Underwear bomber

• The would-be suicide bomber who, in 2009, failed to blow-up a Detroit-bound international flight but succeeded in burning his genitals was sentenced to life in prison without parole today.
(Gawker)
• When would-be terrorists speak in court, they reveal themselves to be criminals, not masterminds.
(Atlantic Online)
• The man dubbed the underwear bomber faces a sentence of life in prison Thursday in U.S. District Court in Detroit for trying to blow up an international flight on Christmas Day 2009 using a bomb hidden in his underwear.
(Los Angeles Times)
• DETROIT (Reuters) - A federal judge is set to decide on Thursday if the Nigerian man who pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a U.S. airliner bound for Detroit in 2009 will spend the rest of his life in prison.
(Reuters)
• DETROIT, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Convicted terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab will likely be given one last opportunity to speak Thursday in Detroit at his sentencing, legal experts said.
(United Press International)
• DETROIT - A Detroit judge will decide on Thursday if the Nigerian underwear bomber who tried to blow up a packed airliner on Christmas Day 2009 must spend the rest of his life behind bars.
(Calgary Herald)
• The sentencing this week of a Nigerian man dubbed the underwear bomber after he tried to blow up a transatlantic airliner could mark the end of international terror prosecutions in US civilian courts.
(Big Hollywood)