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Friday, September 30, 2011
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> Washington ( CNN) – The killing of terrorist suspects Friday Imam Anwar al-Awlaki and computer expert Samir Khan attacks could trigger retaliation against the United States, according to the FBI and the Department of Public Safety.
agencies issued a joint newsletter for information, said Friday that fans might try to portray al-Awlaki as a martyr in an alleged U.S. war against Islam. It is said that the death “could provide the motivation to attack the homeland “from” violent extremists national “, the type of the two men allegedly attempted to recruit and inspire. The report came less than a day after U.S. officials and Yemen announced that al-Awlaki – an American whose command of English and technology make him a terrorist recruiter -. was killed in an attack by U.S. drones in Yemen“It was a joint U.S. military intelligence operation,” said one U.S. official, adding that the U.S. military’s goal helped al -Awlaki, U.S. military aircraft and unmanned flying willing to offer help. The buzz has been operated by the CIA, officials said.
The strike also killed Khan, an American and two others who were in the same vehicle as al-Awlaki, said another U.S. official was informed by the CIA. Khan specializes in computer programming and produced Al-Qaida terrorist English-language magazine online, Inspire. The CIA and the Joint Special Operations Command had al-Awlaki under surveillance for at least two weeks, but waiting for a chance to kill him without causing civilian casualties or damage, said a government official. CIA and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) personnel and assets, including aircraft, is used to monitor and evaluate how the objective. JSOC, which controls the U.S. clandestine military units, “played a key role in the development of information policy.” The source said the U.S. Marine Corps Harrier jets flew firepower to serve as a backup if necessary. JSOC units of troops waiting to embark V-22 helicopters in the region to rescue downed pilots and potential to conduct ground operations as necessary. But the artillery used came from the drone, the official said. He also said that the mission, codenamed Operation Troy, was similar in May that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in which he was directed by the CIA, in close coordination with JSOC. United States Barack Obama, the president called the death of al-Awlaki is a “severe blow” to Al Qaeda, still reeling from the killing and capture of several leaders of this year, especially bin Laden . id = “expand110″> cnn_strylftcexpbx “class =” cnn_strylftcntnt
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” Their ideology of hatred and attacks against innocent civilians was rejected by the vast majority of Muslims and people of all religions and met his death because the government and people of Yemen have joined the international community in a common effort against Al Qaeda, ” Obama said.
He said Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, remains a dangerous organization, but weakened. “Working with Yemen and our allies and partners, to determine, to be deliberate, we relentless, we are unwavering in our commitment to destroy the terrorist networks that seek to kill Americans, “said Obama. A Yemeni government official told CNN that the killing was the result of a” success the exchange of intelligence operation “between Yemen and the United States. The official requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. ” This country is much safer due to the loss of Awlaki “said Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta, told reporters in Washington.” As the operational elements, I will not speak except to say that we have worked with the Yemenis for long period of time to aim Awlaki. “ Quotingkill bin Laden in May, Panetta added,” It was a bad year for terrorists. “He said he congratulated Yemeni authorities “in their efforts, their support for the intelligence, operational assistance for this task.” The efforts of the United States and Yemen in search of al-Awlaki “It was something that meant an enormous amount of cooperation between the United States and Yemen, and today it paid off, “he said.
The United States believes al-Awlaki, the public face of the AQAP, as a terrorist who posed a threat to American national security. Western intelligence officials said they believe al-Awlaki was an important leader of AQAP, one of the busiest branches in the world of Al Qaeda. He has been associated with the attempt to blow up a plane over Detroit in December 2009 and a cargo plane plot last year. id = “expand116″> cnn_strylftcexpbx “class =” cnn_strylftcntnt
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” Anwar al-Awlaki not need subtitles to indoctrinate ” Sajjan Gohel said the Asia-Pacific Foundation, which he describes the death of al-Awlaki is significant. “We speak English, he understood how the impact of the Muslim diaspora in the West.”
href = “http://ping.fm/J2YoL> Profile: Al-Awlaki including WestAl -Awlaki was killed at about 8 kilometers (5 miles) from the Khashef Yemeni city of the capital, Sanaa, said Mohamed Bacha, a spokesman for Yemen’s embassy in Washington. He said that the operation began at 9:55
The representative of the Yemeni government intelligence had recently found Yemeni al-Awlaki hiding in a house Khashef Jawf province, which borders Saudi Arabia.
tribe in the neighboring province of Marib, told CNN that he had witnessed an attack on Friday and five people killed were burned beyond recognition, raising questions about how the body had been Al-Awlaki identified. The tribe also said that security officers were not present on the site.
A relative of al-Awlaki said Friday that the cleric is not dead. The Last year, the father of Al-Awlaki has filed a lawsuit against Obama, then CIA Director Panetta and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, to prevent the U.S. government. purpose of attempting to murder his son. The district judge dismissed the case in December, leaving open the question of whether the government has the right to kill Americans abroad without a trial. The American Civil Liberties Union, said Friday that the murder was part of a program against American-terrorism “violates both U.S. and international law. “This is a program under which U.S. citizens, far from any battlefield can be executed by their own government without judicial process,” said ACLU Associate Legal Director Jameel Jaffer. However, the representativeCA Dutch Ruppersberg, Maryland Democrat, said al-Awlaki was in a “special list” of individuals who attempt to attack the United States that is approved by the National Security Council and the President. For those who are legal and legitimate, Ruppersberg said, the most senior of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Intelligence, who was in Yemen two months ago.
