Richard reid

WASHINGTON - The attempted attack on a Northwest Airlines flight fell almost to the day eight years after another failed solo attack on an international flight just two months after Sep 11, 2001 terror attacks.

WASHINGTON - A Nigerian, claiming links with Al Qaeda, set off a small explosion on board a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day, setting off a major security alert with the incident being described as an "attempted terrorist attack".

LAGOS, Nigeria - A prominent Nigerian banker says he's meeting with security officials because he fears his son may have been the man who allegedly tried to bomb a U.S.-bound flight.

WASHINGTON - U.S. counterterrorism officials are scrambling to assess a potential new threat from an explosive mixture that evaded detection aboard a Detroit-bound airliner but failed to bring down the plane.