Very recently US and other western authorities received a tip from the Saudis. Bombs that had been shipped as air cargo were on board aircraft bound for the US. The tipster is a former al Queda member who was a Gitmo "detainee".
Bombs were intercepted in Dubai and in the UK. Those bombs had been on passenger aircraft for at least part of their journey. One of those bombs was within 17 minutes of detonation when it was disarmed.
On 3 Nov. a UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after take off from the Dubai airport.
While law abiding US citizens are being humiliated, strip searched and scanned at US airports prior to boarding planes; no one in the bloated federal bureaucracy ever thought about checking the air cargo on those same passenger planes for bombs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/11658452
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The crucial tip-off that led to their discovery came from a repentant al-Qaeda member, Jabr al-Faifi, who handed himself in to the Saudi authorities two weeks ago, UK officials say.
He is said to be a former detainee at the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
After leaving Guantanamo, he went through a rehabilitation programme in Saudi Arabia and then rejoined al-Qaeda in Yemen before turning himself in to Saudi authorities.
He contacted Saudi government officials, saying he wanted to return home, and a handover was arranged through Yemen's government, Saudi interior ministry spokesman Gen Mansour al-Turki said.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/...n6833205.shtml