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Anwar Al-awlaki

U.S.-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was linked to al Qaeda in Yemen, has been killed, says the nation's Defense Ministry.

Al-Awlaki was believed to be hiding in Yemen. Western intelligence officials believe Al-Awlaki is a senior leader of al Qaeda's branch in Yemen, which claimed responsibility for the attempt to ship explosives into the United States via cargo planes late last year.

U.S. Officials say Al-Awlaki helped recruit Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, the Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a transatlantic flight as it landed in Detroit, Michigan, on December 25, 2009. The militant cleric is also said to have exchanged e-mails with accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hassan. Ref. CNN

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Aww, shucks: another terrorist leader dead

American-born terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed by American forces. The death is being universally applauded as everyone agrees this dirtbag was a terrorist - ok, almost everyone is applauding it. Ron Paul immediately came out and expressed concern that an American citizen was assassinated without trial. Does he have a point? Or did al-Awlaki seal his own fate? Ref. Source 5

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Justice Department Memo Approving Targeted Killing of Anwar Al-Awlaki:

A redacted version of a 2010 memo by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel that signed off on the effort to target Anwar Al-Awlaki, an American citizen deemed a terrorist, for killing without a trial. Ref. Source 2