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| WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has tightened passenger screening on many United States-bound flights from Europe, Africa and the Middle East in response to intelligence reports of an increased threat from Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen, officials said Wednesday. | |
| The heightened efforts will be carried out at about 15 airports overseas but not in the United States, the officials said. The Department of Homeland Security has provided intelligence and information about the new security measures to airlines and foreign governments. It did not provide details. | The heightened efforts will be carried out at about 15 airports overseas but not in the United States, the officials said. The Department of Homeland Security has provided intelligence and information about the new security measures to airlines and foreign governments. It did not provide details. |
| Foreign airports have to meet a series of requirements from the department and the Transportation Security Administration for the screening of cargo and passengers on United States-bound flights. The United States helps perform passenger screening at some airports. | Foreign airports have to meet a series of requirements from the department and the Transportation Security Administration for the screening of cargo and passengers on United States-bound flights. The United States helps perform passenger screening at some airports. |
| Secretary Jeh Johnson of the Department of Homeland Security said in a written statement that the measures would be “both seen and unseen” and would evolve as situations warrant. | Secretary Jeh Johnson of the Department of Homeland Security said in a written statement that the measures would be “both seen and unseen” and would evolve as situations warrant. |
| The intelligence of the new threat is the latest indication that the Yemen-based group, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, is trying to bring down a United States-bound airliner. Since 2009, it has unsuccessfully plotted at least three such attacks with bombs carried onboard by its operatives or planted in cargo. | The intelligence of the new threat is the latest indication that the Yemen-based group, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, is trying to bring down a United States-bound airliner. Since 2009, it has unsuccessfully plotted at least three such attacks with bombs carried onboard by its operatives or planted in cargo. |
| Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, the group’s chief bomb maker, has never been captured. He has trained a group of skilled protégés who are prepared to take his place should he be killed, according to American officials. The Yemen group also has ties to some rebel groups in Syria that are fighting the government of President Bashar al-Assad. | Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, the group’s chief bomb maker, has never been captured. He has trained a group of skilled protégés who are prepared to take his place should he be killed, according to American officials. The Yemen group also has ties to some rebel groups in Syria that are fighting the government of President Bashar al-Assad. |
| In 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a young Nigerian who was on a flight to Detroit from Amsterdam, attempted to detonate an Asiri-built bomb that had been sewed into his underwear. | In 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a young Nigerian who was on a flight to Detroit from Amsterdam, attempted to detonate an Asiri-built bomb that had been sewed into his underwear. |
| Mr. Abdulmutallab, whose lap caught fire, was subdued by passengers before the bomb was able to cause substantial damage. After the plane landed in Detroit, he was taken into custody by law enforcement officers and was later sentenced to life in prison. | Mr. Abdulmutallab, whose lap caught fire, was subdued by passengers before the bomb was able to cause substantial damage. After the plane landed in Detroit, he was taken into custody by law enforcement officers and was later sentenced to life in prison. |
| In October 2010, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula packed explosives into printer cartridges and loaded them on cargo planes bound for Chicago. That plot was foiled with help from Saudi intelligence, as was a Qaeda plan in 2012 to blow up a United States-bound airliner. | In October 2010, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula packed explosives into printer cartridges and loaded them on cargo planes bound for Chicago. That plot was foiled with help from Saudi intelligence, as was a Qaeda plan in 2012 to blow up a United States-bound airliner. |