The suspected al-Qaeda linkd Nigerian says more bombers are out to target the US
merisarkar news service
New Delhi, December 29, 2009
The Nigerian al-Qaeda suspect charged for trying to blow up a US airliner has told FBI that more bombers are on their way to target the US.
An American Television station reported that during the interrogation Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab told FBI that there were more just like him in Yemen and would strike soon.
According to news reports, Abdulmutallab has told FBI that he was trained for more than a month in Yemen and given 80 grams of a high explosive cleverly sewn into his underpants that went undetected by standard security screening.
Meanwhile, Federal authorities met on Tuesday to reassess the system of terror watch lists to determine how to avoid the lapse that allowed a man with explosives to board flight even though he was flagged as a possible terrorist.
It is alarming for the US authorities since Abdullamutallab's record was available in the data base of under watch suspected people.
However, he slipped through the screening process because his name does not figure in the list of people who are not allowed to board US bound flights.
