Abdulmutallub Spent Time in Yemen (Updated)
[Guest post by DRJ]
Northwest Flight #253 bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab visited Yemen at least twice, including from August to December 2009:
“In a statement, the Yemeni Foreign Ministry says Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was in Yemen from early August until early December after receiving a visa to study Arabic in a school in San’a.
Monday’s statement said Abdulmutallab had previously studied at the school, indicating it was not his first trip to Yemen.”
The article implies Abdulmutallab may have received a Yemeni visa because he had a valid visa to visit the United States and other Western countries.
— DRJ
UPDATE — Despite the fact that Abdulmatallub’s family tried to locate him for weeks, asked for help from Nigerian and American officials, promised to cooperate with an investigation, and warned that he “had developed radical views, had disappeared and might have traveled to Yemen,” Tom Maguire [sarcastically] says there just weren’t enough clues for the Obama Administration. Or maybe there wasn’t the right clue:
“Too bad the authorities weren’t handed enough clues. Now if only the Nutjob Bomber had posted something fishy about ObamaCare on Facebook …”
So I guess that explains why no one questioned Abdulmatallub when he bought an international ticket to Detroit using cash and then reportedly showed up at the airport with no passport and no checked bags.
well, this explains why Ear Leader likes the Yemen government: they share a certain level of competence.
redc1c4 (fb8750) — 12/28/2009 @ 7:44 pmWell fine, they send this little twit to the Yemeni Terrorist Finishing School for Jockey Short Bombers—and we don’t even notice?
Mike Myers (3c9845) — 12/28/2009 @ 8:11 pmHe went to Yemen to “study” Arabic? Right. And guys go to strip clubs to “study” modern dance.
Pat (366dd8) — 12/28/2009 @ 8:12 pmI’ve updated the post with thoughts from Tom Maguire at Just One Minute.
DRJ (84a0c3) — 12/28/2009 @ 8:30 pmYou know, DRJ, if only the islamofascists were opposed to reproductive choice….
Hey. Wait a minute….
Eric Blair (ddbceb) — 12/28/2009 @ 8:36 pmI suggest we douse him with a lot of water, just to make sure the fire is completely out.
gp (f596a1) — 12/28/2009 @ 8:52 pmI blame Buuuuuuuuuuuush !
JD (20facf) — 12/28/2009 @ 9:05 pm“So I guess that explains why no one questioned Abdulmatallub when he bought an international ticket to Detroit using cash and then reportedly showed up at the airport with no passport and no checked bags.”
Come on he was presented as a poor African boy needing passage for a new and better life, to escape his bonds of slavery and to go and perform the jobs those fat assed Americans would not do for themselves.
The bottom of the barrel clerk would not let his ass on the plane, the next level evidently has a fresh pocket full of cash and did!
Put a stop to the enablers, QUIT FLYING!!!!
TC (0b9ca4) — 12/28/2009 @ 11:13 pmWell now we know where the roaches stay, shouldn’t we send them a little gift.
bill-tb (541ea9) — 12/29/2009 @ 7:25 amHe went to Yemen to “study” Arabic?
Correction – he went to Yemen to participate in art therapy.
Dmac (a964d5) — 12/29/2009 @ 8:00 am