[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022ds-1col clearfix\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n\n  \n  \u003Cp\u003EAfter Nidal Hasan\u2019s shooting rampage at the Fort Hood U.S. army base on November 6, 2009, Al Jazeera carried a report focusing on \u201cUS Islamic groups [that] were bracing themselves for a public backlash against the faith.\u201d \u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cMuslim Groups Fear Backlash,\u201d Al Jazeera English, November 6, 2009, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/americas\/2009\/11\/2009116102644523243.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/americas\/2009\/11\/2009116102644523243.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003EThe article quoted Salam al-Marayati, executive director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, who said, \u201cWe are concerned about backlash against Muslim Americans, because the culprit happens to be of Arab and apparently Muslim background. As a result, there is probably going to be some scapegoating because of his background against the Muslim American community.\u201d \u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cMuslim Groups Fear Backlash,\u201d Al Jazeera English, November 6, 2009, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/americas\/2009\/11\/2009116102644523243.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/americas\/2009\/11\/2009116102644523243.html\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESeveral days later, the network finally reported that U.S. intelligence agencies \u201cfirst started investigating [Nidal] Hasan in December\u201d 2008 because of his email contact with Anwar al-Awlaki. The article noted that al-Awlaki was the imam at the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls church, Virginia, \u201cwhere Hasan worshipped until 2002,\u201d and where \u201ctwo 9\/11 hijackers worshipped\u201d as well. \u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cMilitary to Try Fort Hood Suspect,\u201d Al Jazeera English, November 10, 2009, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/americas\/2009\/11\/2009111034348196436.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/americas\/2009\/11\/2009111034348196436.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwo days after the Christmas Day Bomber incident, Al Jazeera English offered little detail about Abdulmutallab\u2019s background, noting only that he was \u201creported to have claimed he was trained by al-Qaeda in Yemen,\u201d and that Abdulmutallab \u201csays that he got the equipment that he allegedly used as the flight was approaching Detroit from contacts in Yemen.\u201d \u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cUS charges Plane Bombing Suspect,\u201d Al Jazeera English, December 27, 2009, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/americas\/2009\/12\/20091226204548241893.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/americas\/2009\/12\/20091226204548241893.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003EThe next day, the network noted that while investigators were \u201cprobing any suspected links\u201d to al-Qaeda, there was \u201cno evidence to suggest any links to a wider plot.\u201d The report cited U.S. then\u2013Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, who said, \u201cRight now, we have no indication that [the plot] is part of anything larger.\u201d \u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cJet Bomb \u2018Not Part of Larger Plot,\u2019\u201d Al Jazeera English, December 28, 2009, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/americas\/2009\/12\/200912283820592544.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/americas\/2009\/12\/200912283820592544.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn covering the cargo plane bomb plot, Al Jazeera reported that Yemen had arrested a female engineering student suspected of mailing explosives from Sanaa to synagogues in Chicago, but the article did not explicitly connect her to al-Qaeda. The article did note that Yemeni authorities were \u201cengaged in a hunt for al-Qaeda fighters in Yemen, where Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born Muslim religious leader, is named as being linked to the plot.\u201d \u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cYemen Makes Bomb-Plot Arrest,\u201d Al Jazeera English, October 31, 2010, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/middleeast\/2010\/10\/2010103017926499781.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/middleeast\/2010\/10\/2010103017926499781.html\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":"Initial Coverage on AQAP-Driven Attacks on U.S. Soil"}},{"command":"doFootnotes"}]