Cargo plane bomb plot tipoff came from ex-Guantánamo Bay detainee

Cargo plane bomb plot tipoff came from ex-Guantánamo Bay detainee
Jabir al-Fayf, suspected by Yemen of being a double agent planted by Saudi Arabia, alerted officials to bomb plot.

Yemen has revealed that a former Guantánamo Bay detainee who fled to the country from Saudi Arabia after his release by the US tipped off authorities about the plot to send bombs on cargo planes.

Jabir al-Fayfi, who surrendered to Saudi authorities on 16 October, told officials about the plan by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (Aqap), the Yemen-based terror cell of which he was a member.

US officials said earlier that an alert from Saudi Arabia led to the interception of two explosive devices on planes, hidden in packages addressed to Chicago-area synagogues, travelling via Britain and Dubai.

Germany said the bombs contained 300 grams (10.58oz) and (400 grams) of the explosive PETN. An official said today the explosive effect of detonation "would have been significant".

One of the packages passed through Germany's Cologne airport before being intercepted at its next stop in England. Another package was intercepted in Dubai.

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