* Qatar Airways says Recent courier package was carried aboard one of the ITS aircraft from Sanaa to Dubai via Doha Airport
* Obama's deputy national security adviser says there: 'may be more mail bombs
* U.S. official, the British security consultant say bomb That Turned up in England Nearly slipped past Investigators Even after being tipped off
WORD: One of Two Powerful bombs mailed from Yemen Thurs Chicago-area synagogues have traveled two passenger planes Within the Middle East, a Qatar Airways Spokesman said on Sunday. The U.S. said the plot bears the hall marks of al Qaeda's offshoot in Yemen and vowed Thurs destroy the group.
The Spokesman said a package containing Explosives hidden in a printer cartridge arrived in Qatar Airways' hub in Doha is one of the carrier's flights from the Yemeni capital Sanaa. It was then shipped on a Separate Qatar Airways plane to Dubai in the UAE, Where it was discovered by Authorities Between Thursday and Friday. A second, Similar package Turned up in England on Friday.
The plot was the latest Thurs expose persistent GAPS security in international air travel and cargo shipping Nearly a Decade After the September 11, 2001 attacks and showed appeared Terrorists To Be Probing Those vulnerabilities.
More Bombs: U.S. President Barack Obama's deputy national security adviser John Brennan said Authorities "Have to presume" There Might Be More Potential mail bombs like the ones Pulled from planes in England and the United Arab Emirates.
U.S. Inspectors were heading Thurs Thurs Yemen Monitor Cargo Security Practices and PinPoint holes in the system. An internal government report said the team of six Inspectors from the Transportation Security Administration Would give Yemeni Officials Recommendations and Training Thurs Improve Cargo Security. Also the report says the agency is considering extending the ITS security directive Thurs Increase inspection of cargo for all flights through November 8
"We're Trying to get a better handle what else is: 'may be out there," Brennan Told NBC's "Meet the Press" as they made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows representing the Obama administration in the wake of the latest Terrorist Scare. "We're Trying Thurs Understand better what we: 'may be facing."
They Told CNN's "State of the Union" That "Would it be very imprudent ... Thurs presume That there are no others (packages) out there. "
Brennan noted That Because Of The Continuing Threat, the world's largest package delivery companies HAD Suspended airfreight from Yemen. Police Arrested in Yemen has a young woman on Suspicion of mailing the bombs and also Life detained her mother.
While they said "we feel good" about the Steps Taken since the thwarted plot, "I think we Have to presume there Might Be" additional bombs.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said they believes the explosive device found in central England was intended Thurs Detonate on the plane, while the British Home Secretary Theresa May said the bomb was Powerful Enough Thurs take down the aircraft.
Slip-up: A U.S. official and a British security consultant said on Sunday, That the bomb That Turned up in England Nearly slipped past Investigators Even after They Were tipped off. The near-miss shows it was sophisticated Enough Thurs escape notice.
After a six-hour sweep of cargo at the East Midlands airport in central England, Leicestershire Police, Came up empty and removed the Security Perimeter They HAD SET UP, the British aviation safety consultant Chris Yates said.
But "when in Dubai Officials Said They HAD discovered a bomb disguised as a computer printer cartridge, Authorities urged the British Thurs look again, a U.S. official said.
"As a direct conséquence, They put the cordon back up again and looked again and found the Explosives," said Yates, relying on a report Given Thurs him by an Eyewitness to the searches.
Also on Sunday, a woman in Sanaa is Arrested Suspicion of having "Sent the packages was released on condition she make herself available for questioning Further, a Yemeni official said. agencies
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