Medical Student Arrested In Yemen In Chicago Synagogue Jihadist Bombing Plot

From Jihad Watch:

Medical student, daughter of a petroleum engineer, arrested in Yemen in Chicago synagogue jihad plot


A medical student. See? Poverty causes terrorism! "Bomb was designed to explode on cargo plane - UK PM," from the BBC, October 30 (thanks to Pamela Geller):



Prime Minister David Cameron says the device in a package sent from Yemen and found on a US-bound cargo plane was designed to go off on the aircraft.

But Mr Cameron said investigators could not yet be certain about when the device, intercepted at East Midlands Airport, was supposed to explode.



A second device containing explosives was found on a cargo plane in Dubai. The US suspects al-Qaeda involvement.



In Yemen, police have arrested a woman suspected of posting the packages.



She was detained in the capital, Sanaa, after being traced through a telephone number she had left with a cargo company, officials said.



The unnamed young woman, described as a medical student and the daughter of a petroleum engineer, was arrested on the outskirts of the city, a security official told AFP news agency. Her mother was also detained but was not a prime suspect, the arrested woman's lawyer said.



President Ali Abdullah Saleh said the US and the United Arab Emirates had provided Yemen with information that helped identify the woman and pledged that his country would continue fighting al-Qaeda "in co-operation with its partners".



"But we do not want anyone to interfere in Yemeni affairs by hunting down al-Qaeda," he added, as heavily armed troops patrolled Sanaa....



Posted by Robert on October 30, 2010 10:56 PM
 
 
And, raleted, also from Jihad Watch:
 
Bomb sent from Yemen to synagogues in Chicago powerful enough to bring down plane


Feel the love. "US-bound bomb could have brought down plane," from AP, October 30:



A bomb found on a U.S.-bound cargo plane was powerful enough to bring down an aircraft, British authorities said today, as forces in Yemen searched for suspected al Qaeda militants behind a plot to bomb Jewish targets in Chicago.

"I can confirm the device was viable and could have exploded. The target may have been an aircraft and had it detonated the aircraft could have been brought down," British Home Secretary Theresa May said.



Two parcels sent from Yemen and containing explosives were intercepted in Dubai and Britain on Friday, triggering broad travel disruptions and a massive international investigation.



Officials said the parcel bombs had the hallmarks of al Qaeda, and in particular al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and appeared to include the same explosives used in a failed attempt to blow up a U.S. jetliner on Christmas Day last year....



Posted by Robert on October 30, 2010 9:56 AM