Christmas bomber was my 'student': Yemeni cleric Awlaqi

[maddezmom]

Source: AFP

WASHINGTON — Radical Yemeni cleric Anwar Al-Awlaqi has praised a Christmas Day attempt to blow up a US airliner and said the man accused in the attack was his "student," according to an interview published by Al-Jazeera.

The militant religious leader, accused of links to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, said he supported the attack.

He described alleged bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who reportedly received training in Yemen, as his "student," but said that he did not direct the young Nigerian to launch the attack.

"I support what Umar Farouk did," he added, citing the deaths of Muslims in Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as drone strikes in Yemen, to justify the foiled attack against a Northwest Airlines plane as it prepared to land in Detroit on Christmas Day.



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[Robb]

1. "He did not, you understand, sit in the *front* row of my class...." nt

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

2. His prize student must have fallen asleep...

... the day they taught "Detonators 101".


At least the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch came with detailed instructions.

:hi:

[Igel]

3. Better go with the liqueur.

[Igel]

4. What're the odds 'student' = 'talib'?

The usual word, of course. In some contexts we get it translated, in others we don't. It's not always clear that the choice of context is appropriate.

[Gormy Cuss]

5. Awlaqi should load his own underwear with explosives and set an example.

Oh wait -- he's just a coward counseling other people to get themselves killed or imprisoned.

[aldo]

6. Oh please, this is too ridiculous for words

The numnuts bomber couldn't even blow off his own testicles, how was he ever a threat to the plane? These psyops are getting so lame.

By the way, did you know that those nudie, TSA pervert scanners wouldn't detect a powder anyway? It works by density.

Run this way lemmings, no, run that way!!