Al Jazeera interviewed Anwar al Awlaki o…

Al Jazeera interviewed Anwar al Awlaki on Feb. 2nd, during which he said Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was his student.

In an interview which the website said a Yemeni freelance journalist had held with Anwar al-Awlaki, the US-born preacher said he had been a teacher of the Nigerian suspect in the Dec 25 attempted bombing of the US-bound plane.

“The mujahid brother, Umar Farouk (Abdulmutallab) … is one of my students. Yes, and there was contact between us. But I did not issue a fatwa (religious edict) to Umar Farouk for this operation,” Awlaki was quoted as saying.