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A May 18 report by analyst Carl Ungerer of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute called Al-Awlaki the world's main Islamic-militant security threat because he can recruit directly in English to persuade a broader, more disparate group of people to operate on their own, rather than in the centralized organization built by the late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and largely dismantled since 2001.
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Rep. Jane Harman, D-California, called Al-Awlaki, "terrorist No. 1" at an intelligence conference on Tuesday.
arabnews - frontpage 2010
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Al-Awlaki, who was born in New Mexico to Yemeni parents, had been in the U.S. cross-hairs since his killing was approved by Obama last year.
Anwar Al-Awlaki Dead: U.S.-Born Al Qaeda Cleric Killed In Yemen 2011
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Al-Awlaki has said Abdulmutallab was his "student" but said he never told him to carry out the airline attack.
Anwar Al-Awlaki Dead: U.S.-Born Al Qaeda Cleric Killed In Yemen 2011
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Al-Awlaki's death was the biggest success in the Obama administration's intensified campaign to take out al-Qaida's leadership since the May killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
Anwar Al-Awlaki Dead: U.S.-Born Al Qaeda Cleric Killed In Yemen 2011
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Al-Awlaki was placed on the CIA "kill or capture" list by the Obama administration in April 2010 – the first American to be so targeted.
Anwar Al-Awlaki Dead: U.S.-Born Al Qaeda Cleric Killed In Yemen 2011
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Al-Awlaki exchanged up to 20 emails with U.S. Maj.
Anwar Al-Awlaki Dead: U.S.-Born Al Qaeda Cleric Killed In Yemen 2011
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Al-Awlaki has said he didn't tell Hasan to carry out the shootings, but he later praised Hasan as a "hero" on his website.
Anwar Al-Awlaki Dead: U.S.-Born Al Qaeda Cleric Killed In Yemen 2011
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Al-Awlaki is thought also to have inspired the deadly 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas.
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Al-Awlaki and his comrades were moving through a desert region east of Yemen's capital near the village of Khasaf between mountain strongholds in the provinces of Jawf and Marib when the drone struck, U.S. and Yemeni officials said.
Anwar Al-Awlaki Dead: U.S.-Born Al Qaeda Cleric Killed In Yemen 2011
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