Yemen Frees Bomb Suspect On Condition That She Appears When Summoned

From Jihad Watch;

What could possibly go wrong? Yemen frees bomb suspect on condition that she appears when summoned for questioning


"Yemen is like a bus station -- we stop some terrorists, and we send others on to fight elsewhere ... We appease our partners in the West, but we are not really helping." - Yemeni political analyst Murad Abdul Wahed Zafir, 2008.



This, once again, shows Yemen's lack of seriousness or a sense of urgency about the jihadists operating freely in Yemeni territory. An update on this story. "Yemen frees parcel bomb suspect conditionally: relative," from Reuters, October 31:



SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen freed on Sunday a female suspect detained in connection with explosive packages sent from Yemen and bound for the United States on condition that she appears when summoned for questioning, a relative said.

Asked if the woman had been released, a family member who refused to be identified, replied: "Yes."Posted by Marisol on October 31, 2010 12:01 PM
 
 
And this, related, also from Jihad Watch:
 
Synagogue-bound bomb flew on two passenger flights in Mideast before it was stopped in Dubai


What if something had gone wrong? We know the bombs were powerful enough to bring down a plane. There would have been outrage at Muslim casualties, and the sense in the Mideast that something must be done about such slaughter. Maybe even Yemen would show some sense of urgency. And heaven knows, someone would find a way to blame Israel.



What if the bomb had made it to its destination at an American synagogue and caused the same amount of slaughter? There would be celebration throughout the Muslim world, as well as tacit approval or rationalization. The people who danced in the streets on 9/11 would be partying like it's 1399.



For all too many, the difference between lamenting the "terrorists" who defied Allah's will, killing believers by taking the risk with the passenger jets, and celebrating the muhajedin who carried out Allah's will by killing unbelievers would have been where the bomb went off. "Dubai bomb was flown on passenger plane," from BBC News, October 31:



One of the two bombs posted from Yemen last week was transported on two passenger planes before being seized in Dubai, Qatar Airways says.

The device was carried on a Qatar Airbus A320 from the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, to Doha, the company confirmed.

There it was transferred onto another Qatar Airways plane to Dubai, where it was seized by police

The bomb used PETN explosive, which is difficult to detect using normal airport security screening.

A second device was found at East Midlands Airport in the UK. Both bombs were hidden inside printer toner cartridges.

Until now it had been thought that both devices had been transported using cargo planes.

The firms UPS and FedEx had been used to post the devices, which were addressed to synagogues in the US.

The British authorities says the bomb seized in the UK was believed to have been designed to go off during the flight. Posted by Marisol on October 31, 2010 9:18 AM
 
 
And this, realted, also from Jihad Watch:
 
Website of Chicago synagogue targeted in UPS bomb plot visited from Egypt 83 times in one day


The planning for this jihad attack evidently involved more than just a few people in Yemen. "Chicago Synagogue Cites Web Visits From Egypt," by Lauren Etter for the Wall Street Journal, October 30 (thanks to Choi):



A rabbi at one of the synagogues allegedly targeted by explosive-laden packages from Yemen said that the group's website was visited dozens of times recently by individuals located in Egypt.

Rabbi Michael R. Zedek from Chicago's lakeside Emanuel Congregation also said that he was told by a source that there were actually four bombs targeting Chicago's synagogues instead of the two originally reported.



Emanuel Congregation was allegedly not the specific target of the bomb, but Congregation Or Chadash, a sister synagogue housed within Emanuel was thought to be a target, according to Zedek. Or Chadash is a gay-and-lesbian synagogue that shares space with Emanuel Congregation and the Chicago Jewish Day School for children.



Or Chadash Rabbi Larry Edwards said in an interview that he only learned yesterday through Rabbi Zedek that his congregation might have been a target. "We're rather puzzled at how a little congregation like ours would get on the radar as a target for somebody," said Rabbi Edwards. "I'm hoping for more information."...



On Saturday, about 20 congregants for Shabbat services in Emanuel's round stone chapel on the shores of Lake Michigan. After a morning of song and prayer, Zedek talked with congregants about the alleged bomb plot.



He said he learned this morning that Emanuel's web administrator recently discovered that the congregation's website had been visited 83 times on one day by somebody in Egypt. Zedek was immediately wary and questioned why anybody in Egypt would be interested in visiting Emanuel Congregation's site. "I think we're interesting, but not that interesting," he said....



Posted by Robert on October 31, 2010 5:40 AM