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  • "Anwar is alive," Abdulmutallab said Tuesday, referring to American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed last week by a joint CIA-U.S. military air strike in Yemen.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • "Anwar is alive," Abdulmutallab said, referring to American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed last week by a joint CIA-U.S. military air strike in Yemen.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, thirty-nine thousand nisei American-born children of Japanese immigrants in Hawaii and eighteen thousand in California were enrolled in Japanese-language schools.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • There is a renewed interest in voodoo among American-born Haitians.

    With the Voodoo Crowd Sumathi Reddy 2011

  • Authorities said he was inspired by the American-born al Qaeda preacher, Anwar al-Awlaki, and accelerated a plot to make bombs after the al-Awlaki was killed in Yemen in September.

    Suspect Plotted From Apartment Pervaiz Shallwani 2011

  • The passengers, all American-born United States citizens except for one, expressed frustration Friday in not being allowed back on the plane once the F.B.I. had cleared them.

    9 Muslims Are Pulled From Plane and Denied Re-entry; Airline Apologizes Next Day 2009

  • Thach, himself the American-born son of a woman who left South Vietnam for New York City in 1973.

    America's Forgotten Prisoners of War David Feith 2011

  • Earlier this month, the administration tracked down and killed two American-born Muslim terrorists, Anwar Awlaki and Samir Khan, by Drone attack over northern Yemen.

    Andy Ostroy: This Is the Kind of Ad the Democratic Party Needs to Get Behind Andy Ostroy 2011

  • LONDON — Barclays PLC Chief Executive Robert Diamond Jr. said the giant U.K. bank will keep London as its headquarters, but the vow from the bank's new American-born chief did little to blunt angry attacks from British lawmakers that reflected ongoing angst over bankers' compensation here.

    Barclays Chief Faces U.K. Lawmakers' Ire David Enrich 2011

  • They also were inspired by the sermons of al Qaeda's Yemen-based, American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed last year in a U.S. drone strike, according to the Associated Press.

    Four Britons Admit to London Stock Exchange Bomb Plot Gautam Naik 2012

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