3 years after the failed attempt by a Nigerian, Umar Farouk
Abdulmutallab, to detonate an explosive aboard a Northwest Flight 253 in the
United States of America, facts have emerged why the explosive failed to go
off.
Abdulmutallab, the son of one of Nigeria’s most prominent
businessmen, has since been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for
his action.
However, the FBI has
revealed the reason why the explosives failed to go off over Detroit as planned
on December 25th, 2009.
Two FBI agents, in a recent chat, said Umar confessed that
he had worn the explosive underwear for three weeks in order to get used to it
and make sure he could get it through security.
“So basically for three weeks he wore this garment, this
underwear with this device in it. We think ultimately that is probably what
caused the disruption in the sequence of events in the explosion,” said FBI
agent Ted Peissig.
The FBI agents also revealed that Umar was not recruited by
al Qaeda, until he almost forced his way into the sect. “He sought out al Qaeda
relentlessly,” another FBI agent on the case, Mike Connelly said. “He persisted
and he was almost turned away at times, you know, by al Qaeda. But he refused
to relent.”
It would be recalled that during his trial Abdulmutallab had
described the bomb in his underwear as a ‘blessed weapon’ to avenge the poor
treatment of Muslims around the world.
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