Terrorist Bomber Wore Explosives Sewn Into His Underwear
Al Qaeda terrorist cells have no shortage of ideas to destroy the U.S. We felt safe as a country for 8 years, but that sense of security was threatened on Christmas Day by a baby faced bomber who sat on a Northwest Airlines commercial jet with 80 grams of PETN sewn into his underwear.
PETN, an ingredient of of the highly explosive chemical Semtex, is undetectable by airport scanners and metal detectors. The powdery substance can be detected by bomb sniffing dogs and a simple body pat down.
Just 50 grams of PETN is all that is required to bring down a 727. 50 grams is the exact amount that convicted shoe bomber Richard Reid was found to be carrying on board American Airlines flight 63 in 2001. He is currently serving a life sentence without parole.
PETN has a lower tolerance to shock and vibration than TNT dynamite. Meaning, any little jolt can set the brittle explosive off. The underwear bomb was designed by a top Al Qaeda bomb maker in Yemen where 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab received the bomb ingredients and instructions.
Luckily, the inexperience of the bomber who failed to fully inject the trigger fluid into the PETN powder properly, saved the lives of the passengers. Only a part of the package containing the PETN exploded setting Umar’s legs, the floor under him and part of a wall of the fuselage ablaze.
In an online posting on a Muslim message board from 2005, Umar, who described himself as feeling “depressed and lonely,” wrote:
“I have no one to speak too [sic]. No one to consult, no one to support me and I feel depressed and lonely. I do not know what to do. And then I think this loneliness leads me to other problems.” Read more…
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Damn those look like Debo draws! LOL! Not a funny subject though…
I wonder what drove him to this. How did he hook with such bad people. It just shows when you are lonely, the moment someone shows you attention, you take it.
I want to have a heart and say I feel bad for him and his depression but then I think of 911 and I say I hope the mofo burns to DEATH…take your own life before you destroy the lives of others…may you get raped and may you die a slow torturous death so that if GOD does bless you in another life – you will respect the life he gave you and the lives of others…still feel lonely?
Maybe Obama should just nuke the entire middle east and just get rid of the whole problem
Blank stare.
Sidebar: Can I have his inheritance since his dumb azz did not want it?
shyt they saved HIS life, how you just gon’ blow ya dyck off bout some Al Qaeda??!!
This is insane and scary that people can slip through security like that.
That look disgusting! Dang he was really trying to knock our block off! He was gone blow his Sha-bong-bong off first? Damn!:surprised:
This is serious and SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ASAP. National Security is at stake as well as the countless lives of innocent people. What will it take to open up everyone’s eyes
I like to feel safe when flying and it’s bad enough that I have to worry about turbulence.
@5- don’t say that cuz I’m in Europe right now as we speak. I’ll be here for another two years with my family. Damn ish like this make me not want to fly home on planes but there’s no other way. I gotta come down to visit this summer.
Im just really irritated by the whole situation-this stupid little depressed kid would’ve have been better off committing suicide as opposed to genicide…really really angry about it!
@10 missmiami- yeah turbulence is nothing to play with. I pray the whole time I’m on the plane. I don’t even know why I’m way over here in Europe, cuz I don’t like flying more than an hour…LOL!
@5
War is a profitable business don’t forget that….
WHY when I looked at them draws, I actually held me finger to my nose as if I could smell the funk…
WHY AUNTIE SANDRA WHY??? Why does thou do this to me??
Hey Tasha you can take the boat!! It may only take a week or so
Does sum dingy azz underwear. Eww im suprised that is h didnt go off.
I have no one to speak too [sic]. <———-what does [sic] mean? I see it alot have no clue…:shrug:
Actually it probably didn’t go off becuz of body perspiration…
@12- It saddens me that people can be so careless. People like myself have children flying on the planes and for them to do something so cowardly upsets me. That’s why I pray for me & my childrens sake cuz you never know when some fool will go crazy.
@Tasha
I can appreciate praying for you and your children but if we really want to fix this thing called life we should pray for everyone…and most def pray for WORLD PEACE….
lock his azz UNDER the jail!
@16 – LOL! I thought about that but it’s some people from England that are held captive by the somali pirates from trying to take a cruise or something. I’m not good with water..yall seen Titanic..
Hmmm if he’s like most of the Nigerians I know he already thought he was better than Americans. But I just think he was a lost soul who was searching for acceptance; Al Queda and other groups like that prey on lost souls looking for direction. Rich, poor, educated, or illiterate they give those guys a purpose, however sick and twisted it may be.
@Choco – No doubt everyday. I pray for all that too..
Thanks Tasha becuz I believe in prayer and GOD and we need World Peace like the world needs an enema (Prince)
Am I by myself when I say that I seriously think that some people can just not be saved and they are just demonic…
Sandra how safe did you feel for the past 8 years when 911 happened on Bush’s watch? Whatthe****ever….
