Topic: Anwar al-Awlaki

Awlaki video urges U.S. Muslims to join al Qaeda

DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S.-born al Qaeda militant Anwar al-Awlaki, killed in a CIA drone strike in September, posthumously called on U.S. Muslims to join the group in the Middle East in a video released on Tuesday.Awlaki, identified by U.S. intelligence as "chief ...

NYC police arrest "lone wolf" in bomb plot

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police arrested a 27-year-old man they called a "lone wolf" militant on charges of plotting to build bombs to kill American soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.Jose Pimentel, a follower of late Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, ...

NYC police say arrest 'lone wolf' in bomb plot

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police arrested a 27-year-old man they called a "lone wolf" militant on charges of plotting to build bombs to kill American soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.Jose Pimentel, a follower of late Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, ...

NYC police say arrest "lone wolf" in bomb plot

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police arrested a 27-year-old man they called a "lone wolf" militant on charges of plotting to build bombs to kill American soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.Jose Pimentel, a follower of late Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, ...

Two Awlaki teenage relatives killed in Yemen attack: family

SANAA (Reuters) - Two relatives of an assassinated U.S.-born militant cleric who were killed in an air strike last week in southern Yemen were teenagers out for dinner with friends when they were hit, their family said in a statement on Tuesday.Yemeni ...

Yemen al Qaeda wing confirms U.S.-born cleric dead: report

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al-Qaeda's Yemen-based wing confirmed on Monday the death of U.S.-born militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who U.S. officials said was killed 10 days ago in a CIA drone strike.Awlaki, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's (AQAP) most high-profile member, was ...

Secret panel can put Americans on "kill list'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then informs the president of its decisions, according to officials.There is no public record of the operations ...

Obama vows "no safe haven" for al Qaeda

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hailed the U.S. killing of American-born militant Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen on Friday as "another significant milestone" in efforts to defeat al Qaeda and proof that it and its allies will find no safe haven.Awlaki, identified ...
A prominent rabbi who studies the use of the Internet to recruit terrorists said Monday he doesn't expect the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan to slow the proliferation of websites catering to like-minded groups and lone wolves.Rabbi Abraham ...

British Airways worker guilty of plane terror plot

A Bangladeshi Islamic militant working for British Airways has been found guilty of plotting to blow up a plane after conspiring with radical US-Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.Rajib Karim, 31, was "committed to an extreme jihadist and religious cause" and was "determined to ...
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