US imam praises Detroit terror attack, says bomber was his student

By Chris Carter

[]WTC site by Kay B. Day]An American-born, pro-jihad cleric has reportedly praised the failed Christmas airliner attack and claimed the alleged perpetrator was his student.

Anwar al-Awlaki is a U.S. citizen born in New Mexico to Yemeni parents. Before leaving the U.S. in 2002, he served as an imam in Denver, San Diego, and the Washington, D.C. area. While in San Diego, he became the “spiritual advisor” for two of the 9/11 hijackers (and had contact with a third). He also admits to having advised the man who gunned down 14 unarmed Americans at Fort Hood, Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan. Al-Awlaki now lives in Yemen, and counter terrorism experts believe that he works for al Qaeda.

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Security review contradicts media on who subdued Abdulmutallab--one of several shockers

Analysis by Kay B. Day

How did media miss a glaring contradiction in the written report featured on The White House website?

President Barack Obama made remarks about the Security Review related to the Christmas Day bomb attempt on Flight 253, repeating the phrase ‘systemic failure’ and acknowledging the buck stops in the Oval Office. The White House also posted a summary of the security review online.

As he spoke, the president was on his mark, poised and articulate. Referring to the War on Terror as a war against al Qaeda, Obama said, “We will do whatever it takes to defeat them.” Later he added, “Al Qaeda offers nothing but a bankrupt vision of misery and death.”

The hard stuff, however, is in the text of the online summary. The text opens with an account of the sequence of events aboard Flight 253 when Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to set off a bomb hidden next to his private parts in his underwear. There’s a shocker of sorts in the top box:
“The device did not explode, but instead ignited, injuring Mr. Abdulmutallab and two other passengers. The flight crew restrained Mr. Abdulmutallab and the plane safely landed.”

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