[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022ds-1col clearfix\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n\n  \n  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe New York Daily News \u003C\/em\u003Ereported with more certainty than \u003Cem\u003EThe New York Times\u003C\/em\u003E about Abdulmutallab\u2019s affiliations. The \u003Cem\u003EDaily News\u003C\/em\u003E described him as an \u201cAl Qaeda-linked terrorist,\u201d and also quoted Representative King as saying, \u201cHe\u2019s part of a terrorist nexus.\u201d \u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EJames Gordon Meek and Rich Schapiro, \u201cAlleged Nigeria Terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutall Tries to Explode Northwest Airlines 253 to Detroit,\u201d \u003Cem\u003ENew York Daily News\u003C\/em\u003E, December 25, 2009, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/alleged-nigeria-terrorist-umar-farouk-abdulmutall-explode-northwest-airlines-253-detroit-article-1.434304\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/alleged-nigeria-terrorist-umar-farouk-abdulmutall-explode-northwest-airlines-253-detroit-article-1.434304\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/span\u003EThe article went on to describe Abdulmutallab as a \u201cblood-thirsty extremist,\u201d and described the passenger who subdued him as \u201cheroic.\u201d \u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EJames Gordon Meek and Rich Schapiro, \u201cAlleged Nigeria Terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutall Tries to Explode Northwest Airlines 253 to Detroit,\u201d \u003Cem\u003ENew York Daily News\u003C\/em\u003E, December 25, 2009, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/alleged-nigeria-terrorist-umar-farouk-abdulmutall-explode-northwest-airlines-253-detroit-article-1.434304\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/alleged-nigeria-terrorist-umar-farouk-abdulmutall-explode-northwest-airlines-253-detroit-article-1.434304\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJust one day later, \u003Cem\u003EThe Guardian\u003C\/em\u003E began reporting more extensively on Abdulmutallab\u2019s radicalization and potential links to al-Qaeda. The outlet noted that his father may have become concerned about Abdulmutallab and reported him to authorities in the U.S. and Nigeria, while family friends alleged that he became radicalized while studying at the British International School in Lome, Togo. \u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EJamie Doward, \u201cPassengers Relive Terror of Flight 253 as New Threat Emerges from Al-Qaida,\u201d \u003Cem\u003EGuardian\u003C\/em\u003E, December 26, 2009,\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2009\/dec\/27\/abdul-muttalab-flight-253-terrorist-al-qaida\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2009\/dec\/27\/abdul-muttalab-flight-253-terrorist-al-qaida\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Guardian \u003C\/em\u003Ealso highlighted that the U.S. was investigating Abdulmutallab\u2019s ties to Anwar al-Awlaki, the AQAP cleric who \u201chad contacts with Major Nidal Hasan [the Fort Hood shooter]\u201d and also served as the \u201cspiritual adviser to two of the 9\/11 hijackers, Khalid al Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, while he was an imam at a mosque in northern Virginia.\u201d \u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EJamie Doward, \u201cPassengers Relive Terror of Flight 253 as New Threat Emerges from Al-Qaida,\u201d \u003Cem\u003EGuardian\u003C\/em\u003E, December 26, 2009,\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2009\/dec\/27\/abdul-muttalab-flight-253-terrorist-al-qaida\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2009\/dec\/27\/abdul-muttalab-flight-253-terrorist-al-qaida\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n","dialogOptions":{"minWidth":850,"resizable":true,"modal":true,"title":"New York Daily News and Guardian Quick to Address Al-Qaeda Link to Christmas Day Bomber"}},{"command":"doFootnotes"}]