The fact that the young Nigerian who tried to blow up an American aircraft over Detroit on Christmas Day had started his venture in Yemen sharpens the West’s dilemma.

一名年轻的尼日利亚人之前在也门就开始了冒险之旅，圣诞节那天，他企图炸毁底特律一架美国飞机，这使得西方更加左右为难。

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Yemen was back in the headlines a year ago, after the Christmas Day bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, tried to blow up a U.S.-bound passenger jet after training in Yemen.

圣诞节爆炸案后一年，也门回到了报纸的头版头条，在也门训练后，阿卜杜勒·穆塔拉布(Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab)试图炸毁一架前往美国的客机。

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On Saturday,President Obama said an al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen apparently trained and equipped the Nigerian man accused in the failed Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight.

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But the United States has independent intelligence verifying that AbdulMutallab met with al-Awlaki somewhere in southern Yemen before the Christmas Day bombing attempt, according to a U.S. security official with knowledge of the intelligence.

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