Appearing in federal court this afternoon in Michigan, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab plead not guilty to charges arising from his alleged attempt to set off an explosive in Northwest Flight 253 on ...

This article is from the archive of our partner . The failed bombing of Northwest Airlines flight 253 by 23-year-old Nigerian Abdul Farouk Umar Abdulmutallab has drawn wide agreement on one thing: it ...

His own father was so worried about his involvement with extremist groups that he informed U.S. authorities about him. His name was on American security watch lists. Yet Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab ...

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Abdul Farouk Umar Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian responsible for the failed Christmas attack on Northwestern flight 253 over Detroit, doesn't have the usual history of a would-be ...