![]() ![]() Further Tests On Package In Britain Al Qaeda In The Arabian Peninsula Cargo: 'The Soft Underbelly' ![]() and the United Arab Emirates for their assistance. The president vowed to enhance screening of cargo planes in the U.S., and said he had been in touch with the president of Yemen.īrennan issued a statement thanking Saudi Arabia "for their assistance in developing information that helkped underscore the imminence of the threat emanating from Yemen." Brennan also thanked the U.K. intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and the Department of Homeland Security, to take steps to ensure the safety and security of the American people, and to determine whether these threats are a part of any additional terrorist plotting." Gibbs said President Obama was notified of a potential terrorist threat Thursday night by John Brennan, deputy national security advisor for counterterrorism, at 10:35 p.m. According to a statement from NORAD, the plane was determined to be "an aircraft of interest." Kennedy airport in New York City this afternoon. US fighter jets also escorted Emirates Air flight 201 from Dubai into John F. The discovery of the packages led to an international search of cargo planes carrying packages to the United States from Yemen today.Īuthorities in Newark and Philadelphia searched UPS and FedEx cargo jets. flights at Newark Liberty and Philadelphia International Airports." White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said that as a result of the discovery of the packages, "additional measures were taken regarding. Officials believe that the powder may be the explosive PETN, used in the failed plots of the so-called shoe bomber and underwear bomber. One source gave an initial estimate that 10 to 14 ounces of homemade high explosive were contained in the devices. Cargo Planes SearchedĪccording to sources, the devices were constructed by gutting a toner cartridge and installing a complete improvised explosive inside it - a detonator, main charge and cell phone initiator. US officials told ABC News that the package stopped in Dubai contained cell phones and what might be "detonators and timers." Officials said the second package, intercepted in the U.K., contained a printer whose toner cartridge appeared to have been tampered with and contained white powder - nearly a pound of it - instead of black powder, arousing suspicion. Officials said both packages were stopped midway on their trip to Chicago, one at the East Midlands cargo airfield outside London and the other at the airport in Dubai. The package intercepted in Dubai was shipped via FedEx, the one stopped in the U.K. The initial report came late Thursday night and involved two separate packages shipped from Sanaa, Yemen to Chicago, according to law enforcement officials. ![]() None have yet been discovered in the U.S. The initial intelligence report from Saudi intelligence said there could be as many as 15 bomb packages being sent from Yemen to the U.S. ![]()
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