Wednesday 3 November 2010

Woman who 'posted Al Qaeda printer bombs' arrested in Yemen | Mail Online

Woman who 'posted Al Qaeda printer bombs' arrested in Yemen | Mail Online: "woman accused of posting two printer bombs found on board cargo planes in the UK and Dubai has been arrested in Yemen.Investigators said the woman was detained as part of a manhunt for a number of suspects believed to have used forged documents and ID cards that played a role in the plot that was thwarted yesterday.Yemeni officials this evening said the suspects are believed to have links to Al Qaeda's faction in Yemen.Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates had provided him with information that helped identify the woman as a suspect.
He said security forces had surrounded a house in the capital city of Sanaa that was believed to be holding the woman. A security official later confirmed the woman had been arrested.Investigators in Yemen confirmed they traced the woman through a telephone number left with courier company UPS. They are also searching for several accomplices linked to Al Qaeda.Tonight's developments came as David Cameron said the explosive device found hidden in a printer cartridge on a cargo plane at East Midlands Airport was apparently designed to blow the aircraft out of the sky."

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