Underwear bomber sent text message from Yemen

Rightpundit:

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According to the local newspaper “Leadership Nigeria” Umar Mutallab, former chairman of First Bank and father of the alleged terrorist, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, had alerted the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the INTERPOL and the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA) to his son’s weird behavior, especially after he sent a disturbing text message from Yemen. Umar Jr relocated to Yemen by late October this year, had sent a curious text to his parents – according to the report.

It was not Farouk’s first visit to Yemen. The first time he went there, he told his parents he was going for Arabic summer lessons. So when he went this time, the unsuspecting parents thought it was for studies again. To their dismay he sent the text. He told his bewildered parents to renounce him as their son. He told them he has found a new life in Yemen and would have no further contact with his Nigerian family. He asked them to forgive him of any wrongdoing and that he had ceased to be their child. He also said he was no longer coming home. He then admonished his parents never to contact him as he would never reach them again. It was the last contact his family had with him.

After this text message, Mutallab Sr. was advised to alert the security forces as it was not going to be easy to go to another country and get his son back. Then reportedly Mutallab met with the NIA. He also met CIA officials in Nigeria according to local press.

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The father apparently did the right thing and yet the authorities did not heed his warning. They discounted the information in much the same way they discounted the Fort Hood shooter's email with an imam in Yemen. I think we are getting to the point where communications with people in Yemen need further scrutiney and may rise to red flag levels.

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