Flight 253 jihadist "reached out" to UK jihadists three years ago

They knew about him in British intelligence, but didn't think he was a threat. "US bomb suspect 'reached out' to UK militants-report," from Reuters, January 2 (thanks to Sr. Soph):

LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - British security services knew three years ago that the Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a U.S.-bound plane had "multiple communications" with Islamic extremists in Britain, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, charged with trying to blow up Northwest flight 253 from Amsterdam as it approached Detroit on Christmas Day, studied in London between 2005 and 2008.

U.S. President Barack Obama says an al Qaeda affiliate based in Yemen was apparently behind the attack.

The Sunday Times quoted counter-terrorism officials as saying that, during his London stay, Abdulmutallab had been "reaching out" to extremists who were under surveillance by British security service MI5.

None of the information was passed to U.S. officials, which will prompt questions about intelligence failures before the attack, the newspaper said in an article posted on its website....

British intelligence officials had defended their decision not to flag Abdulmutallab as a possible terrorism risk, saying he was one of many youths who mixed with extremists but who were not themselves thought to be involved in plotting or supporting terrorism, the Sunday Times said.

It quoted a senior British government official as saying that the intelligence agency had conducted a quick assessment of Abdulmutallab while he was living in London and concluded he was not a threat to national security....

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I suppose that the British intelligence services regard as threats only Christian hotel owners and Dutch lawmakers who criticize mahound, or any TV station that dares to shoot an undercover documentary on how real islam is taught in British mosques.

Do you think a street gang member would be given such leeway? I guess young people frequently hang out with groups that advocate suicide bombings and beheadings as a way to get to heaven. It is an amazing world.

'Sunday Times':

"MI5 knew of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s UK extremist links"

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6973954.ece

Yes, don't we all "reach out" to extremists as standard practice? Anyone who does this ought to be closely watched and considered a suspect at all times just by virtue of the fact that they're willing to get involved with such trash in the first place.

oh, i feel like .....

"Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting."
"You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six."
"I didn't really say everything I said."
"I made a wrong mistake."
"Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical."
...........................

I am going to say sports, Jack, for $50,000


................uh........................

Oh yeah ... I said somethjing about not seeing stuff clearly...maybe connected to UK birthrates......

...........drumroll..................

Yogi Berra? .... God's Team ....

Yogi Berra?

I just wonder how many future terror attacks could be thwarted if intelligence services would take their Islamist suspects seriously for a change.
Political Correctness at work for us all.

what the UK elite want to hide from the their people is the very large amount of islamists from within their borders, thousands upon thousands and with this information the UK's liberal policy for immigration and the EU treaty of allowing
more to immigrate will be the death knell of their political life. the Labour government want to stay in power and if that means destroying what is left of England that is fine with them.

"I suppose that the British intelligence services regard as threats only Christian hotel owners and Dutch lawmakers who criticize mahound,..."

Yes, it seems that they're mostly concerned with protecting the security of Moslems in Britain, rather than the other 97% of the population.

They knew about him in British intelligence, but didn't think he was a threat.

This is shared ignorance that translates into stupidity, which results in dead people...'We 'underestimated him',
is what it amounts to, and these people claim 'intelligence'...This is an extreme breach of intelligence for
any security force, military or civilian...'Never underestimate anyone', is what is 'required'...It's not an elective...Every time one of these 'known' Mahoundians is
'underestimated', somebody dies...

Hey
If MI5 don't have enough resources I'd be happy to help out for expenses and perhaps a small tax free stipend, since I'm retired. I still love what is left of my country and would like to claim it back before I leave the human race!!! Better I'm highly educated and far from stupid.

Well, don't worry Brits. He's the problem of U.S. intelligence now.

All snuggly on his prayer mat, having just finished his halal meal--courtesy of the U.S. taxpayers. And unbelievably quiet, thanks again to his U.S. taxpayer-funded legal team. I'll bet he's got the best team of plastic surgeons preparing te reconstruct his genitalia.

We'd hate for any of you foreigners to believe that we Americans are bad people. We love everyone, except ourselves.

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