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CIA Foils al-Qaida Bomb Plot Aboard US-Bound Jet
May 8,2012 - A covert CIA operation in Yemen thwarted a suicide airline bombing around the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden.
- The device did not contain metal, meaning it probably could have passed through an airport metal detector. But it was not clear
whether new body scanners used in many airports would have detected it.
The new al Qaida bomb is an upgrade of the underwear bomb that failed to detonate aboard a jetliner over Detroit on Christmas 2009. Information has
not been released about who the would-be bomber is. He apparently had not yet purchased his flight tickets.
- Source: NewsMax
- Update: Al-Qaeda underwear bomber 'was US double agent' - BBC
US on Alert for Terrorists With Body Bombs on Planes
April 30, 2011 - Authorities are concerned about the possibility of an attempted airline bombing on the anniversary of the killing of
Osama bin Laden (May 1). The Yemen branch of al-Qaida is the greatest threat to the U.S. Their chief bomb-maker Ibrahim al-Asiri has been
experimenting with non-metallic body bombs that would not be detected as a terrorist boards an airplane.
- Medical experts told ABC that there is room in the stomach area for surgically implanted explosives."The surgeon would open the abdominal
cavity and literally implant the explosive device in amongst the internal organs,"
- Source: NewsMax
Feds arrest man allegedly heading to U.S. Capitol for suicide mission after sting investigation
Feb. 17, 2012 - FBI agents arrested Amine El Khalifi on his way to commit a suicide bombing at the U.S. Capitol building.
The 29-year-old Moroccan citizen has been living illegally in the U.S. since his tourist visa expired in 1999. He has been the subject
of a lengthy investigation by the FBI since he allegedly expressed interest in conducting an attack.
- The man thought undercover FBI agents assisting him in his plot were associates of Al Qaeda. He purchased bomb materials including jackets,
nails and glue in preparation for an attack. He even conducted a test explosives demonstration in a quarry.
He didn't realize that he was outfitted with a phony explosive vest and a disabled gun.
- Source: Fox
US missile kills al Qaeda chief in Pakistan
Feb. 9, 2012 - Missiles from a U.S. drone struck a training camp in North Waziristan, reportedly killing Pakistan's
top al-Qaeda leader, Badr Mansoor, and three other people.
- "He died in the missile attacks overnight in Miranshah. His death is a major blow to Al-Qaeda's abilities to strike in Pakistan,"
a senior Pakistani official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.
- Source: Telegraph UK
Report: Al Qaeda militants capture town in Yemen
Jan. 16, 2012 - Taking advantage of the weakness of Yemen's government after nearly a year of protests and unrest,
al Qaeda has taken full control of the city of Radda south of the country's capital. Militants captured army positions and released inmates
from the local prison.
- Source: Fox
Libyan weapons being sold to terrorists
Jan. 7, 2011 - Israeli security sources say that Libyan rebels are selling large quantities of weaponry to Hamas, the
Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad, the Popular Resistance Committees and the al-Qaida-affiliated Jihadiya Salafia.
- The Israeli security sources said there is information that Islamic Jihad used Iranian funds to purchase rockets from
Libyan rebels that can travel farther than Tel Aviv if the projectiles are fired from the Gaza Strip.
- Source: WND
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