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http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2009/12/flight_253_passenger_says_at_l.html
"Flight 253 passenger: Sharp-dressed man aided terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab onto plane without passport (MLive.com exclusive)"
"By Sheena Harrison | MLive.com
December 26, 2009, 2:22PM"
"A Michigan man who was aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 says he witnessed Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab trying to board the plane in Amsterdam without a passport.
Kurt Haskell of Newport, Mich., who posted an earlier comment about his experience, talked exclusively with MLive.com and confirmed he was on the flight by sending a picture of his boarding pass. He and his wife, Lori, were returning from a safari in Uganda when they boarded the NWA flight on Friday."
"Haskell said he and his wife were sitting on the ground near their boarding gate in Amsterdam, which is when they saw Mutallab approach the gate with an unidentified man.
Kurt and Lori Haskell are attorneys with Haskell Law Firm in Taylor. Their expertise includes bankruptcy, family law and estate planning.
While Mutallab was poorly dressed, his friend was dressed in an expensive suit, Haskell said. He says the suited man asked ticket agents whether Mutallab could board without a passport. The guy said, 'He's from Sudan and we do this all the time.'
Mutallab is Nigerian. Haskell believes the man may have been trying to garner sympathy for Mutallab's lack of documents by portraying him as a Sudanese refugee.
The ticket agent referred Mutallab and his companion to her manager down the hall, and Haskell didn't see Mutallab again until after he allegedly tried to detonate an explosive on the plane.
Haskell said the flight was mostly unremarkable. That was until he heard a flight attendant say she smelled smoke, just after the pilot announced the plane would land in Detroit in 10 minutes. Haskell got out of his seat to view the brewing commotion."
Follow up -
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2009/12/report_dutch_police_investigat.html
"Dutch police investigating report of accomplice in Northwest Flight 253 terror plot"
"By Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com
December 28, 2009, 10:06AM"
"Reuters reports Dutch military police are investigating claims that an accomplice may have helped Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab board Northwest Flight 253 in Amsterdam on Christmas day without a passport, a story first told here on MLive.com."
(basically a re-print of the same news story.)
WHO IS THE SHARP-DRESSED MAN ?
This is not a ZZTop Trivia question (they have a great rock song called Sharp-Dressed Man).
WHY AREN'T WE SEEING THE IMAGES OF THE SHARP-DRESSED MAN WITH UMAR FAROUK, video that would normally be captured by airport video cameras ? ? ?
This Christmas attempted bombing STINKS.
not a WORD on mainstream media about the assistance Umar Farouk got from the guy in the suit.
is MLive putting out dis-info, or is their news story for real ?
"Flight 253 passenger: Sharp-dressed man aided terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab onto plane without passport (MLive.com exclusive)"
"By Sheena Harrison | MLive.com
December 26, 2009, 2:22PM"
"A Michigan man who was aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 says he witnessed Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab trying to board the plane in Amsterdam without a passport.
Kurt Haskell of Newport, Mich., who posted an earlier comment about his experience, talked exclusively with MLive.com and confirmed he was on the flight by sending a picture of his boarding pass. He and his wife, Lori, were returning from a safari in Uganda when they boarded the NWA flight on Friday."
"Haskell said he and his wife were sitting on the ground near their boarding gate in Amsterdam, which is when they saw Mutallab approach the gate with an unidentified man.
Kurt and Lori Haskell are attorneys with Haskell Law Firm in Taylor. Their expertise includes bankruptcy, family law and estate planning.
While Mutallab was poorly dressed, his friend was dressed in an expensive suit, Haskell said. He says the suited man asked ticket agents whether Mutallab could board without a passport. The guy said, 'He's from Sudan and we do this all the time.'
Mutallab is Nigerian. Haskell believes the man may have been trying to garner sympathy for Mutallab's lack of documents by portraying him as a Sudanese refugee.
The ticket agent referred Mutallab and his companion to her manager down the hall, and Haskell didn't see Mutallab again until after he allegedly tried to detonate an explosive on the plane.
Haskell said the flight was mostly unremarkable. That was until he heard a flight attendant say she smelled smoke, just after the pilot announced the plane would land in Detroit in 10 minutes. Haskell got out of his seat to view the brewing commotion."
Follow up -
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2009/12/report_dutch_police_investigat.html
"Dutch police investigating report of accomplice in Northwest Flight 253 terror plot"
"By Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com
December 28, 2009, 10:06AM"
"Reuters reports Dutch military police are investigating claims that an accomplice may have helped Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab board Northwest Flight 253 in Amsterdam on Christmas day without a passport, a story first told here on MLive.com."
(basically a re-print of the same news story.)
WHO IS THE SHARP-DRESSED MAN ?
This is not a ZZTop Trivia question (they have a great rock song called Sharp-Dressed Man).
WHY AREN'T WE SEEING THE IMAGES OF THE SHARP-DRESSED MAN WITH UMAR FAROUK, video that would normally be captured by airport video cameras ? ? ?
This Christmas attempted bombing STINKS.
not a WORD on mainstream media about the assistance Umar Farouk got from the guy in the suit.
is MLive putting out dis-info, or is their news story for real ?