 Zvinyorwa zvakawanda zvakashuma kuonana pakati paAbdulmutallab naAnwar al-Awlaki, mudzidzisi wechiMuslim akafa uye mutungamiri wezvokunamata uyo US akapomerwa semukuru weAl-Qaeda tarenda rekutsvaga uye kukurudzira. al-Awlaki, aimbova imam muUS, uyo akanga atamira kuYemen, aivawo nehukama nevatatu vevatatu, 2005 London subway mabhomba, 2006 Toronto terror cell, 2007 kuronga kurwisa Fort Dix, uye 2009 anofungidzirwa Fort Hood shooter, Nidal Malik Hasan. Muna 2006, akarambidzwa kupinda muUK; al-Awlaki akashandisa kakawanda vhidhiyo yekubatanidza hurukuro dzeveruzhinji kubva muna 2007 kusvika muna 2009. 