Washington – A video has surfaced showing accused X-mas Day bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab training with al-Qaida in Yemen.
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The video, obtained and broadcast Monday by “ABC World News,” shows the 23-year-old Nigerian firing weapons and speaking in Arabic about his impending attack. He is shown reading from the Quran and saying, “God said those who punish you must be punished.”
A U.S. intelligence official said Monday that the preliminary judgment is that it is Abdulmutallab in the video and the footage is consistent with the understanding that he was in training. It is not clear where and when the video was made. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.
According to ABC News, the video was produced by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP. Abdulmutallab and others are shows firing at targets, including a Jewish star and one labeled “UN.”
Abdulmutallab is accused of trying to use a bomb hidden in his underwear to bring down a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day. The explosives failed, though they burned Abdulmutallab, who was arrested.
He was arrested and has been cooperating with investigators, discussing his contacts in Yemen and providing intelligence in multiple terrorism investigations, according to U.S. officials.
The IntelCenter, an Alexandria, Va.-based company that studies terrorist groups, reported that video from AQAP aired Monday on television networks al-Jazeera and al-Jazeera English appear to show the first official communication from a terrorist organization by Anwar al-Awlaki, a Muslim cleric born in New Mexico to Yemeni parents. He has been linked to Abdulmutallab and Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in November at Fort Hood, Texas.
“While he had been supportive of groups in the past, he has until now never been publicly connected to a group through its official messages,” IntelCenter director Ben N. Venzke said in an e-mail. “Today’s release firmly ties al-Awlaki to AQAP.”
To watch the video at ABC News
Oh, gevald this animal didn’t get the message from Neturei Karta/Natruna that jews & christians are not at fault but the zionists…
After readfing this , our President has purposely instructed that the word Islam be taken out of any chges made and still refuses to call the army psychiatrist a Islamic terrorist. Thruout the world today, when even China and North korea are quiet against the West, only Islam and their hate spewing KOran is stirring up terrorism in the world. No Democracies, no human or womens rights. Zero and our President is kissing up to them with the false belief that the Arabs are ready to recognize Israel.
If you are going to train someone to be a suicide bomber , shouldnt they practice suicide .
They could have blown him up a few times with explosives. if he survived then he woud be ready for his mission.
All of his shooting guns wasnt going to get him closer to his maker any sooner.
i agree. i have no problem with suicide bombers as long as they do it int heri own home with the family participating.
It doesn’t have to be their family as many times they’re against their kids ideology, it should be in the company of their co thinkers (just rid em all)
I think if photos were circulated of what’s left of Fruit of KaBoom (vehamayvin yuvin) it would deter future terrorists (ouch).