Yemen Says Nigerian May Have Met Radical Cleric (ap)

File - This Oct. 2008 file photo by Muhammad ud-Deen shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. Yemen's deputy prime minister Rashad al-Alimi says Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a U.S. passenger jet on Christmas, may have met in Yemen with Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical American-Yemeni cleric linked to al-Qaida and the alleged Fort Hood shooter U.S. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen, File)AP – The Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a U.S. passenger plane on Christmas may have met with a radical American-Yemeni cleric linked to al-Qaida and the alleged Fort Hood shooter to prepare for the failed attack, Yemen’s deputy prime minister said Thursday.

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