Bomb Plot Shows Key Role Played by Intelligence -- New York Times
In the middle of last week, a woman who claimed her name was Hanan al-Samawi, a 22-year-old engineering student, walked into the UPS office in the upscale Hadda neighborhood of Sana, Yemen’s sprawling capital city. She displayed a photocopied identification card, and dropped off a bomb hidden inside a printer cartridge with a Chicago address listed as the package’s destination. A few blocks away, another package concealing a homemade bomb was dropped off at a Fedex office, also seemingly headed to Chicago.
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More News On The Cargo Plane Terror Plot
U.S. official says 2 package bombs were intended to detonate 'in flight' -- Washington Post
Bomb plot just narrowly averted, officials say -- Yahoo News/AP
Dubai bomb was flown on passenger planes -- BBC
How many more bombs out there: Device found in Dubai had been on two PASSENGER flights, airline reveals -- The Daily Mail
Package bombers not 'quite there yet': U.S. doubts more en route -- Washington Times
Ink bomb intelligence came from the Middle East -- The Telegraph
Bomb plot just narrowly averted, officials say -- Houston Chronicle/AP
Saudi emerges as key suspect, bomb went on 'passenger plane' -- Yahoo News/AFP
White House: Bombs Could Have Detonated in Midair, Terror Threat 'Ongoing' -- FOX News
Cargo plane bomb plot: al-Qaeda terrorists 'threatened another Lockerbie' -- The Telegraph
Suspect in Printer Bombs -- The Lede/New York Times
Yemen parcel bombmaker believed to be al Qaeda terrorist Ibrahim Hassan Al Asiri -- The Telegraph
Al-Qaeda Bombmaker Sought in Cargo Plot Linked to Christmas -- Bloomberg
U.S. names suspect in air cargo mail bombs -- CBC news
Cargo bombs plot: US hunts Saudi extremist -- The Guardian
Yemen bomb suspect, Al Qaeda expert Ibrahim Hassan Tali al-Asiri, blew up his own brother -- New York Daily News
Ink bomber 'helped kill his brother' -- The Telegraph
Mail Bombing Suspect Also Behind Attempted Christmas Day Bombing, Officials Say -- FOX News
Lawyer Says Female Bomb Suspect in Yemen Released, No Charges -- ABC News
Yemen bomb suspect released, lawyer says -- L.A. Times
Yemeni student arrested over UPS, FedEx cargo bombs released; she's victim of ID theft -- New York Daily News
Saudi Help in Package Plot Is Part of Security Shift -- New York Times
Al-Qaida bombs too sophisticated for x-rays, say officials -- The Guardian
White House: could be more mail bombs -- Myway/AP News
U.S. thanks UAE for role in disrupting bomb plot -- Xinhuanet
Obama terrorism aide praises UAE reaction to bomb plot -- Yahoo News/AFP
Brennan: 'We're still trying to understand' threat -- Politico
GOP's King: Admin. Handled Yemen Plot Perfectly -- CBS News
Factbox: Recent attempted attacks on the United States -- Reuters
Al Qaeda, again -- The Economist
Terror Plot Foiled: But is the Threat in Yemen Growing? -- Oliver Holmes and Angela Shah, Time Magazine
Hallmarks of al Qaeda: Why drone attacks against Awlaki in Yemen are justified. -- Wall Street Journal editorial