Anwar al-Awlaki - Wikipedia
WEBAnwar Nasser Abdulla al-Awlaki ( Arabic: أنور العولقي, romanized : Anwar al-'Awlaqī; April 21 or 22, 1971 – September 30, 2011) was an American-Yemeni Islamic scholar, lecturer, and jihadist who was killed in 2011 in Yemen by a U.S. government drone strike ordered by President Barack Obama.
Anwar al-Awlaki: What We Learned from His Killing
WEBOct 3, 2011 · Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born cleric with ties to al Qaeda's Yemen affiliate, gives a sermon in an undisclosed location in October 2008. After covert military...
Ten Years after the al-Awlaki Killing: A Reckoning for the United ...
WEBSep 27, 2021 · On September 30, 2011, a hunting party of US drones found its quarry while flying over the desert in Yemen. They fired Hellfire missiles at the vehicle carrying Anwar al-Awlaki, a New Mexico–born, firebrand cleric, whom the Barack Obama administration accused of being an operational leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian …
Anwar al-Awlaki | American Cleric & Al-Qaeda Leader | Britannica
WEBMay 7, 2024 · Anwar al-Awlaki was an American Islamic preacher and al-Qaeda terrorist killed by a controversial U.S. drone attack. One of the United States’ most-wanted terrorists, Awlaki was directly linked to multiple terrorism plots in the United States and United Kingdom, including an attempt in December.
Justice Department Memo Approving Targeted Killing of Anwar Al-Awlaki ...
WEBFeb 10, 2022 · Following Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, the Obama administration released a 2010 Justice Department memo signing off on killing Anwar Al-Awlaki, an American citizen, without a trial.
The Lessons of Anwar al-Awlaki - The New York Times
WEBAug 27, 2015 · ‘‘Anwar al-Awlaki, a leader of the Al Qaeda affiliate in Yemen — gone,’’ Obama said to applause. The government has a portentous euphemism — ‘‘removed from the battlefield’’ — for the targeted...
Obituary: Anwar al-Awlaki - BBC News
WEBSep 30, 2011 · Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical American Muslim cleric of Yemeni descent, was linked to a series of attacks and plots across the world - from 11 September 2001 to the shootings at Fort Hood in...
Targeting Anwar al-Awlaki Was Legal, Justice Department Said
WEBJun 24, 2014 · Intelligence officials had concluded that Mr. Awlaki was an operational terrorist leader who had gone overseas, become part of Al Qaeda or an associated force, and was “engaged in continual...
Anwar al-Awlaki obituary | Anwar al-Awlaki | The Guardian
WEBOct 2, 2011 · Anwar al-Awlaki, who has been killed at the age of 40 by missiles fired from an American unmanned drone in Yemen, was an effective propagandist for radical Islam and a key figure in the...
Who was Anwar al-Awlaki? - CBS News
WEBSep 30, 2011 · Multiple U.S. sources have confirmed that American-born jihadist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is dead, killed in a drone strike in Yemen that comes just months after the death of Osama bin Laden.
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