Topic: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

Confessed "underwear bomber" asks for new legal adviser

(Reuters) - Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian who confessed to trying to blow up a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day 2009, has asked the judge who will sentence him next month to give him a new legal adviser.In a three-page, hand-written note ...

'Underwear bomber' pleads guilty

A Nigerian man dubbed the "underwear bomber" pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a US-bound airliner on Christmas Day 2009, saying he had sought to avenge the killing of Muslims.In a six-minute speech to a shocked courtroom on the second day ...

'Underwear bomber' pleads guilty, warns US

A Nigerian man dubbed the "underwear bomber" pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a US-bound airliner on Christmas Day 2009, saying he had sought to avenge the killing of Muslims.In a six-minute speech to a shocked courtroom on the second day ...
A Nigerian man dubbed the "underwear bomber" pleaded guilty Wednesday to trying to blow up a US-bound airliner on Christmas Day 2009, saying he had sought to avenge the killing of Muslims.In a six-minute speech to a shocked courtroom on the second ...

Trial of accused Christmas "underpants" bomber opens

DETROIT (Reuters) - Opening statements begin on Tuesday in the trial of a young Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day 2009 by hiding a bomb in his underpants.Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, whose unsuccessful attack led ...

Judge in botched airline bomb case lays out trial rules

DETROIT (Reuters) - A judge overseeing the trial of a Nigerian man accused of a botched Christmas Day attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound passenger jet in 2009 laid out ground rules on Friday aimed largely at shielding jurors' privacy.Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab ...

Universities complacent on Islamists: minister

Britain's universities are complacent in tackling Islamic extremism on campus, the interior minister warned Monday.Home Secretary Theresa May said universities were not taking the issue of radicalisation seriously enough, in an interview with The Daily Telegraph newspaper.Her remarks come a day ahead ...

Maureen Dowd Slams Obama

Whoah..it wasn't Limbaugh, Cheney, Beck. It's becoming increasingly clear that his time in office has been spent paying back his handlers with bailouts and pork.Another interesting and shocking development has been reported by Alex Jones, Prison Planet, who interviewed Attorney Kurt Haskell ...
Dutch police arrest alleged UK terror suspect at Amsterdam's Schiphol airportDutch police on Sunday arrested a British man of Somali ancestry at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport for possible links to a terrorist group, a spokesman for the Dutch prosecutors said.The man was arrested ...
US eyes first-ever criminal charges against radical cleric al-Awlaki, already marked for deathThe Obama administration is considering filing the first criminal charges against radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in case the CIA fails to kill him and he's is captured alive in Yemen.The ...
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