Obama links al-Qaida affiliate to Detroit terror plot

Honolulu -- President Barack Obama laid blame Saturday on an al-Qaida affiliate for a Christmas Day terrorist plot that has led to a review of how intelligence agencies failed to prevent the botched bombing aboard a Detroit-bound airliner.

In his most direct public language to date, the president described the path through Yemen of 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab , the Nigerian accused of trying to destroy Northwest Flight 253 Terror Plot The president also emphasized that the United States would continue its partnerships with friendly countries -- citing Yemen, in particular -- to fight terrorists and extremist groups around the globe.

Obama's homeland security team has been piecing together just how Abdulmutallab was able to board the plane. Officials have described flaws in the system and by those executing the strategy and have delivered a preliminary assessment...more..http://www.detnews.com/article/20100102/NATION/1020359/1020/rss09

Obama links al Qaeda to flight terror plot