Anwar al-Awlaki
Lee Smith
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I didn’t find many in Yemen mourning [Anwar al-Awlaki's] demise – but there was concern about the death of his son. By all accounts, Abdulrahman had been living quite a normal teenage life since his father cut off contact and went into hiding in 2009.
the résumé, in detail and lengthy, of brother Anwar al-Awlaki, as well as the facts . . . relied on when recommending him.
While there are only a limited number of references to Anwar al-Awlaki in the documents, what is there suggests that bin Laden wanted to learn more about himMore quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Yemen: US drone strike kills 5 militants
Sanaa. Four militants were wounded. The officials said al-Dahab's fate was not yet known.Al-Dahab's sister was the wife of Anwar al-Awlaki , the U.S.-born radical militant cleric killed by a U.S. drone strike last fall.There was no immediate word from Washington Read more »
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Pitts: It's not OK to kill a U.S. citizen
George W. Bush for smaller excesses seem content to allow Barack Obama this larger one.No, I do not mourn the death of Anwar al-Awlaki . If anyone ever deserved to have a missile from a predator drone land in his lap, it was this New Mexico-born Muslim cleric, Read more »
Around the web
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What would Romney do about Syria?
According to recent news reports, the Romney foreign policy team is trying to figure out what the presumptive Republican candidate thinks America’s role in the world should be. He’s been clear regarding the Iranian nuclear weapons program, promising that 3:28 PM from Reuters Blogs Read more »
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How Obama Maintains His Secret 'Kill List'
MARGARET WARNER: Next, the stepped-up drone war against al-Qaida, and to Ray Suarez. RAY SUAREZ: In recent years, Yemen has emerged as the hottest front in the war against al-Qaida. Tonight's edition of "Frontline" travels to the heart of the Arabian Pen from PBS NewsHour Read more »
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How Obama Learned to Kill With Drones
Since taking office more than three years ago, President Obama has gone from “ending torture” at Guantánamo Bay to having “no qualms” about killing American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, writes Newsweek’s Daniel Klaidman. According to Klaidman’s new book, from The Daily Beast Read more »
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US drone strike kills five militants
A US drone strike aiming for an al-Qa'ida leader has killed five militants as part of a Yemeni offensive against the Islamist group, Yemeni officials said today. They said yesterday's attack targeted Qaid al-Dahab, a local leader of al-Qa'ida, in a convo from The Independent Read more »
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The right war, with al-Qaida
In the year since President Barack Obama approved a successful raid against Osama bin Laden, public opinion has been shifting. While many Westerners still celebrate the targeted killing — along with the killing several months later of Anwar Awlaki — some from Albany Times-Union Read more »
