Comments on: USA Security Agencies: Omniscient but impotent? (Ref: Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab terror attempt)

By: Udegbunam Chukwudi from Poland

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:20:41 +0000

@Ishaq Idris: Thanks for showing us that we still have potential Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab in Nigeria. God dey!

By: Ishaq Idris from Sudan

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:22:07 +0000

Chukudi or wateva u called urslf, we knw Biafaran exiles as u count to be one of them,ur parents were disowned frm Nigeria cuz of their selfiness and foolishness to create Biafara.Mark U! the northern Nigeria stands like a lion in its den, giving drectives to the southand East and wat-hav-u we hav Nigeria in our hands so ur unfortunacy shud make u utter such shits! ok?

By: Udegbunam Chukwudi from Poland

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:00:25 +0000

A part of me wishes the US government would invade the Northern parts of Nigeria as well. Our leaders are so useless and I’m 200% sure they won’t do jack to curb this menace.

38 lives and still counting lost in Bauchi in another one of their useless riots/protests.

Rumors of Al Quaeda being resident in Nigeria has been news way back but trust our dumb rulers to act as though nothing is happening. Just as they were pissed at Hillary Clinton for repeating the ugly truth to them.

By: novisi from Greater Accra, Ghana

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:19:43 +0000

i’ve mixed feelings about this whole thing really!!!

1. i see a clearly confused young man (i don’t think he was sure about what he was doing) trying to kill nearly 300 folks.

2. i’m seeing another evidence of the fact that no tech or iron fortified security system made by man is full-proof. and that for me must make us reason better than all the knee-jerk reactions i’m seeing.

3. i see two terror actors at each others throat! the US in one corner and Al Qaeda and others in the other corner!!! (i hardly see a difference- the fact that one calls the other terrorist doesn’t make the one doing the name calling a saint!!!). for Christ’s sake, the US remains the only human organization, that have used the A bombs on fellow human beings that is affecting lives even up to today!!! so what is all the pretense about???

4. i see that until we engage one another as thinking humans ought to do, somewhat like Obama said during the campaigns but definitely more than what he proposes, until the US realizes that dialogue with states like Iran where there is a senseless imposition of religion, then we must just be ready for more of these attacks because no matter the security level, especially that human beings are in control of it, it’s very and very possible to breach it!!!

as for Napolitano’s response, she only reminded me of prez Mills Zita!!! confused!!!

By: Oluniyi David Ajao from Germany

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:41:07 +0000

Lol @

CIA means Completely Incompetent Americans

Thanks for your kind words about this blog.

By: Tony from Sunderland, United Kingdom

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:16:47 +0000

I read in a newspaper article a while ago that the CIA means completely incompetent americans and i think that to a large extent it is true or not far from the truth. Their arrogance has indeed cost them, I am sure the other intelligence agencies around the world are laughing their heads off at this complete farce. What i hate about this whole episode is that, all foreign students around the world many of whom have no ill intentions will face tighter restrictions. CIA should sort itself out and stop acting like they are God. Great Blog btw, looking forward to 2010 on here. Happy new year!

By: OneStonedCrow from Hardap, Namibia

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:09:28 +0000

I totally agree with your view about the arrogance of US security agencies in the face of their horrific incompetence …

… and don’t be surprised if the US invades Yemen … it will ensure great profits for the Halliburtons and Blackwaters of the world …

By: Kajsa from Ghana

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:36:17 +0000

You have a point there, however, what I am thinking about this whole thing is more along the lines of “how will it affect Africans traveling?”