Anwar Nasser Abdulla al-Awlaki (April 21 or 22, 1971 – September 30, 2011) was an American-Yemeni Islamic scholar, 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 killed by a drone strike from the U.S. government. U.S. government officials have... Wikipedia