Abdulmutallab: Cleric told me to bomb jet
The suspect in a failed Christmas Day airliner bombing attempt told federal investigators that radical Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki directed him to carry out the attack, CBS News has learned.
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The suspect in a failed Christmas Day airliner bombing attempt told federal investigators that radical Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki directed him to carry out the attack, CBS News has learned.
A radical Islamic cleric linked to the alleged “underpants bomber” is preparing to re-surface online.
SAN’A, Yemen—The Yemeni government is negotiating terms for the surrender of Anwar al Awlaki, the U.S.-born cleric linked to the alleged Christmas Day bomber, according to Yemen’s head of intelligence.
The Muslim army doctor accused of killing 13 people in a mass shooting at the Fort Hood army base in Texas had discussed secret financial transfers with extremist imam Anwar Al Aulaqi, it has been revealed.
SAN’A, Yemen — A radical American imam who communicated with the Fort Hood shooting suspect and called him a hero was once arrested in Yemen on suspicion of giving religious approval to militants to conduct kidnappings.
A militant Islamic preacher who has been banned in the UK has hailed the alleged killer of 13 soldiers at Fort Hood army base in the USA as “a hero”.