You may remember the “Shoe Bomber” Richard Reid (aka Tariq Raja or Abdel Rahim). Reid was the scruffy-looking prison convert to Islam who was arrested on December 22, 2001 for attempting to destroy a Boeing 767 on a flight from Paris to Miami by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes. He was sentenced to three consecutive life terms plus 200 years. Even with time off for good behavior, it is unlikely he will be released for at least another 400 years.
Tired of the hassles at airport security, Armand showed up wearing only a Speedo
Post-Reid, the government initiated a knee-jerk remedy, requiring passengers going through aircraft boarding security to remove their shoes and run them through the x-ray machines. The common joke in security lines was, “I’m glad that Reid asshole didn’t hide his explosives in his underwear.”
No, we had to wait nine years for that Abdulmutallab asshole to try the underwear trick on a Christmas-day flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.
Think about it. Within hours of the new regulations requiring that shoes be scanned, people were making flippant comments about underwear bombs. Anyone who knew even a little bit about security knew underwear bombs were not a joke. They were both plausible and likely; it was just a matter of time until someone tried it. Yet almost a decade after the Shoe Bomber, along comes the Underwear Bomber, and everyone is ‘surprised.’ He made it through two security checkpoints in two countries. Experts say he could have made it through the security checkpoints at almost any airport in the world.
Following Abdulmutallab’s arrest, Obama administration flacks were on the Sunday talking head shows saying “the system worked.” Finally, four days after the event, the president had to admit there was “a systemic failure.” Wrong again, Barry. The system worked as it is designed to; unfortunately, it just isn’t very good.
Only two things have made flying safer [since 9/11]: the reinforcement of cockpit doors, and the fact that passengers know now to resist hijackers.
Security Technologist Bruce Schneier
So now, airports are instituting “special procedures.”
"Boxers or briefs, sir?"
I feel sorry for some old duffer in Depends who is singled out for a secondary inspection. I guess I feel even sorrier for the TSA agent who has to put on rubber gloves and lube gramps up with KY Jelly to make sure he doesn’t have a claymore mine up his ass. And women wearing menstrual pads or tampons? This is going to get ugly.
On your next trip through airport security, don’t be surprised when the nice TSA officer says, “Bend over please. This will only take a second.”
I’m just hoping I get a free prostate exam out of the deal.
Posted by Lloyd Williams 
Monthly Bomb Report
December 31, 2009Here is a summary of bombing reports for December 2009. These reports were collected from news sources world wide. Sources were searched for bomb reports without regard to any criteria. No attempt was made to confine reports to Muslims or to Middle Eastern locations although one, or both, of these criteria apply in virtually every case.
Because these headlines are contemporaneous with the events, the numbers of persons killed or wounded may not agree with later reports.
I did not attempt to tally the casualties. I’m sick enough just looking at this abomination.
Dec 3 – Suicide Bomber Hits Somali Graduation, 22 Dead
Dec 4 – Suicide Bomb Kills 5 in Hussein’s Hometown
Dec 5 – 1 Dead in Bombing near Philippine Police Station
Dec 7 – 10 Turkish Soldiers Killed by Remote-Controlled Bomb
Dec 8 – At Least 49 Dead in Pakistan Market Bombs
Dec 8 – Three Iraqis Killed by Powerful Motorcycle Bomb
Dec 8 – Nine Dead As Attack Targets Pakistan Spy Agency
Dec 8 - Pakistan Militants Bomb Multan, 100 Dead in Five Days
Dec 8 – 127 Dead after Four Bomb Blasts Rock Baghdad
Dec 8 – Death Toll from Blasts in Pakistan’s Lahore Up To 49
Dec 11 – Bomb Blast Kills at Least 6 South of Baghdad
Dec 14 – One Dead in Manila Car Blast
Dec 15 – Somali Police Officers Killed by Bomb
Dec 15 – Eight Dead in Kabul Suicide Bombing
Dec 15 – Series of Bomb Blasts Leaves 8 Dead In Iraq
Dec 15 – Two Blasts Kill 13 Afghans, Wound Over 40 Others
Dec 15 – Bombs Besiege Manipur; 3 Dead
Dec 15 – Pakistan Market Bombing Leaves 20 Dead
Dec 15 – Bombs Kill Four NATO Soldiers in Afghanistan
Dec 15 – Roadside Bomb Kills 5 Afghan Policemen
Dec 16 – At Least 25 Killed in Pakistan Market Blast
Dec 17 – 20 Killed in Pakistan Bomb Blast
Dec 17 – Bombs in Afghanistan Kill 5 Policemen, 6 Troops
Dec 17 – About 10 Policemen Injured In Suicide Bomb Attack in Nazran
Dec 17 – Car Bomb near Central Baghdad Restaurant Kills 3
Dec 18 – 12 Dead, 28 Hurt in Dir Mosque Bomb Attack
Dec 18 – Burma Karen Rebels Responsible for Bomb That Killed at Least Seven
Dec 18 – Roadside Bomb Kills 7 Members of Same Family in Taliban Hotbed
Dec 20 – Seven Killed, 11 Injured in Myanmar Bombing
Dec 21 – Iraq: Bombs Kill 5 in Northern City, Baghdad
Dec 21 – Somalia: Roadside Bomb Kills Five in Mogadishu
Dec 22 – 4 Wounded in Separate Bomb Attacks in Iraq
Dec 22 – Mortars, Roadside Bomb Attack Kill Eight in Somali Capital
Dec 23 – Bomb Targeting Church North of Baghdad Kills at Least One
Dec 23 – Bicycle Bomb Kills Three Civilians, Wounds Five in Helmand Province
Dec 23 – Iraqi Official, Two Bodyguards, Killed by Car Bomb
Dec 24 – Series of Bomb Attacks Kills at Least 23 in Iraq
Dec 24 – Suicide Bombing Kills Five near Security Checkpoint in Pakistan
Dec 24 – Bomb Blast Wounds 3 Civilians in Taliban Birthplace
Dec 24 – Bomb Blast Kills Canadian, Afghan Soldiers
Dec 25 – Bomb Ignited aboard Detroit-bound Plane; No Serious Injuries
Dec 26 – Beirut Bomb Targets Hamas Car, One Wounded
Dec 26 – 8 Killed In Afghanistan Bombing
Dec 28 – Army Soldier Killed In Afghan Bombing
Dec 28 – Iraqi Forces Defuse Nine Bombs
Dec 28 – Iraq Bombs Kill 6 Pilgrims as Shi’ites Observe Ashura
Dec 28 – Suicide Bombing Kills 32 in Pakistan
Dec 30 – Eight Americans Killed in Suicide Bomb Attack in Afghanistan
Dec 30 – Bomb Blasts in Iraq Kill 30
Dec 31 – Afghan Suicide Bomber Kills Four CIA Agents after Attacking Base