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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 Islamic scholar, lecturer, and jihadist who was murdered in 2011 in Yemen by a U.S. government drone strike ordered by President Barack Obama.
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.
May 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.
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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.
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.
Aug 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...
