The letter also provided new details about al-Awlaki's alleged involvement in a 2010 plot to blow up U.S.-bound cargo planes with explosives hidden in printers.
As the hot and dry weather persists, farmers face potential losses in spite of federal crop insurance meant to soften the blow to U.S. agriculture.
In October 2010, al-Awlaki was involved with a new attempt by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to blow up U.S.-bound aircraft by inserting explosive devices in printer cartridges destined for the United States.
Pakistani officials say they've arrested two British nationals of Pakistani origin, one of them by the name of Rashid Rauf, who they're calling an al-Qaida operative and a key person in the alleged plot to blow up U.S. airplanes.
They are Bosnian citizens arrested in Bosnia shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, after U.S. officials said the men were involved in a plot to blow up the U.S. Embassy.
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For instance, Holder said al-Awlaki "planned a suicide operation" for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to blow up a U.S.-bound jetliner.
When asked if his son met with the man charged with trying to blow up a U.S.-bound plane on Christmas day, al-Awlaki's father said it's not likely.
Washington (CNN) -- The Transportation Security Administration extended through at least Wednesday heightened security measures in the aftermath of a failed attempt to blow up a U.S. jetliner, the agency said.
The Associated Press reported in May 2012 that the CIA had stopped another attempt by an al Qaeda group in Yemen to have an underwear bomber blow up a U.S. passenger airplane.
Its closing could deal a significant blow to the U.S. military effort there, especially following President Barack Obama's announcement of additional troops to halt a resurgence of the country's former Taliban rulers.
Washington (CNN) -- The Transportation Security Administration on Thursday extended through at least the weekend heightened security measures in the aftermath of a failed attempt to blow up a U.S. jetliner, the agency said.
Obama has banned the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to Yemen since January 2010 because of security concerns after a would-be bomber attempted to blow up a U.S.-bound flight on instructions from al-Qaida operatives in Yemen.
Ms. White faced a tough decision: She could indict the Egyptian cleric for plotting to blow up major U.S. landmarks or seek to throw him out of the country for lying on his entry documents.
Washington (CNN) -- In the wake of the Christmas Day attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner, most Americans remain confident the Obama administration can protect the country from terrorism, according to a new national poll.
Nidal Hasan, who went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood in Texas in 2009, and prepared Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the underwear bomber who attempted to blow up a U.S.-bound passenger plane on Christmas Day that year.
And the attempt to blow up a U.S. plane on Christmas Day used a bomb technique similar to the one to that was used in August to try to assassinate the chief of Saudi Arabia's counterterror police.
Republican Congressman Pete Hoekstra of Michigan, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, has said he believes there is a connection between AbdulMutallab, who is accused of trying to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner on Christmas Day, and the American-born cleric.
Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, the man accused of trying to blow up a U.S. airliner bound for Detroit, Michigan, had a one-way ticket from Accra, Ghana, to Lagos, Nigeria, and a round-trip ticket for his trip from Lagos to the Netherlands and then to Detroit, according to the Nigerian Aviation Authority.
Faced with the restiveness in his own ranks, Mr. Obama in his press conference Tuesday said he made the deal because he was faced with a stark choice: Give Republicans what he called their "holy grail" the income tax cuts for the wealthy or risk a major economic blow to the U.S. economy and to "real people" with real economic struggles.
The greenback is likely to see more selling pressure in the near term amid better economic data coming out of the European Union at the same time weak data comes out of the U.S. There are now notions the European Central Bank will raise interest rates soon, which would be another bearish blow to the U.S. dollar index and boost for the Euro currency.
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In a blow to both the Wii U and those who own it, the company announced that they were delaying the release of the highly anticipated Rayman Legends for the system in order for the game to be simultaneously released on the PS3 and Xbox 360 as well.
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This exclusion would blow a huge hole in the U.S. estate tax but for one thing: Taxpayers are reluctant to make these gifts.
Another one, Majid Khan - this is a Pakistani who lived for several years in the U.S. as recently as 2002, and he was allegedly working with Khalid Sheik Mohammed on a plot to blow up gas stations in the U.S. Abu Zubaydah we mentioned at the top, al-Qaida facilitator.
Mr. FIELD: You know, this is the interesting question. 9-11 obviously was a body blow to the airlines and to the U.S. economy.
First, it would reduce the potential for damaging political blow-back which would almost certainly attend any U.S. effort to lead a bail-out of the new Union with American taxpayer funds.
The recent foiled attempt of a London-based terrorist group to blow up a dozen planes on their way to the U.S. reminds us of the seriousness of the threats.
India, Pakistan and Iran will sign a deal this month to build a natural gas pipeline to help feed the subcontinent's desperate need for energy, a major blow to American sanctions against Tehran and a defeat for U.S. influence in South Asia.
It's that they won't -- and that the resulting backlash when things inevitably go wrong will deal the U.S. power surge a far more severe blow.
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