{"id":15997,"date":"2010-02-04T22:10:17","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T05:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/?p=15997"},"modified":"2010-02-06T09:23:38","modified_gmt":"2010-02-06T16:23:38","slug":"christmas-day-bombing-suspect-gives-info-on-yemen-radical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/christmas-day-bombing-suspect-gives-info-on-yemen-radical\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Day Bombing Suspect Gives Info on Yemen Radical"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n The Nigerian suspect in a failed Christmas Day airliner bombing turned against the cleric who claims to be his teacher and has helped the U.S. hunt for the radical preacher, a law enforcement official said Thursday.<\/p>\n Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian who faces terrorism charges in the Christmas bombing, has been cooperating with the FBI for days, providing information about his contacts in Yemen and the al-Qaeda affiliate that operates there.<\/p>\n His cooperation against U.S.-born Yemeni radical Anwar al-Awlaki is significant because it could provide fresh clues for authorities trying to capture or kill him in the remote mountains of Yemen. Al-Awlaki has emerged has a prominent al-Qaeda recruiter and has been tied to the 9\/11 hijackers, Abdulmutallab and the suspect in November's deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas.<\/p>\n