tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704148890264843595.post5653665398473230923..comments2024-03-27T03:46:07.097-07:00Comments on Raman's strategic analysis: AL QAEDA’S ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP PLANE OVER USB.RAMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12278000644746170031noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704148890264843595.post-11051849564876050182009-12-27T07:02:18.013-08:002009-12-27T07:02:18.013-08:00A little more detail and slightly different versio...A little more detail and slightly different version of the subduing of the terrorist, frm an AFP report that highlighted Jasper Schuringa's actions:<br /><br />"As terrified passengers screamed and the cabin filled with smoke, the level-headed Schuringa and alert crew dragged the suspect to the front and contained him, while others put out the mini-blaze with a fire extinguisher.<br /><br />[Jasper said] "We took him to first class and there we stripped him and contained him with handcuffs and made sure he had no more weapons or bombs on him."<br /><br />From that version Jasper got help from the crew after he tackled the terrorist and pulled the burning device away from him. The AFP report doesn't make clear whether other passengers helped to put out the fire but in all significant details it backs the earlier CNN version of Jasper's heroism. <br /><br />It seems that in addition to bravery and quick reflexes, we can add good physical shape and athleticism (he looks like a young guy from his photograph). From the AFP report:<br /><br />"When I saw the suspect he was getting on fire and I freaked of course, and without any hesitation jumped over the seats and jumped to the suspect because I was thinking, like, he's trying to blow up the plane."<br /><br />Schuringa was seated on the right of the Northwest Airlines Airbus 330, in the row behind Abdulmutallab who was in a window seat on the right side of the plane. He said he "reacted on a bang," and when smoke and flames started billowing from the suspect's lap and up the side of the cabin he clambered over fellow passengers and tackled him.<br /><br />"When you hear a pop on a plane, you're awake, trust me. So I just jumped, I didn't think, and I just went, went over there and tried to save the plane, I guess."<br /><br />He's already being called "Jumpin' Jasper" LOL. Of course adrenaline helps. <br /><br />He did receive burns to his right hand and wrist but as I mentioned in the first comment, he's okay.Punditahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09255618281071848583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704148890264843595.post-52099787535452082442009-12-27T01:19:56.421-08:002009-12-27T01:19:56.421-08:00According to the New York Daily News and CNN, the ...According to the New York Daily News and CNN, the credit for subduing the terrorist goes to ONE passenger only, not a group of passengers. <br /><br />The passenger's name is Jasper Schuringa, a video director and producer from Amsterdam. His account, from the Daily News report: <br /><br />"Schuringa said he heard a sound that reminded him of a firecracker and someone yelling, “Fire! Fire!” <br /><br />But he was only sure something was wrong when he saw smoke.<br /><br />Abdulmutallab’s pants were open and he was holding a burning object between his legs.<br /><br />“I pulled the object from him and tried to extinguish the fire with my hands and threw it away,” Schuringa said.<br /><br />He said he screamed for water and pulled Abdulmutallab out of his seat and dragged him to the front of the plane.<br /><br />Schuringa told CNN that Abdulmutallab seemed out of it and “was staring into nothing.”<br /><br />To ensure Abdulmutalla did not have other explosives on his body, Schuringa stripped off his clothes. He then handcuffed the alleged attacker with the help of a crew member.<br /><br />Schuringa said the other passengers applauded as he returned to his seat.<br /><br />Schuringa was not only very brave with fast reflexes, his stripping of the terrorist's clothing and dragging him toward the front of the plane (away from the fuel tanks) showed him to be an incredibly quick thinker. <br /><br />Another report interviews a passenger who reported that another passenger (Schuringa) leaped from the seat behind him to tackle the terrorist. So while others were nearer to the terrorist, they did not react. <br /><br />This happens -- people freeze or they are confused. It is very fortunate that a person such as Jasper Schuringa was on board the flight. <br /><br />He also told CNN that he was all right and that he was "happy to be alive." <br /><br />From an ABC News report: "Investigators: Northwest omb Plot Planned by al-Qaeda in Yemen. Officials Say Bomb Materials Sewn Into Suspect’s Underwear by Top Terror Bomb Maker”:<br /><br />The plot to blow up an American passenger jet over Detroit was organized and launched by al-Qaeda leaders in Yemen who apparently sewed bomb materials into the suspect’s underwear before sending him on his mission, federal authorities tell ABC News.<br /><br />Investigators say the suspect had more than 80 grams of PETN, a compound related to nitro-glycerin used by the military. The so-called shoe bomber, Richard Reid, had only about 50 grams in his failed attempt in 2001 to blow up a U.S.-bound jet. Yesterday’s bomb failed because the detonator may have been too small or was not in “proper contact” with the explosive material, investigators told ABC News. <br /><br />Investigators say the suspect, Abdul Farouk Umar Abdulmutallab, a 23-year old Nigerian student whose birthday was last Tuesday, has provided detailed information about his recruitment and training for what was supposed to be a Christmas Day suicide attack.<br /><br />According to the authorities, Abdulmutallab says he made contact via the internet with a radical imam in Yemen who then connected him with al-Qaeda leaders in a village north of the country’s capital, Sanaa.<br /><br />Authorities say they do not yet know if the imam was the same one who was in contact with Maj. Nidal Hasan prior to his alleged attack on soldiers at Fort Hood last month. American-born Anwar Awlaki has lived in Yemen since 2002 and is considered a major recruiter for al-Qaeda by U.S. authorities. He survived a U.S.-backed air strike earlier this week. <br /><br />The suspect in the Northwest Airlines attack told FBI agents he lived with the al-Qaeda leader in Yemen for about a month and was not allowed to leave as he was trained in what to do and how to do it, authorities said. <br /><br />At some point, according to the account, Abdulmutallab said he was joined by a Saudi citizen whom he described as an al-Qaeda bomb maker.Punditahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09255618281071848583noreply@blogger.com