DETROIT — The man accused of attempting to blow up a Detroit-bound aircraft in 2009 shouted "Osama's alive" and "I'm forced to wear prison clothes" Wednesday as he arrived for jury selection, the Detroit Free Press reported.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 24-year-old Nigerian student, also shouted "jihad" while the judge told prospective jurors about the allegations against him. His trial is set to begin Oct. 11 and he faces life in prison if convicted.

During the hearing, Abdulmutallab was in a separate room, but prospective jurors were able to watch him via closed-circuit TV.

U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds denied his request to be judged by Islamic law. Abdulmutallab had argued for his release, claiming he is being unlawfully detained by the U.S. government and that Muslims "should only be ruled by the law of Quran."

In the hours after the Christmas Day attack, Abdulmutallab told authorities that he was working for al-Qaida and offered details of his "mission, training and radicalization," prosecutors said in court documents filed last month.

In a 20-page filing seeking a judge's permission to use the statements as evidence, the government said Abdulmutallab made incriminating statements to U.S. customs agents at the plane and to FBI agents a few hours later at University of Michigan hospital, where he was being treated for severe burns.

U.S. officials in Washington have long said they believed Abdulmutallab was working for al-Qaida, but the court filing was the first time that prosecutors in Detroit publicly said he confessed to it.

Explosives fizzled
Abdulmutallab is accused of trying to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253, which had nearly 300 people on board, seven minutes before arrival at Detroit Metropolitan Airport by igniting explosives in his underwear. The bomb fizzled but severely burned his groin.

He wants the statements thrown out because he was not read his Miranda rights against self-incrimination.

The government, however, said there's a long-established U.S. Supreme Court exception to Miranda if authorities believe there may be an immediate threat to public safety.

Abdulmutallab told U.S. Customs and Border Protection about his links to al-Qaida when officers met the plane at the gate, the U.S. attorney's office contends. The officers gave the information to FBI agents who met with Abdulmutallab for 50 minutes at the hospital, more than three hours after the plane had landed. The government said there was no coercion.

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"Every question was directly related to identifying any other attackers and preventing another potential attack," the U.S. attorney's office wrote. "Defendant answered, providing details of his mission, training and radicalization, including his decision months earlier to become involved in violent jihad."

Under influence of painkiller
Abdulmutallab said he "intended to cause Flight 253 to crash, killing all persons on board," the government said.

Abdulmutallab was being treated with fentanyl, a strong painkiller, but hospital staff indicated it would not interfere with his ability to speak, the government said.

"The FBI agents who questioned defendant made no threats, displayed no weapons and offered no promises or inducements," prosecutors said.

Abdulmutallab is acting as his own lawyer with help from a Detroit defense attorney, Anthony Chambers.


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i pity his mother, what she must be going thru now

Idiot,

Why can't they just give the fool suicide panties to blow himself up with, like the one he wore on the plane? At least, that way he can meet and even make love to his darling dead Osama.

something isnt right here.

Sounds like he is looking for the "insanity plea" excuse.

I pray his soul finds peace in the next life as he is clearly a very troubled boy in this life.

^^^

Akin Egba sup?

See d power of "7 virgins"

Maybe he is truly alive in his brain! Watch: www.*****.com

Why do people just think they have the right to kill in the name of religion.

linkin8k:

Why do people just think they have the right to kill in the name of religion.

^^^
Yes, we can

Yes u can? Ur god permits u to kill harmless people and those who are not a threat to ur life? Pls tel me more

Every account I've read of Abdulmutallab's behavior indicates he's insane. It's odd

no one in his family recognized how crazy the guy was before December, 2009.

Why do people just think they have the right to kill in the name of religion.

And if their faith is so strong, why don't they leave the taking of lives up to their God?

Do they think he's incapable of doing the job himself?

The only reason the USA is still the number one Nation in the world today despite all its flaws in some quarters is because of their sincerity, fear of God and the act of selflessness, Imagine Mutallab still alive after the atrocity he committed, i bet he wont live till the next 24 hours if he had tried that in a Ghaddaffi, Ahmeddinjad, Saddam, even Baba Iyabo domain,

But America still gave him his right to fair hearing and now the dude is talking about mirandizing him, If he gets lucky with that point, he might get a slap on the wrist sentencing, Because they ought to have mirandize him truly immediately he was arrested,

Anyway sha, we dey look u, but no just tell people say u from Naija oooo, cuz me i still wan enter yankee go make money, God Bless America, God Bless Nigeria sef join

dabrake:

See d power of "7 virgins"

The idiot is telling the world that even though Osama Bin Ladan is gone, he and other boko harams are still alive representing him. Well, someone should tell him that Osama ben Ladin is now enjoying his 7 virgins in their paradise, he should be ready to go and enjoy his own 7 virgins not to wait in this world as devil representative. All their ideaologies are irrational and hopeless. May fire continue to born their souls as they continue to kill innocent souls.

abegiiiiiiiiii he is not a Nigerian student abeg, na rubbish dem go mention our name,if na naija student top in class for yankee, dem go say na american born, american student, idiats

Could he be sent to Texas where capital punishment is still allowed?

God has really blessed the boy to have name knows all over the world

This guy is not a Nigerian.

yes osama is not dead in is own fucking brain is like d guy is smokin IGBO inside jail.

so this boi still lives.i hate America

the most mentally retarded muslim fellow in existence, that explains why his boko haram brothers back in nigeria display IQ level too low for my liking.

Looks like he's going to try for an insanity defense. It won't work, unfortunately.

dat nigga is dumb he need to grow up

Like I said before when the NEWS blew up.

He is a STUPID BOY !!!.

^^^
Unilondon educated and still retained his boko-haramish mindset.You call him a silly boy but he did undergo sophisticated terrorist training at Yemen and maintains links with al-qaeda.Neither is he regretful of his actions.
If he says Osama is alive,it is probably because he believes Osama's mission is divinely ordained and hence Osama can never get caught. I remember hearing some muslim Nigerian uni students saying this too after the 9/11 attacks.

Well i know something is fishing here and the reason beyond 911 is yet unknown i watch a video and the engineer that construction the world trade Centre and and those that build planes said the attack was not real i don't know what to believe again oo they said especially the Pentagon house wasn't real at all cos how on heart will a plane hit Pentagon house with no wings, still making my research oo

Close this page its meanless

bashy_demy:

Well i know something is fishing here and the reason beyond 911 is yet unknown i watch a video and the engineer that construction the world trade Centre and and those that build planes said the attack was not real i don't know what to believe again oo they said especially the Pentagon house wasn't real at all cos how on heart will a[b] plane hit Pentagon house with no wings[/b],  still making my research oo

Plane with no wings ??   . Who are these engineers please, and what's the source of your information?

This BOBO just dey shame Nigeria dey go, whats his problem sef gan,

They should give him back his pants with extra loaded explosives on it and put him on a desert, 

just about had enuff of his stupidity in the name of religion

which kin religion de dat,

dats not islam, that we know, thats madness, 

Too bad he is representing himself, he should have contracted Jose Baez