30 Sept 2011

American-born al-Qaeda cleric Awlaki killed

Yemeni forces have killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born Muslim preacher linked to al-Qaeda’s Yemen-based wing, and several of his followers, the Defense Ministry said on Friday.

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“The terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed along with some of his companions,” it said in a statement sent by text message to journalists. The ministry did not elaborate on the circumstances of Awlaki’s death in a statement released to the media.

Al Arabiya

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