Abdulmutallab Indicted In Christmas Day Terror Attempt

The Christian Science Monitor reports that "a federal grand jury in Michigan returned a six-count indictment on Wednesday charging alleged Christmas Day airline bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab with attempting to use a 'weapon of mass destruction' in a terror attack. The weapon of mass destruction was Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit with 290 passengers and crew on board. If convicted Mr. Abdulmutallab faces up to life in prison. The indictment also charges him with attempted murder, attempting to destroy an aircraft, willfully placing a bomb on an aircraft, use of a bomb during a violent crime, and possession of a bomb during a violent crime. Those counts carry maximum sentences ranging from 20 to 30 years in prison."
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