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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (Arabic: عمر فاروق عبد المطلب; also known as Umar Abdul Mutallab and Omar Farooq al-Nigeri; born 22 December 1986) [3] [4] popularly referred to as the "Underwear Bomber" or "Christmas Bomber", [5] is a Nigerian terrorist who, at the age of 23, attempted to detonate plastic explosives hidden in his underwear while on board Northwest Airlines Flight ...
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the convicted bomber. The perpetrator of the attack was Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian born into a middle-class family. [33] [44] Abdulmutallab was raised in Kaduna, in Nigeria's Muslim-dominated north, a place he returned to on his vacations. [45] [46]
Umaru Mutallab. Alhaji Umaru Abdul Mutallab (born 15 December 1939) is a Nigerian businessman and financier, who served under the military government of General Murtala Mohammed and Olusegun Obasanjo . Mutallab was described by The New York Times as "among Nigeria's richest and most prominent men", [ 1] by The Telegraph as being "one of Nigeria ...
Think only of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who muffed up an attempt to use explosive underpants to bring down a flight in 2009. The reality, however, as may well play out in the Middle East in the ...
Impact of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's alleged attempted suicide bombing. On December 25, 2009, Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (whose mother is from Yemen) allegedly tried to set off a suicide bomb on Northwest Airlines Flight 253.
Ever since Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day, there has been increased attention given to full-body imaging scanners. While some tout that ...
Shortly after the arrest of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in the December 25, 2009, following an attempted bombing on Northwest Airlines Flight 253, the suspect reportedly told officials he had traveled to Yemen for training by Al-Qaeda, although British counterterrorism officials dismissed the claims. [26]
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (Arabic عمر فاروق عبد المطلب) (also referred to as Umar Abdul Mutallab and Omar Farooq al-Nigeri; born December 22, 1986, Lagos), [43] [44] popularly referred to as the "Underwear Bomber", is a Nigerian man who, at the age of 23, confessed to and was convicted of attempting to detonate plastic ...