Sunday, December 27, 2009

SPB News for Sunday


Nigerian Man Charged
A Nigerian man, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, has been charged with attempting to blow up Northwest Flight 253 on approach to Detroit. The Justice Department has just released a statement describing the criminal complaint.
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Airline bomber was barred from Britain --Man who allegedly attempted to blow up US jet had UK visa request refused in May The son of a prominent Nigerian banker, who allegedly attempted to blow up a transatlantic flight over America, was barred from returning to Britain earlier this year. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, graduated from a university in London last year but his visa request was refused in May when he attempted to apply for a new course at a bogus college. Abdulmutallab, described as a devout Muslim, attempted to ignite an explosive device on a plane from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day after shouting about Afghanistan.

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