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Yemeni cleric part of terror plots

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

**FILE** Passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 were evacuated after arriving at Detroit Metropolitan Airport from Amsterdam on Christmas Day in 2009. Officials accused a Nigerian aboard, identified as Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, of trying to ignite an explosive device in his underwear. Northwest merged with Delta Air Lines in 2008. (Associated Press)

Dutch arrest alleged U.K. terror suspect

By Toby Sterling - Associated Press

U.S. eyes terror charges for Yemeni cleric al-Awlaki

By Matt Apuzzo - Associated Press

**FILE** Passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 were evacuated after arriving at Detroit Metropolitan Airport from Amsterdam on Christmas Day in 2009. Officials accused a Nigerian aboard, identified as Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, of trying to ignite an explosive device in his underwear. Northwest merged with Delta Air Lines in 2008. (Associated Press)

Detroit bomb suspect suggests he wants to plead

By Ed White - Associated Press

Anwar al-Awlaki, whom authorities say is directly connected to a terrorism plot in the U.S., is the spiritual leader of the group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, an offshoot of Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization. (Associated Press)

U.S.-born al Qaeda cleric says Yemen will be Obama’s Afghanistan

By Paul Schemm - Associated Press

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HOLMES: Response to airliner attack is legal theater of the absurd

By Kim R. Holmes