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CIA reportedly foils al-Qaeda bombing of US-bound jet
 [Iran Press TV] The CIA has reportedly thwarted a plot by al-Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of the late Osama bin Laden,... who walked in the Valley of the Shadow of Death and didn't make it out... the News Agency that Dare Not be Named has learned. The plot involved an upgrade of the underwear bomb that failed to detonate aboard a jetliner over Detroit on Christmas 2009. This new bomb was also designed to be used in a passenger's underwear, but this time al-Qaeda developed a more refined detonation system, U.S. officials claim. The FBI is examining the latest bomb to see whether it could have passed through airport security and brought down an airplane, officials said. They said the device did not contain metal, meaning it probably could have passed through an airport metal detector. But it was not clear whether new body scanners used in many airports would have detected it. Reports said no target had been chosen and no plane tickets purchased by the time the alleged plot was foiled. There is no indication on the status of the would-be bomber. It is not clear who built the device, but officials say it shares some features with the bomb sewn into the underwear of would-be jacket wallah Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on a plane bound for Detroit on Christmas Day 2009. News of the alleged plot comes a day after Fahd al-Quso, a senior al-Qaeda leader in Yemen, was killed by a U.S. drone strike.
Posted by: Fred 2012-05-08 |
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