The president is not at all too happy about the events that transpired last Christmas Day – and who would be. The fact that the attempt to blow up Northwest Flight 253 was stopped just in time is not enough to allay the concerns of a nation. After the events of 9/11, the American people [...]

The attempted bombing of Northwest Flight 253 is now being linked as the handiwork of the extremist group Al Qaeda. A statement that was allegedly posted on several sites but, like other statements from the group before it, could not be confirmed, indicates that it was the group that provided Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab with the [...]

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is just one of more such bombers who are set to target aircraft coming into the United States. This was apparently revealed by the suspected bomber himself. According to a news report, Abdulmutallab told investigators that he was only “one of many bombers being groomed” by the Al Qaeda affiliate in Yemen; [...]

The explosive that was used by the suspected bomber who attempted to blow up a Northwest Flight from Amsterdam to Detroit is reportedly one that is rather common and has a long history of use by terrorists. The chemical is called PETN and is favored by terrorists; it is this same component that was allegedly [...]

The suspected perpetrator of the attempt to blow up Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas Day is said to be the son of a former minister and a well-known banker in Nigeria. Alhaji Umaru Mutallab has just retired from his position as the Chairman of First Bank Nigeria. Reports revealed that the elder Mutallab had gone [...]