'Underwear Bomber' Pleads Guilty on Trial's Second Day 4.74K Jim Newell 10/12/11 01:59PM Filed to: Underwear bomber Underwear bomber umar farouk abdulmutallab Terrorism Trials Detroit Flights Courts Appic Tweetg Well, so much for that: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man who tried to blow up his underpants on a flight to Detroit on Christmas 2009, pleaded guilty to all charges today, just as his trial was getting underway.