Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Is the 'Fasten Your Seat Belt Light' Still On?

We know the Christmas Day bomber was no isolated extremist. But is it not disturbing that Osama bin Laden claimed Abdulmutallab?

Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the botched Christmas Day bombing of a US airliner and said strikes on US targets will continue ...

It's disturbing because al Qaeda likes muliple attacks. Is the lone bombing attempt on Christmas a sign that al Qaeda is too weak to repeat their pattern? Or did other attacks just fail to advance far enough to be noticed? Were others in the air but too scared to strike or attempted to board planes but failed?

If al Qaeda still wants their signature multiple attacks, are these failed boardings in Britain signs of continued attempts?

Security sources say an Egyptian was stopped last Saturday as he tried to board an American Airlines flight to Miami. A man from Saudi Arabia was banned from boarding a United Airlines flight to Chicago the next day and sent back to Saudi.


I have a bad feeling that we dodged a bullet but more bullets are still being aimed at us. Did our support for the Yemen anti-al Qaeda offensive disrupt the plans?