US Intelligence officials have reported the stopping of a new “underwear bomb” plot by Al Qaeda’s Yemeni operatives similar to the failed 2009 Christmas Day plot.

The FBI is studying the bomb, allegedly an upgraded version of the underwear bomb used in 2009, after being seized in an unnamed middle eastern country. The plot was broken up in the early stages between the making of the bomb and before the public was put at any risk.  Continue reading →