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  • Muslim cleric flown back to Kenya
    January 11 2010

    A radical Jamaican-born Muslim cleric who led a British mosque attended by convicted terrorists was flown back to Kenya after an attempt to deport him failed, officials said.

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  • Undie bomber says 20 others trained to blow up jets
    January 09 2010

    A Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a US airliner with an underwear bomb has boasted that close to 20 other young Muslim men were being prepared in Yemen to blow up more planes with the same technique, according to a media report.

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  • Tougher checks on air travellers to US
    January 05 2010 | By Our Correspondent

    All travellers flying into the US from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and nine other nations on the high-risk list will be patted down, and their carry-on luggage would be searched under new security procedures that started on Monday.

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  • CIA sat on dad’s warning, Obama wants answer
    December 31 2009 | By Our Correspondent

    The father of the Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a US airliner bound for Detroit on Christmas Day spoke with a CIA official in Nigeria about his son’s radicalisation, CNN reported on Tuesday.

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  • Nigerian suspect was sexually frustrated
    December 30 2009

    Umar Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian suspect who allegedly tried to blow up a passenger jet in Detroit December 25, was sexually frustrated and had jihad fantasies, a media report said.

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  • Security to be reviewed after airliner attack
    December 27 2009

    Investigators piecing together a brazen attempt to bring down a trans-Atlantic airliner said on Sunday the suspect tucked a small bag holding his deadly concoction on his body, using an explosive that would have been easily detected with the right airport equipment.

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