He called the collateral damage of the death of Khan ” . It is in the vehicle “
Al-Awlaki was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and lived in the United States until the age of 7 when his family returned to Yemen. It returned to the United States College in 1991 and remained until 2002.
It was at this time that, like a magnet in California and Virginia, al-Awlaki preached and interacted with three men who have become September 11, 2001, the hijackers, according to the report of the Commission 9.11. publicly condemned the attack later.
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In 2006 and 2007, al-Awlaki has spent 18 months on Yemeni prison charges of kidnapping, but was released without trial. Al-Awlaki said he was imprisoned and held at the request of the United States.
U.S. officials say al-Awlaki helped recruit Omar Faruk Abdulmutallab , Nigeria known as the underwear bomber, who was accused of trying to blow up a transatlantic flight when it landed at Detroit December 25, 2009.
religious militant also is said to have exchanged e-mails with the Fort Hood shooter indicted Major Nidal Hasan, who is accused of killing a dozen of his fellow soldiers and a civilian on a rampage in the post of the army of Texas.
“If you put it in perspective, the death of bin Laden had global ramifications for the transnational terrorist movement,” Gohel said. “The death of Anwar al-Awlaki has implications for equality lone wolf against terrorism.”
This is because al-Awlaki was to express and understand the Western mentality, Gohel said. He knew his way around the internet and was expert at indoctrinating impressionable youth. href = “http://ping.fm/XyKvq> Al-Awlaki: The Bin Laden of the InternetEarlier this year, a Yemeni court convicted al-Awlaki in absentia to 10 years in prison on charges of incitement to kill foreigners.
Prosecutors accused al-Awlaki??and two with “forming an armed gang.” targeting of foreign officials and law enforcement
At a hearing in Congress this year, Michael Leiter, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said: “In fact, considers Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, with al-Awlaki as a leader within this organization, as probably the greatest threat to the United States “
According to IntelCenter, which monitors jihadist propaganda, Nasir al-Wuhayshi, which is responsible for the expansion is AQAP focus on U.S. attacks, was in charge of the group and attempts to carry out attacks expected. In support of this goal, al-Awlaki was due to the release of an article in an upcoming issue of the Journal of AQAP Inspire the justifications for attacking civilians. West Group has announced the next article – “for people in the war with the Muslims.” – this week, but not published in its latest editionAl-Awlaki barely survived an attack by U.S. drones in May, after changing cars with a jihad compatriots, a security official told CNN.
Lawyers for the father of-Awlaki, Dr. Nasser al-Awlaki, a tried to persuade the US District Judge John Bates in Washington to issue an injunction preventing the last year, the U.S. government to attempt to kill al-Awlaki in Yemen.
Bates dismissed the case in December, ruling that Nasser al-Awlaki had no right to sue.
At a November hearing, counsel for the U.S. government. UU. refused to confirm that the cleric was a secret “kill list”, or such a list existed.
Last year, YouTube removed a series of video clips of al-Awlaki has incited violence.
Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, called the death of al-Awlaki is a “great success” in the fight against Al Qaeda.
“For years, al-Awlaki was more dangerous than Osama bin Laden was” a New York Republican said. “The assassination of al-Awlaki is a tribute to Obama huge and men and women of our intelligence community.
“Even now, so vital, we must remain as vigilant as ever, knowing that more Islamic terrorists who will gladly step forward for the rebirth of this deadly dangerous.” death of Al-Awlaki is the latest in a series of losses of Al Qaeda. According to Michael Vickers, assistant secretary of defense for intelligence, eight of the 20 top leaders of the network have been killed this year. He referred to the death of bin Laden in May, the death of al-Qaeda second in command Atiya Abdul Rahman in August, and catch this month in Pakistan Younis Mauritania, a senior planner of operations. Current only Al-Qaeda Ayman al-Zawahiri, is still active among them were among the nine terrorists at the time of the attacks of 9 / 11 against the U.S. in 2001. But Al Qaeda is far from dead, says Vickers, and remains a dangerous threat to the United States. “maintains a worldwide force in the thousands as. It has expanded its scope through the affiliated organizations” in general, but specifically targeted Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, who says he increased its area of ??operation in Yemen. A statement from the Dar Al Hijra Islamic Center in Falls Church, Va., said al-Awlaki is a peaceful man, while he was there and became a militant only after the Imam’s return to Yemen. The statement condemned for their adherence to violence. “Al-Awlaki not to disseminate hate speech on the Internet for young Muslims involved in causing violence against Americans, “the statement said. However, the center also rejected what he called “the use of extra-judicial executions of every human being, especially an American citizen.” “We reiterate our commitment to the procedure by law and justice and fear that the suspected drone attack sends the wrong message to law-abiding people throughout the world, “he said.Mohammed Jamjoom CNN Barbara Starr, Lesa Jansen and journalist Diane Ruggiero Almasmari Hakim contributed to this report
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