DETROIT, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Nigerian accused of an attempted suicide bombing of a U.S. airliner Christmas Day said online he was "lonely" and had "never found a true Muslim friend."
The postings were uncovered in a review by The Washington Post.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, was released from a Michigan hospital Sunday, officials said. He was charged with attempting to ignite an incendiary device aboard a Friday flight from the Netherlands to Detroit.
The Post said it reviewed 300 online postings under "farouk1986" -- a combination of Abdulmutallab's middle name and birth year -- that talked openly about love, marriage, his college ambitions and his inner struggle between liberalism and extremism.
In one post in January 2005, he wrote: "I have no one to speak too (sic). No one to consult, no one to support me and I feel depressed and lonely. I do not know what to do. And then I think this loneliness leads me to other problems."
The Post said he looked for friends through Facebook and Islamic chat rooms.
A U.S. government official told the newspaper late Monday intelligence officials were reviewing the postings but had not confirmed their authenticity.
