Barack Obama Vows Full Investigation of Attempted Plane Bombing and Review of Terrorism Watchlist

President Barack Obama yesterday ordered an urgent review of how authorities use terrorist watch-lists to foil attacks on US targets after a Nigerian allegedly tried to destroy a transatlantic passenger aircraft with an explosive device he smuggled on board.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, undergoing treatment for burns sustained in Friday's incident on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, figured on a US database of people with suspected terrorist connections but had not been added to a 4,000-name no-fly list. He has been charged with trying to destroy the airliner as it was coming in to land.

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