Somali and Nigerian Explosives Not the Same
Update: The Somali police freed the suspect weeks ago. Via the AP, 12/31/09:
Somali Police Commissioner Gen. Ali Hassan Loyan said a Somali court released the suspect Dec. 12 after ruling that officials hadn't demonstrated he intended to commit a crime. The man, whose name has not been released, said the chemicals were for processing camera film.
Are the foiled airplane bomb attempts of Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab last week in Detroit and the one last month in Somalia the same? The tools may have been the same -- liquid, a syringe and powdered material -- but the explosives apparently weren't:
In the Somali's attempt there were three parts with powders and liquids: [More...]
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