As a member of an uppercrust Nigerian family, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab received the best schooling, from the elite British International School in West Africa to the vaunted University College London. But the education he wanted was of a different sort: Nigerian officials say his interest in extremist Islam prompted his father to warn U.S. authorities. [...]
One thing is clear about the attempted terror attack on Christmas Day — we need answers.There is obviously going to be a full-scale congressional investigation into how Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was allowed to board Flight 253 and head to the United States with plans to incinerate 300 innocent people.Mere hours after it happened, I was [...]
Abdulmutallab could be just the beginning, if this report is accurate. “25 Brits in jet bomb plots,” by Anthony France and Alex West for The Sun, December 27 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): COPS fear that 25 British-born Muslims are plotting to bomb Western airliners. The fanatics, in five groups, are…
Small jihadi world. “Abdulmutallab, A Banker’s Son Turned Muslim Radical: Accused Northwest Bomber’s Emails Tell of Desire to Go to Yemen,” by Richard Esposito and Brian Ross for ABC News, December 27 (thanks to James): Northwest Airlines bombing suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old son of a wealthy Nigerian banker,…
Is the Pope Catholic? Not necessarily. Abdulmutallab came to be known as “the Pope” because he was obviously and sincerely pious. And that same piety — beliefs that flowed from the same wellsprings — led him to attempt mass murder on Christmas Day. But even now the mainstream media and…
This is potentially significant, due to the highly plausible double meaning of the “ceremony” as an act of jihad, as well as for jihadists’ common habit of referring to an upcoming attack as a “wedding.” At the very least, it would behoove authorities to ask for more details before granting…
