U.S. Targets American Imam al-Awlaki
Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is a US citizen, but he's also wanted -- dead or alive -- by the U government The CIA has been given the go-ahead to target al-Awlaki, who's now in Yemen, and to capture or kill him for allegedly threatening his home country.
Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is a U.S. citizen, but he’s also wanted — dead or alive — by the U.S. government. The CIA has been given the go-ahead to target al-Awlaki, who’s now in Yemen, and to capture or kill him for allegedly threatening his home country.
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The cleric, who is a US citizen, is being targeted for his involvement in planning attacks on the US.
Mr Awlaki was linked to the attempted bombing of an airliner bound for the US and a shooting on a US Army base.
[…] It was while he was an imam in San Diego that his sermons were attended by two of the 9/11 hijackers.
He fled the US in 2007 and moved to Yemen.
US intelligence previously viewed him as a radical Islamist preacher, but officials say he is now an active recruiter for al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
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