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    September 30, 2011

American al-Qaida Leader Killed in Yemen

   VOA News
   Anwar al Awlaki (File)
   Anwar al Awlaki (File)

   Yemen's Defense Ministry says radical U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki
   has been killed.
   Awlaki, who is linked to al-Qaida forces in the country, was killed
   along with several other suspected militants, ministry officials said.
   NO additional information on the circumstances of his death was
   released.
   But tribal sources and security officials say the U.S.-born cleric was
   killed early Friday in an air strike targeting an al-Qaida convoy in
   the east.
   It is not clear who carried out the raid.
   Awlaki was wanted by both the U.S. and Yemen for his suspected role in
   terrorist attacks, including the attempted bombing of a U.S. airliner
   in 2009. He is also believed to have acted as an advisor to the suspect
   in a deadly shooting spree at a U.S. military base in Texas and the
   killing of a Frenchman in Yemen last year.
   U.S. authorities had linked the cleric to the Yemen-based al-Qaida in
   the Arabian Peninsula.

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