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Al Qaeda Plane Bombing Fails At Detroit Airport

A Nigerian reported to be studying in Britain allegedly tried to blow up a transatlantic airliner on Christmas Day in what the White House called an attempted act of terrorism. The suspect, claiming links to al-Qaeda, was taken into custody with burns after allegedly trying to detonate explosives on Northwest Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit. He was identified by ABC News as Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, an engineering student at University College London. He was reportedly on a US intelligence watch-list but not on the US Governments no-fly list. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/wo…