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Christmas miracle: terror attack gone wrong

A terrorist attack just before noon EST today on a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit miraculously killed nobody, but injured at least two. Northwest and Delta merged recently. 

A man identified as Abdul Mudallad, a Nigerian, said he carried out the attack on behalf of al Qaeda. There were 278 passengers onboard the Airbus 330 when it was coming in for a landing in Detroit. It was at this time that the smell of smoke and sound of an explosion shook the cabin. According to passenger Syed Jafri, who was coming home from the UAE, after seeing a glow,

a young man behind me jumped on him....Next thing you know, there was a lot of panic.

The U.S. has apparently raised the terror alert level as a result of today's attack.

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Above: AP Photo/J.P. Karas

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  • Shawn 2 years ago
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    First!!! Woohoo!!!!!

  • Chambria 2 years ago
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    If this happened any time during the previous eight years, the libunatics would have claimed it was staged to promote antagonism towards Muslims.

  • fred 2 years ago
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    obviously....bushes fault.

  • fred 2 years ago
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    hey, hold the phone. i thought the world loved us now? what gives? no olympics, no hopelesshagen accord, more nukes in iran, fort hood. i mean when do we get all those benefits of electing a dude who never had a real job who hates his own country and wants to destroy it. jee wiz. we thoght thats what "they" wanted. leave us alone guys, ok? we're destroying ourselves as fast as we can now with BHO. can ya let up a little.

  • Shawn 2 years ago
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    Dick Cheney made him do it. So has DHS actually stopped any of these attacks yet? Seems like it's always some passenger who has to step up and bounce on these Muslim terrorists... remember the shoe bomber? Merry Christmas Muslims.

  • Shawn 2 years ago
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    Dick Cheney made him do it. So has DHS actually stopped any of these attacks yet? Seems like it's always some passenger who has to step up and bounce on these Muslim terrorists... remember the shoe bomber? Merry Christmas Muslims.

  • Shawn 2 years ago
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    Dick Cheney made him do it. So has DHS actually stopped any of these attacks yet? Seems like it's always some passenger who has to step up and bounce on these Muslim terrorists... remember the shoe bomber? Merry Christmas Muslims.

  • Tin 2 years ago
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    gOOD WORK FRED!! sacarsm intended!!

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