@DC WIFE
I was about to ASK THE SAME THING!!! How were we safe for the past 8 years when Bush is obviously a part of 9/11. I do not care what no one says. They knew what was going on and what was about to happen.
@Crislex
I agree with you. Bush was a motherf@cker and now his little Koala Bear looking ass is nowhere to be found!
@DCWife,
oh best believe all what he done in the dark will come back on his ass I have a feeling 2014 will be his year. They already found all of the “lost” emails. And I am praying that whats in those emails will have something to do with 9/11, the Libby shyt, and the damn Attorney shyt he done put this country through. Ever since he been out of office he incognito…he is DEFINITELY going to get his.
@Crislex
You are not by yourself but if I hold GOD dear to my heart I must forgive like he has already forgiven us for our sins…
Am I by myself when I say that I seriously think that some people can just not be saved and they are just demonic…
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Nope.
@ Choco,
I feel you but I know there are somethings I can not forgive. I can forgive my cat for farting while sitting on my lap or forgiving my little brother for drinking my small bottle of Patron, but I can not forgive child molesters, cold blooded murders, rapist, physical abusers and tacky ass women..lol
well did he sh*t in the draws when the device went off. not trying to be funny but those are some disgusting looking draws. and how could you want to just kill yourself and so many others. dayum was his life that screwed up that he want to die.
I don’t recall who asked, but “sic” simply means that the quote was copied as is…spelling mistakes and all.
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NO SANDRA, ONLY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE “SAFE” FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS DEAR.
LET THIS BE A LESSON TO THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST US DEFENDING OURSELVES AS A NATION. THE TERRORISTS ARE NOT GOING TO THROW ROSE PETALS AT OUR FEET IF WE SIMPLY LEAVE THE MIDDLE EAST.
THAT WOULD BE A DUMB A$$, UNINFORMED PERSON WHO WOULD THINK AS SUCH.
THE HIPPIES OF THE 1970S WERE WARRANTED IN THEIR PROTESTS AGAINST THE VIETNAM WAR, IN MY OPINION.
THE WAR ON TERROR IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STORY. OUR UNIFORMED SOLDIERS PLEDGE THEIR LIVES FOR WHAT THEY DO. LETS SHOW THEM SOME RESPECT BY SUPPORTING THEIR MISSION TO CONTINUE TO TRY AND PROTECT US FROM FOLKS WHO ARE MENTALLY ILL AS THIS GUY WAS/IS.
I MEAN, BLOWING HIS BALLS OFF??!! WOW.
SANDRA, IF U DON’T FEEL SAFE, YOU SHOULD GO BACK TO BRITAIN. I’M SURE YOU’D BE MUCH SAFER THERE..
@Crislex
I know it’s hard to forgive criminals I just don’t want to harbor hate and disappointment in my heart…
Let’s just be real! Sh!t will always happen. Just like hackers will always penetrate the most secure computer system, crooks will out smart cops, fraudsters will always find victims. I mean we are talking about an entire group of people of who knows how many that dedicate their entire life in trying to bring harm to us. Sh!t will always happen no matter how much security you put in place, the only way will will be if you start treating us like North Koreans where you are no longer allowed to have a life and the government completely controls you, and doesn’t allow anybody in your country anymore.
We act like oh how could this happen, well ask yourself this question how come so many of people are constantly falling victim of credit card fraud, or even get your twitter accounts hacked because you fell for a scam?? People keep falling for the oldest tricks in the book. I get damn near aggrevated when I see simple stuff like your facebook page hacked.
HOw many people travel to the US every single year? **** can always happen. Why do home invasions happen, why did eModa, P Valentine boutiques get hit like 4 times, shouldn’t have these dummies got it right after the first time?
These people have money, resources, they are highly organized. So you can’t sit here and wonder why that sh!t happened, we need to learn from it and tighten up
Oh and we did learn from it because this time, people weren’t sitting around like sitting ducks, they subdued his ass right away!
It doesn’t matter where you live. There’s no safe place when it comes to terrorism. This guy could’ve done the same thing somewhere in Europe…France, England, Italy Germany, Portugal…etc.
Majority of Nigerians are muslims (I think it’s almost 60%) so you know Al Queida will continue to look for and try to brainwash some weakminded Nigerians that fundamentalist Islamic terror is the only solution.
Smh People like this are going to have us strip down to our draws in the airport. UGH
Dirty ass draws
dirty ass pair of dainty panties is what they look like to me. men draws dont look like that.
Sandra, just did the media rounds and did you see the stuff I said on Larry King Live on Sunday or Greta Van Susteren’s show? This is not a Nigerian problem, it is an OBAMA and NAPOLITANO problem. The kid was reported to the CIA by his own father! Not the school principal or the Mayor but the CIA. Can you tell your president to correct this? See my transcripts at fanadadotca
I guess it will be a field trip for Black men when they go to the airport from here on in.