Underwear Bomber Shouts ‘Osama’s Alive’ During Jury Selection

by Zara Golden | 2:51 pm, September 14th, 2011

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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 24-year-old Nigerian student who boarded an Amsterdam-to-Detroit plane Christmas 2009 morning with a bomb tucked into his underwear, showed up for jury selection with something to say. “Osama’s alive,” he shouted as he entered the Detroit court house where he hopes to defend himself against criminal charges, including conspiracy to commit terrorism, next month.

Potential jurors watched Abdulmutallab yell “Jihad!” and complain loudly about his court-issue khaki pants through a two-way closed circuit television while being briefed by U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds. “We are not trying to find people for this jury who have never heard of this case,” she said of filling the box for one of the most high-profile terror cases in the U.S. since 9/11. “We are looking for people who … are fair, objective and impartial.”

Last month, Abdulmutallab submitted a handwritten plea asking that he “should only be ruled by the law of the Quran.” Having denied that request, Edmunds is scheduled to field a request for his release today, Abdulmutallab set to argue that he’s been unlawfully detailed by the U.S. and that he he’s been subject to excessive force while in federal prison.

Jury is set to be selected on October 4th, and trial slated to begin October 11th; Abdulmutallab will present his own opening and closing statements, although a lawyer will be on standby.

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Tony the Fist

Osama is alive in all of us, Umar. In our hearts.
No wait, I’m thinking of Elvis. Osama is fish food.
Anonymous

An embarrassment to Nigeria.

Because of this foolish terrorist, the ignorance will spread that Nigeria is an Islamic country- only half (the northern parts) of Nigeria is Islamic.

Anyways, he is only right in one sense- Osama lives on in the hearts of ruthless terrorists.
Anonymous

You have to forgive him, they don’t get much tv in the hole. He likely missed that whole Osama killed in Pakistan story. Someone should pull him aside and break the news to him.
Sick and tired

Who cares if it’s an Islamic country? Islam is about peace, he is an embarrassment to Muslim as is any terrorist. They are Christian terrorists too, but they never mention that in the news. Extremists are everywhere, in every religion, obviously they are evil, ignorant ‘people’, but people are just as ignorant for assuming all Muslims are evil terrorists. Educate yourself.
Mandingo ate your baby

Apparently attempting to use his penis as a fuse for a bomb is not the only sign of mental illness in this one.
caconservative

Yes, I agree. We must eradicate all extremest terrorists that would do us harm no matter the race, religion, etc. Let’s start with Muslim first, and work are way down.
Anonymous

One dumb “N”, for sure! He will burn in his Islamic Hell with his Satan, Allah!