Abdulmutallab claims he trained in Yemen and al-Qaida operatives in the country supplied the device for his alleged terrorism plot. Photograph: US Marshals/EPA
Yemen Terror Camps Attract 'Stream Of Britons' -- The Guardian
Fears raised that country is becoming stronghold for new generation of al-Qaida-inspired fighters.
A number of Britons have travelled to Yemen to train at secret terrorist camps, counter-terrorism officials revealed yesterday, raising fears that the country is becoming a stronghold for a new generation of al-Qaida-inspired fighters.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, whose failed attempt to blow up Northwest Airlines flight 253 to Detroit on Christmas Day is the focus of an urgent global investigation, told FBI agents he was trained in Yemen and that senior al-Qaida operatives in that country had supplied the explosive device used in the plot.
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My Comment: Britain's generous and open-door immigration policy lets all of these people in .... but it appears that many who took advantage of this "generosity" do not share the same good intentions that many proponents for this policy had originally advocated.
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