Al-Qaeda airline bomb plot disrupted, U.S. says. Please give our anti-terror people the credit they deserve.

by Jimbo Posted 2012/05/08 12:32:59

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The CIA and overseas intelligence partners disrupted an al-Qaeda plot to
blow up civilian aircraft using an advanced explosive device designed
by the terrorist network’s affiliate in Yemen, U.S. officials said
Monday.

U.S. officials said the CIA and other agencies tracked the plot for
about a month before moving to seize the device in recent days in the
Middle East outside Yemen, where the bomb was built.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-dis...

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/al-qaeda-bomb-plot-foiled-162...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17985709

Jimbo 2012/05/08 12:34:24

+5
Keep up the great work. No 911, no London, no Spain, no terror bombs in the USA for years.
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Nan 2012/05/10 14:16:38

Well done,,,one and all. Keep up the great work and many, many thanks!!!

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ehrhornp 2012/05/08 21:47:38

I just wonder what exactly did Homeland security have to do with it? Were any of the new powers that were passed after 9/11 played a roll or would have existing procedures have worked?

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**StarzAbove** 2012/05/08 19:45:24

Kudos to all that stopped another terrorist attack. Thank you very much.

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Kaleokualoha 2012/05/08 17:50:11

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Bravo! I have NO problem with invasive TSA searches because they deter such attacks.

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mich52 2012/05/08 17:01:41

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Its nice to know our people are out there working against these people.
Thank you.

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GuruA2J~#IOKIYAR~618 BLOCKT 2012/05/08 16:29:14

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Thank you Lord for our intelligence community & international partners who work closely with them. Another one foiled before any damage could be done.

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Gloria 2012/05/08 15:42:58

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I am glad they didn't assume that they caught all the dirty laundry on the plane in Detroit.

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Beat Magnum True Hero 2012/05/08 15:05:05

+2
Credit where credit is due.

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Carol 2012/05/08 14:28:52

+3
People can work together for a great good.

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ally 2012/05/08 14:01:08

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This is what real intelligence operatives do. Great job.

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Contarded Chickenhawk Con S... 2012/05/08 13:44:43

+4
Thank you CIA!

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Jiorgia 2012/05/08 12:51:58

+3
thank you national security.

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Joe Shwingding BN-ZERO 2012/05/08 12:43:10

+1
sort of makes you wonder how the first one was so successful then, huh? I know I do.

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Jiorgia to Joe Shw... 2012/05/08 12:59:10

+1
you cant catch everyone...
but yeah i get your drift.

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Kaleoku... to Joe Shw... 2012/05/08 17:48:25

The first one (9/11) was so successful because it was the first hijacking involving suicide bombers. It is much more difficult to stop people who do not care about their own survival.

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Joe Shw... to Kaleoku... 2012/05/08 17:49:02

well that is one theory anyway.

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Savious to Joe Shw... 2012/05/09 11:34:57

Because they used box cutters not bombs.

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Joe Shw... to Savious 2012/05/09 12:32:19

that falls within the above theory also.

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Jimbo 2012/05/08 12:34:24

+5
Keep up the great work. No 911, no London, no Spain, no terror bombs in the USA for years.

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