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Ten suspects linked to the Christmas Day plot to blow up an airliner over Detroit were detained in Kuala Lumpur. The 10 men, who are from Malaysia, Syria, Nigeria, Jordan, and Yemen, are thought to be linked to Nigerian bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who is in US custody.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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