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Anwar Nasser Abdulla al-Awlaki (Arabic: أنور العولقي, romanized: Anwar al-'Awlaqī; April 21 or 22, 1971 – September 30, 2011) was an American-Yemeni lecturer and jihadist who was killed in 2011 in Yemen by a U.S. government drone strike ordered by President Barack Obama. Al-Awlaki became the first U.S. citizen to be targeted and ...
Dec 16, 2017 · Anwar al-Awlaki is a Muslim scholar of Yemeni heritage born in New Mexico. He served as an Imam in California, and later in the Washington, D.C. area where he headed the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center and was also the Muslim Chaplain at George Washington University.
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May 7, 2024 · Anwar al-Awlaki (born April 21, 1971, Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.—died September 30, 2011, Al-Jawf province, Yemen) was an American Islamic preacher and al-Qaeda terrorist killed by a controversial U.S. drone attack.
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Sep 27, 2021 · The article examines the legal and constitutional implications of the US drone strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born al-Qaeda leader in Yemen in 2011. It questions the secrecy, evidence, and precedent of the executive branch's extrajudicial killing of an American citizen.
Feb 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.
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Oct 3, 2011 · How did the U.S. government kill the al Qaeda leader in Yemen in 2011? What were the implications for counterterrorism cooperation, drone strikes, and legal justification? Read the analysis by Micah Zenko.
Oct 1, 2011 · A drone attack in Yemen kills United States-born Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki; a look at Awlaki's influence on young Muslims; and a 2007 interview with Samir Khan, who also died in Friday's...
