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Jaspar Schuringa climbed over the passenger next to him and helped the cabin crew bring down Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (Abdul Mudallad) aboard Northwest Airline flight 253, and we know now that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is the bomber first identified as Abdul Mutallad. See two videos below. See Update 12-27-09 below.
Jaspar Schuringa
...he heard a loud bang that sounded like a firecracker going off at which point somebody started shouting: 'Fire! Fire!'
He then noticed smoke coming from Abdulmutallab's seat, although the suspect remained still.
Mr Schuringa claimed he then jumped over the passenger sitting next to him and lunged over Abdulmutallab's seat, at which point he saw the Nigerian had his trousers down with a burning object between his legs.
'I pulled the object from him and tried to extinguish the fire with my hands and threw it away,' Mr Schuringa said. 'My hands are pretty burned. I am fine.'
Abdulmutallab seemed dazed, he said. Mr Schuringa then ripped off items of the suspect's clothing to make sure no more devices were strapped to his body before a crew member handcuffed him.
The other passengers then burst into applause, Mr Schuringa said.
Schuringa says two "pillows" on the plane were ignited. Hopefully, Abdulmutallab's chance of being a father were obliterated by the burns between his legs. FOX is reporting this minute that the bomber went to the men's room about 20 minutes before the incident. He returned to his seat and put a blanket over his lap, complaining of an upset stomach. Then the drama began.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is hardly a disenfranchised young Muslim. He is believed to be the son of a former Nigerian bank president, and a former student at an engineering college in London.
Listen in the video below as the second woman says Abdulmutallab (Mudallad) was belligerent and yelling - about Afghanistan, in direct opposition to Jaspar Schuringa's comment in the first video below.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
The last time Abdulmutallab's family heard from him was two months ago, when they received a text message, the family source said. Abdulmutallab told the family earlier that he had gone to Yemen.The FBI says Abdulmutallab "is talking a lot."
Abdulmutallab went through "normal security procedures" in Amsterdam, and those were "well-performed," the Netherlands' national coordinator for counterterrorism told CNN.
Listen in the video below as the second woman says Abdulmutallab (Mudallad) was belligerent and yelling - about Afghanistan, in direct opposition to Jaspar Schuringa's comment in the first video below.
Photo of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, courtesy of Reuters (an undated photo)
Video courtesy of TheDailyMail
Photo of Jaspar Schuringa courtesy of CNN
Update 12-27-09:
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (Abdul Matallad) was officially charged with trying to blow up the Northwest airliner on Christmas Day - placing a destructive device on Flight 253.The video below reports that a wall of the plane was on fire.
The egregious Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano believes this attempted bombing has no connection to a wider plan of attacks on the U.S. - displaying here long-held belief that accusations of terrorism are offensive to the worldview.
Abdulmutallab's father, Umaru Mutallab, says he reported his son to the American Embassy in Lagos, Nigeria because he feared his son had been radicalized.
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John Brennan Briefed about Yemen Bombs in Briefs last October
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Michael Leiter NW Flt 253: CIA sent Abdulmutallab info to Leiter's Counterterrorism Center
Abdulmutallab and al-Qaeda in Saudia Arabia: Claims Christmas Day Attack
Jaspar Schuringa is Flight 253 hero: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab - son of prominent Nigerian banker
Amsterdam and the al-Qaeda threat is a Homeland Security Failure
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