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Officials: Cleric Had Role In Christmas Bomb Attempt

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Radical American-Yemeni Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, suspected of ties to al-Qaida, has said Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was his student, but that he didn't tell him to carry out the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner, Al-Jazeera television reported on its Web site on Feb. 2. (AP)
Radical American-Yemeni Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, suspected of ties to al-Qaida, has said Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was his student, but that he didn't tell him to carry out the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner, Al-Jazeera television reported on its Web site on Feb. 2. (AP)

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