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Home Front: WoT
Jasper Schuringa Yanked Flaming Syringe Out of Abdulmutallab's Pants
2009-12-29
The Dutch hero credited with halting a suicide bomber's attempt to blow up a plane loaded with Christmas travelers said today the syringe the bomber was holding was on fire and was stuck deep into the bomber's pants.

"I really had to pull it out of his hands because he kind of resisted. And it was also kind of stuck in his underwear," Jasper Schuringa told "Good Morning America" today.

Fresh details emerged today about the terror attack aboard Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas day, largely from "GMA's" interview with Schuringa, the passenger who leaped over plane seats to subdue alleged bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.

"When I came to the seats he was holding ... the object which was on fire and smoke was coming out of it," Schuringa said. "I really had to rip the whole object out of his pants."

Posted by:Fred

#15  Screw the rules, this dutch guy deserves a center-fold spread in Real B*lls magazine.
Posted by: notascrename   2009-12-29 22:55  

#14  I think Jasper should have given the syringe back—just like the way I use a syringe every evening: into the abdomen.
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2009-12-29 19:56  

#13  'What a load of crap we are spooned shoveled up and expected to believe.'

You cant fool all the people all the time, but those aren't the ones to concentrate on.
Posted by: GirlThursday   2009-12-29 19:22  

#12  Yes, the mystique of the Air Marshall, I forgot momentarily. Like taxpayers would ever be permitted to know what protections their money is buying.
Posted by: GirlThursday   2009-12-29 19:06  

#11  That's likely sensitive information, GirlT.
Posted by: lotp   2009-12-29 17:42  

#10  Air Marshalls on US bound flights

Could US Air Marshalls do any better than Mr. S did, or would they get analysis paralysis as they radioed in a "potential situation" in to headquarters for authorization to remove flaming object from pants?

Angry passengers seem to be our best insurance against terrorists on board to date.

Im not trying to be fresh, just wondering what the SOP on use of force by Air Marshall look like? Does anyone definitively know what a Marshall can and can't do?
Posted by: GirlThursday   2009-12-29 16:38  

#9  

#8 I wonder if CAIR will be suing MR Schuringa
Posted by: lord garth 2009-12-29 13:52

Definitely. This was profiling.

Another case of 'flying while Muslim with a flaming high explosive tucked between your legs.'

Posted by: Nimrod Finster   2009-12-29 16:30  

#8  I wonder if CAIR will be suing MR Schuringa
Posted by: lord garth   2009-12-29 13:52  

#7  This is a great time to tell that Netherlands that there will be Air Marshalls on US bound flights or there will be no flights at all.

Given the number of Dutch on that flight, I suspect it would not meet with alot of objections.
Posted by: Frozen Al   2009-12-29 12:17  

#6  #4 are there air Marshals on these planes anymore? Posted by 746

It is my understand that the Netherlands does not permit the use of US Air Marshalls.
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-12-29 12:08  

#5  Do I detect soiled underwear? Jasper Schuringa prevented this from becoming a disaster as anyone. He is a hero. The administration said it was an isolated terrorist incident and that the system worked. What a load of crap we are spooned shoveled up and expected to believe.
Posted by: JohnQC   2009-12-29 12:03  

#4  are there air Marshals on these planes anymore?
Posted by: 746   2009-12-29 11:07  

#3  The flaming syringe was a chemical fuse for the bomb.
This guy had 80 grams in his pants and the bomb that nearly nailed the Saudi Minister of counterterrorism and public relations had 100 grams in his underwear...I guess PETN is pretty powerful stuff.
Posted by: Karl Rove   2009-12-29 10:29  

#2  Thank God for "The Flying Dutchman"!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Yosemite Sam   2009-12-29 09:35  

#1  Well, he is from Amsterdam.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2009-12-29 02:07  

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