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A subset of al-Qaida is claiming responsibility for the nearly disastrous incident that occurred on Christmas when a Nigerian passenger attempted to detonate a bomb on a U.S. airplane. 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was arrested Friday after trying to set off explosives on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.

The group released a statement on their blog taking responsibility for the act saying,

“He managed to penetrate all devices and modern advanced technology and security checkpoints in international airports bravely without fear of death relying on God and defying the large myth of American and international intelligence, and exposing how fragile they are, bringing their nose to the ground, and making them regret all what they spent on security technology.”

According to NPR, an apparent malfunction in a device designed to detonate the explosive material was all that saved the 278 passengers and the crew. No undercover air marshal was onboard the flight, and passengers and crew subdued the suspect and tamped out a fire after Abdulmutallab allegedly tried to set off the bomb.

An “extensive investigation” into Homeland Security is currently underway.

Ughhhh….who else was pissed when they heard it was a Black guy. Come on son!

Seriously though, how did this happen?!

We’ve got to do better, that was too close for comfort!