thoughts exactly. More BS.

[malaise]

11. Sounds like BS to me

all around. How the fugg does ABC know any of this?
Yemen must be part of the pipeline. It's all Yemen these days.

[HipChick]

17. Wag the Dog..so why did he not detonate in the restroom of the plane?

[butterfly77]

20. Agreed...

they will be in full force by next week,shouting terrorism everywhere. Now,I want to know what Peter King is up to I am waiting to see what the rightwing plan will be to blame the President..

This is the rightwings' favorite subject war and terrorism or anything to do with killing,unless it can benefit their pockets in some way.

[im1013]

24. Oh, and don't forget...

the "Patriot Act" provisions expiring very, very soon!

Sound familiar?


:banghead:

[RainDog]

15. gives new meaning to going commando n/t

[walldude]

16. Yesterday I read that he injected it into his groin..

Gee I wonder what the truth is.

[HipChick]

18. Truth? When did we ever deserve to know that?..

[walldude]

21. I know right... All I know is I have to fly Friday

and now it's probably going to be a huge pain in the ass...

[HipChick]

27. I'm flying in 48hrs ..already going to start repacking..

[walldude]

32. Yeah I'm leaving for a few weeks so I'll be carrying a guitar

and my laptop on. Luckily I'm a frequent flier and usually get right through all the lines and stuff. You have a safe trip and watch for those "bulging undies" :rofl:

[HipChick]

40. I'm a FF too, just checked and my upgrades came through woo-hoo!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

45. Not as big a pain in the ass as exploding underwear...

[Forkboy]

19. That's where I keep my bomb making materials as well.

[DRoseDARs]

31. Amatuers. I have mine stuffed as far up my rectum as my leather-bound ass slave's arm can reach.

This isn't the first time the US has been threatened by genital bombs. There was that one time when terrorists hid a snuke in Hillary Clinton's sniz...

I know, we really shouldn't joke about this but bloody hell, it's a little funny. He wanted to be a martyr, but with no crotch what was he planning to do with his 70 virgins? Ogle them salaciously for the rest of eternity?

[Sebastian Doyle]

22. Did they just find a new oil pocket in Yemen or something?

First you have a missile strike there, now they're trying to tie some random Nigerian idiot to Yemen. What's the objective in Yemen? (and spare me the propaganda about the ficitional "world wide terraist army")

[Xipe Totec]

25. So he was caught moon lighting? n/t

[pipi_k]

26. I'll bet the passengers on that plane were glad he didn't have the farts

Imagine being blown to bits by an innocent little poot

:scared:

[Sheepshank]

57. or had an uncontrollable itch n/t

[xocet]

33. Was he aping the Chimp...?

Sorry for the insult to the eyes, but the connection seemed obvious.

[Vehl]

34. new meaning to "pants on fire" .nt :))

[Withywindle]

35. ...

the detonator may have been too small or was not in "proper contact" with the explosive material,

I've dated guys like that.

[Lars39]

36. !

:rofl:

[LisaL]

37. How awful for all of us.

After the shoe bomber, people are being made to remove their shoes. What are they going to do now-make everyone to remove their underwear in the airport?
What a nightmare.

[Subdivisions]

38. That is the stupidest thing I've heard all day! What complete propagandic bullshit. What

the FUCK are they trying to pull? What freedoms are we about to lose next? This shit has gotten way out of hand.

[dysfunctional press]

41. the NEW security protocol...

[daleo]

42. In some ways, this was actually pretty clever

For most people, the prospect of a crotch pat-down is likely to discourage airline travel. But the prospect of bombers using this method to secret explosives onto planes has to be taken seriously, lest travelers be scared off by that possibility.

So it puts the airlines and authorities in a difficult position. No matter what they do, airline travel suddenly becomes even more unpalatable than it was a few days ago, which is saying quite a bit.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

46. What's next, exploding suppositories?

[ima_sinnic]

48. lol!

:spray:

[Thickasabrick]

54. Don't joke....I'm thinking anal probes are next. nt

[Stevenmarc]

44. Obviously this guy was too stupid to go into the family scam Email business.

[HipChick]

47. Stereotype much?

[Stevenmarc]

51. You might consider

having your stick removed

[defendandprotect]

49. Fruit of the Loom?

[varelse]

50. All passengers will be required to strip before boarding the plane

and will pass through a whole-body X-ray machine after donning the appropriate travel attire (an airline-issue hospital gown with no strings attached). "Carry-on" luggage will be searched and placed on board by carefully trained and licensed airline personnel. Passengers wishing to use the on-board restroom facilities will be searched on entry and exit of said facilities.

And someone will still figure out how to insert bomb ingredients and hardware into the plane and assemble said components without being detected.

Fly the friendly skies :)

[Thickasabrick]

53. There goes the Depends idea nt

[Sheepshank]

55. can't dogs sniff these things out?

every dog I know loves to stick it's nose in everyone's buttocks for crotch or both!

[tabasco]

59. Why not?

If that's what it takes, I don't give a shit.

[quaker bill]

61. Taking off our shoes

will no longer be good enough. Now it will have to be "put your clothes and underwear in the little blue basket". At some point, people will just stay home.