Jim Kouri
National Law Enforcement Examiner
5/8/2012
Terrorist bomb makers are attempting to evade detection by surgically implanting explosives inside the bodies of suicide bombers. Photo credit: FBI/USDOJ
U.S. counterterrorism officials said CIA intelligence agents thwarted an attempt by al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner one year after the killing of Osama bin Laden, according to a statement released on Monday. What surprised many counterterrorism experts was the sophistication of the so-called upgraded underwear bomb.
The White House said that President Barack Obama was made aware in April of an al-Qaeda affiliate’s foiled plot to blow up a U.S.-bound passenger airplane.
While no solid indications that the terrorist group al-Qaeda or its allies, such as Al-Shabbab, Boko Haram, and others, are plotting operations of revenge, counterterrorism experts have voiced their concerns and believe “it’s better to be safe than sorry.”
