Britain And Yemen Bounce Blame For Terrorist

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Britain And Yemen Bounce Blame For Terrorist

January 8. 2010

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown

The British government and that of Yemen, have been bouncing blame for the radicalization of terrorist suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to blow up a full airliner of people on Christmas Day, as the aircraft landed in Detroit, Michigan in America.

The British government is stating Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab became radicalized in Yemen in 2008, after he was kicked out of Britain. While the Yemen government is stating he, "Joined Al Qaeda in London."

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Reporting from Sana, Yemen - A senior Yemeni official downplayed his nation's connection to the Nigerian Islamic militant suspected of trying to bomb a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day, saying the man became an Al Qaeda militant in Britain, even though he met with a radical cleric in Yemen shortly before allegedly undertaking his alleged mission.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab joined Osama bin Laden's group while living in Britain from 2005 to '08, Yemeni Deputy Prime Minister Rashad Alimi told reporters Thursday in Sana, the capital. "The information we have is that Umar Farouk joined Al Qaeda in London," he said.

At some point, the onetime engineering student and the son of a wealthy Nigerian banker set off alarm bells in Britain, which didn't allow him to reenter the country. "But Yemen didn't get that intelligence," Alimi said.

Alimi's comments were the most detailed public explanation so far by government officials of Abdulmutallab's connection to Yemen...

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