Faisal Shahzad 'Inspired' By Former GWU Graduate Students

Faisal Shahzad 'Inspired' By Former GWU Graduate Students

The Pakistani-American man suspected of attempting to bomb Times Square earlier this month recently told investigators he was inspired by a former GW graduate student who has been linked with several militant attacks.

The former student, Anwar Al-Awlaki, attended GW as a part-time doctoral of education candidate and worked as an assistant to a Muslim chaplain on campus in 2001. Al-Awlaki, who has been linked to the 9/11 attacks, the Fort Hood shooting and the aborted Christmas day Northwest Airlines bombing, became the first American on the CIA's authorized kill list.

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