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Monday, May 7, 2012

US: CIA thwarts new al-Qaida underwear bomb plot

Published: 

05.07.12

 

The Associated Press has learned the CIA thwarted a plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a US-bound airliner using a bomb with a new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden.

 

US officials say the plot involved an upgrade of the underwear bomb that failed to detonate aboard a jetliner over Detroit on Dec. 25, 2009. This new bomb was also built to be used in a passenger's underwear but contained a more refined detonation system. (AP)