Who Is Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab?

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
Mike Rimmer / AP

Young Suspect
Authorities have charged Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (seen here in his teen years) with attempting to set off an explosive device aboard Flight 253, a Northwest/Delta Airlines jet bound from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day 2009.

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