US officials claim to have foiled a plot to blow up an airliner using an upgraded version of the failed 2009 "underwear bomb".<br /><br />The new device contained no metallic elements and could have passed through airport security but was discovered by intelligence operatives.<br /><br />According to the Obama administration, al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen was responsible.<br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/
