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U.S. says Delta flight incident terrorism related
1 of 2. A Delta Airbus 330 airliner sits on a runway at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan in this video grab made December 25, 2009.
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KAILUA, HAWAII |
KAILUA, HAWAII (Reuters) - The United States believes an incident, which news reports said involved a small explosion aboard a Delta flight arriving in Detroit was terrorism related, a White House official said on Friday.
"We believe this was an attempted act of terrorism," a White House official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
President Barack Obama is on vacation in Hawaii and was closely monitoring the situation.
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He was on a “no fly list.” The powder he used to ignite the explosive was concealed taped to his leg. A syringe of chemicals was said to have been added to the mixture.”
How’s that politically correct airline security working? Sure glad to see Reuters report that Obama is right on top of the “firecracker situation.”
Let’s see how this incident gets dismissed in the next few days. Obviously the “firecracker” theme didn’t work. Too much real information leaked out too fast.
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