Tag: Al Awlaki
By Jeralyn, Section War on Terror
Posted on Thu Dec 31, 2009 at 02:27:24 PM EST
Tags: Al Awlaki, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (all tags)
Posted on Thu Dec 31, 2009 at 02:27:24 PM EST
Tags: Al Awlaki, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (all tags)
The question seems to be, has American born Muslim cleric Al Awlaki gone from inspirational to operational?
ABC News reports he confirmed by phone to a reporter today that he is alive and the Yemeni strike last week missed him and his house. The WSJ has more on Al Awlaki who is emerging as a key figure in the investigation.
The Washington Post reports Rashad Mohammed al-Alimi, Yemen's deputy prime minister for defense and security affairs, also says Al Awlaki is alive and that he may have met with Abdulmutallab at a house in Shabwa in Southern Yemen. The school he attended in August and September may have been a cover.[More...]
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