Posted on 07/16/2010 4:09:47 PM PDT by Cindy
NOTE The following text is a quote:
July 16, 2010 TG-779
Treasury Designates Anwar Al-Aulaqi, Key Leader of Al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula
Treasury Targets al-Qa'ida Leader with Ties to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated Anwar al-Aulaqi, a key leader for al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a Yemen-based terrorist group. Aulaqi was designated pursuant to Executive Order 13224 for supporting acts of terrorism and for acting for or on behalf of AQAP. Since its inception in January 2009, AQAP has claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks against Saudi, Korean, Yemeni and U.S. targets. Executive Order 13224 freezes any assets Aulaqi has under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibits U.S. persons from engaging in any transactions with him.
"Anwar al-Aulaqi has proven that he is extraordinarily dangerous, committed to carrying out deadly attacks on Americans and others worldwide," said Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey. "He has involved himself in every aspect of the supply chain of terrorism -- fundraising for terrorist groups, recruiting and training operatives, and planning and ordering attacks on innocents."
Aulaqi has pledged an oath of loyalty to AQAP emir, Nasir al-Wahishi, and plays a major role in setting the strategic direction for AQAP. Aulaqi has also recruited individuals to join AQAP, facilitated training at camps in Yemen in support of acts of terrorism, and helped focus AQAP's attention on planning attacks on U.S. interests.
Since late 2009, Aulaqi has taken on an increasingly operational role in the group, including preparing Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who attempted to detonate an explosive device aboard a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day 2009, for his operation. In November 2009, while in Yemen, Abdulmutallab swore allegiance to the emir of AQAP and shortly thereafter received instructions from Aulaqi to detonate an explosive device aboard a U.S. airplane over U.S. airspace. After receiving this direction from Aulaqi, Abdulmutallab obtained the explosive device he used in the attempted Christmas Day attack.
Aulaqi was imprisoned in Yemen in 2006 on charges of kidnapping for ransom and being involved in an al-Qa'ida plot to kidnap a U.S. official but was released from jail in December 2007 and subsequently went into hiding in Yemen.
"Aulaqi has sought to encourage his supporters to provide money for terrorist causes. Those who provide material support to Aulaqi or AQAP violate sanctions and expose themselves to serious consequences," continued Levey.
Today's action supports the international effort to degrade AQAP's capabilities to execute violent attacks and to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat its financial and support networks. The U.S. Government will continue to work with allies to identify and take action against persons acting for or on behalf of, or providing financial and other prohibited support to, Aulaqi and AQAP.
Identifying Information
Individual: Anwar al-Aulaqi AKA: Anwar al-Awlaki AKA: Anwar al-Awlaqi AKA: Anwar Nasser Aulaqi AKA: Anwar Nasser Abdulla Aulaqi AKA: Anwar Nasswer Aulaqi DOB: April 21, 1971 Alternate DOB: April 22, 1971 POB: Las Cruces, New Mexico Citizenship: United States Citizenship: Yemen Location: Shabwah Governorate, Yemen
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TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "JIHADISTS PLANNED TO ATTACK LUTON TA BASE USING REMOTE CONTROLLED CAR PACKED WITH EXPLOSIVES Four British jihadists planned to bomb a Territorial Army base by driving a remote controlled car packed with explosives under its gate" by Tom Whitehead (SNIPPET: "The al-Qaeda inspired terror cell, from Luton, also discussed attacking MI5, buying guns or driving a 4X4 car into crowded places, Woolwich Crown Court heard. Ringleader Zahid Iqbal, 31, helped organise for Jihadists to travel to Pakistan for extremism training overseas through an al-Qaeda contact he had there known as "Modern Sleeve". But the cell decided to plan an attack in the UK after Iqbal lost contact with his secret contact in Spring 2011, Max Hill QC prosecuting, said.") (April 15, 2013 3:00 pm BST) (Read More…)
TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "MEN APPLEARED IN COURT CHARGED WITH PLOTTING TO ATTACK TERRITORIAL ARMY WITH MODEL CAR" by Duncan Gardham (SNIPPET: "Zahid Iqbal, 30, Mohammed Sharfaraz Ahmed, 24, Syed Hussain, 21, and Umar Arshad, 23, are accused of preparing acts of terrorism and possessing documents useful for terrorism." SNIPPET: "The men had allegedly downloaded six issues of the al-Qaeda magazine Inspire which included the recipe, "How to Make a bomb in the kitchen of your Mom" by the al-Qaeda Chef, described as "practical instructions on how to make a viable improvised explosive device." Other documents found in their possession included 44 Ways to Support Jihad by the former al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki, while two of them had a document called 21 Techniques of Silent Killing and a third man had a copy of the Explosives Course 2.") (April 30, 2012 7:08 pm BST) (Read More…)
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“U.S. Admits for First Time Drones Killed 4 Americans”
New York Times ^ | May 22, 2013 | Charles Savage
Posted on May 22, 2013 3:03:21 PM PDT by lbryce
Background regarding a dead jihadi:
Document - Link - Copy:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/149699460/1488-05312013
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“FBI trailed Al-Awlaki to hookers, NPR, Bertucci’s”
By JOSH GERSTEIN | 7/2/13 2:04 PM EDT
SNIPPET: “The heavily-redacted records, released under the Freedom of Information Act, show that the investigation underway in 2001 related to Al Qaeda and its leader Osama bin Laden.”
SNIPPET: “The documents also allege that Al-Awlaki paid prostitutes for their services on at least seven occasions in later 2001 and early 2002, frequenting high-end escorts who charged several hundred dollars. One prostitute commented to the FBI that “she thought to herself that he looked like Osama bin Laden.”
Al-Awlaki’s use of prostitutes isn’t much of a shock. It’s been known for years that in 1996 and 1997 he was charged with soliciting prostitution. It appears from the documents that prosecutors were considering bringing a federal case against him for interstate travel relating to prostitution. Al-Awlaki left the U.S. for England later in 2002 and moved to Yemen in 2004.”
Re a now dead jihadi...
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2013/09/12/surveillance-log-cover-sheet-020402/
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“FBI tracked radical American cleric to Defense Dept. lunch, documents show”
By Catherine Herridge, Pamela Browne
Published September 12, 2013
FoxNews.com
SNIPPET: “The FBI’s elite surveillance unit tracked the radical American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki to the Pentagon entrance for his controversial luncheon speech to senior Defense Department officials on February 5, 2002, according to newly declassified documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.”
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