Court freed Somali suspect who was carrying chemicals, syringe (Daily Record)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) In a setback for U.S. investigators probing links to the attempted attack on a Detroit-bound airliner, a Somali official said Thursday that another suspect who tried to board a plane with chemicals already had been freed.
Police chief: Court released Somali suspect who tried to board plane with chemicals, syringe (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A Somali court acquitted and released a suspect who tried to board a plane in Mogadishu in November with chemicals and a syringe – materials similar to those used in the attempted attack against a Detroit-bound airliner.
Arrest in Somalia familiar – Thu, 31 Dec 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)
MOGADISHU, Somalia U.S. officials are investigating a Somali man s alleged attempt to board a flight bound for Djibouti and Dubai last month carrying chemicals, liquid and a syringe in a case bearing chilling echoes of the plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day. Terrorism analysts said the arrest in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, could prove highly valuable for the Detroit …
Court freed Somali suspect with chemicals, syringe (Boston Herald)
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s police commissioner says a court acquitted and released a Somali man who tried to board a plane in Mogadishu in November with chemicals…
Somalia freed suspect with chemicals, syringe (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A Somali court acquitted and released a suspect who tried to board a plane in Mogadishu in November with chemicals and a syringe and#8212; materials similar to those used in the attempted attack against a Detroit-bound airliner.
Detroit terror attack: fears over wave of al-Qaeda syringe bomb attacks (Daily Telegraph)
Fears that al-Qaeda is planning a wave of suicide attacks with syringe bombs have been heightened after it emerged that a Somali man tried to board an aircraft last month carrying the same type of device as that used by the Detroit bomber.
Yemen Begins Crackdown On Al Qaeda Terrorists (CBS 13 Sacramento)
Yemeni forces raided an al-Qaeda hideout and set off a gunbattle Wednesday as the government vowed to eliminate the group that claimed it was behind the Christmas bombing attempt on a U.S. airliner. The fighting took place in an al-Qaeda stronghold in western Yemen that served as a safehaven for most of the attackers of the U.S. Embassy in 2008, killing 10 Yemeni guards and four civilians. A …
Somali arrested with chemicals, similar to US plot: police (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A Somali man tried to board a plane at Mogadishu airport with suspicious liquid, powder and a syringe last month in a similar incident to the failed attack on a US airliner on Christmas Day, Somalia’s police chief said Thursday.
