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"I wish to thank the Court for allowing me these 5 minutes to make my statement. My references to the government in this statement refer to the Federal Government excluding this Court and the prosecution. On Christmas Day 2009, my wife and I were returning from an African safari and had a connecting flight through Amsterdam. As we waited for our flight, we sat on the floor next to the boarding gate. What I witnessed while sitting there and subsequent events have changed my life forever. While I sat there, I witnessed Umar dressed in jeans and a white t-shirt, being escorted around security by a man in a tan suit who spoke perfect American English and who aided Umar in boarding without a passport. The airline gate worker initially refused Umar boarding until the man in the tan suit intervened. The event meant nothing to me at the time. Little did I know that Umar would try to kill me a few hours later as our flight approached Detroit. The final 10 minutes of our flight after the attack were the worst minutes of my life. During those 10 minutes I sat paralyzed in fear. Unfortunately, what happened next has had an even greater impact on my life and has saddened me further."
"When we landed, I was shocked that our plane taxied up to the gate. I was further shocked that we were forced to sit on the plane for 20 minutes with powder from the so called bomb all over the cabin. The officers that boarded the plane did nothing to ensure our safety and did not check for accomplices or other explosive devices. Several passengers trampled through parts of the bomb as they exited the plane. We were then taken into the terminal with our unchecked carry on bags. Again, there was no concern for our safety even though Umar told the officers that there was another bomb on board as he exited the plane. I wondered why nobody was concerned about our safety, accomplices or other bombs and the lack of concern worried me greatly. I immediately told the FBI my story in order to help catch the accomplice I had seen in Amsterdam. It soon became obvious that the FBI wasn’t interested in what I had to say, which upset me further. For one month the government refused to admit the existence of the man in the tan suit before changing course and admitting his existence in an ABC News article on January 22, 2010. That was the last time the government talked about this man. The video that would prove the truth of my account has never been released. I continue to be emotionally upset that the video has not been released. The Dutch police, meanwhile, in this article (show article), also confirmed that Umar did not show his passport in Amsterdam which also meant that he didn’t go through security as both are in the same line in Amsterdam. It upsets me that the government refuses to admit this fact."
I would certainly stop sort of calling him a patsy. He may have been a pawn in a much larger game...but I have no doubt *HE* believed the bomb was real and he intended to murder every soul on that plane..
Originally posted by coyotepoet
reply to post by Wrabbit2000
I would certainly stop sort of calling him a patsy. He may have been a pawn in a much larger game...but I have no doubt *HE* believed the bomb was real and he intended to murder every soul on that plane..
If you are approached by ohh say, undercover FBI pretending to be All-CIA-duh who encourage you to blow something up. Heck, go beyond encouraging you to providing you all of the material you need (only it's fake) and then give you life in prison for something they goaded you into doing--that to me is a patsy. That is also the scenario for almost every single one of these "terrorist catches" like this guy or the guy that was going to "blow up" the christmas tree lighting in Oregon.
Originally posted by coyotepoet
And I just heard on the radio that the Underwear Bomber was sentenced to life in prison. Sucks to be a patsy.
Originally posted by judus
The War on Terror is a war that will last forever