<p>Are you guys following this story? Apparently the suspect is at the hospital in Ann Arbor after burning himself trying to blow up the plane.</p>
<p>Nigeria</a> banker fears son is alleged plane attacker - Yahoo! News</p>
<p>Makes me glad I am home with my family, even if we are so close to Detroit. :</p>
<p>wow… interesting read. I had no idea this happened.</p>
<p>Me either! My mom turned on the tv this morning and we’d had no idea, we live very nearby there. Had the plane crashed on descent it could very well have fallen ON MY HOUSE. Ugh. I prefer to think Detroit is not significant enough for this sort of thing.</p>
<p>how does a guy with the name Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab not get screened on an airline flight?</p>
<p>They just assumed he was from Dearborn.</p>
<p>My understanding was that he had something strapped to his leg. Not sure how he got away with that. My family has had the news coverage on all morning. </p>
<p>I have a friend coming home on that airline in a few days to return to umich, security is going to be a nightmare.</p>
<p>The man was a Nigerian national who attended the University College of London. He traveled to Yemen to retrieve the explosive device. Ironically, the US granted him the visa to attend a “religious ceremony”</p>
<p>Expect longer airport delays
Expect more racial profiling of Africans and Arabs
Expect full-body scans (where security can see your entire body)</p>
<p>Does this apply to Pakistanis?
damn terrorists ruin everything -_-</p>
<p>hahahaha ^</p>
<p>Well, another positive story that involves Detroit. Always good news when Detroit is involved! Oy vey :(</p>
<p>It’s another fake incident sponsored by the U.S government. Just to arise terror so it can manipulate its citizens, like the Patriot Act…</p>
<p>Seriously, a guy who didn’t get his materials screened with the TSA, who attempted in a public area (not in a bathroom, where he could have succeeded), and didn’t resist when he was being stopped?</p>
<p>Hopefully no one take my first sentence seriously. Just saying there are some questions to be solved.</p>
<p>^^ Glad you clarified that. I was about to blast you.</p>
<p>They don’t normally let anyone out of their seat on descent, and last I heard nobody was sure if he was attached to any particular terrorist organization that might have trained him. </p>
<p>I didn’t hear that he wasn’t screened.</p>
<p>“Expect more racial profiling of Africans and Arabs”</p>
<p>Oh joy…Look forward to that…</p>
<p>i’m not being sarcastic when I say “good” to the quote above me.</p>
<p>lol what a stupid terrorist… detroit? really?
With many relevant cities in America to choose from, they chose detroit??</p>
<p>^ I guess Michigan is an important international destination after all. ;)</p>
<p>If a person who studied Mechanical Engineering at UCL (one of England’s top 5 universities) is capable of such a brainless, inhumane and malicious plot, we are in big trouble. Such a well educated, well spoken and affluent person is capable of fooling anybody.</p>
<p>More updated news:</p>
<p>[Father</a> of Nigerian suspect cooperating with police | freep.com | Detroit Free Press](<a href=“http://www.freep.com/article/20091226/NEWS07/91226004/1319/Terror-suspects-dad-helps-officials]Father”>http://www.freep.com/article/20091226/NEWS07/91226004/1319/Terror-suspects-dad-helps-officials)</p>
<p>[Nigerian</a> Muslims in Michigan condemn attack | freep.com | Detroit Free Press](<a href=“http://www.freep.com/article/20091226/NEWS05/91226015/Nigerian-Muslims-in-Michigan-condemn-attack]Nigerian”>http://www.freep.com/article/20091226/NEWS05/91226015/Nigerian-Muslims-in-Michigan-condemn-attack)</p>
<p>[Air</a> terror suspect arraigned at medical center in Ann Arbor | freep.com | Detroit Free Press](<a href=“http://www.freep.com/article/20091226/NEWS05/91226029/Air-terror-suspect-arraigned-at-medical-center-in-Ann-Arbor]Air”>http://www.freep.com/article/20091226/NEWS05/91226029/Air-terror-suspect-arraigned-at-medical-center-in-Ann-Arbor)</p>
<p>[Dutch</a> tourist says he stopped suspect | detnews.com | The Detroit News](<a href=“Detroit Local News - Michigan News - Breaking News - detroitnews.com”>Detroit Local News - Michigan News - Breaking News - detroitnews.com)</p>