U.S. Born Terror Boss Anwar al-Awlaki killed

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[nuconvert]

Terror mastermind and senior Al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki is dead a senior U.S. official confirms.

Al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born Islamic militant cleric who became a prominent figure in Al-Qaeda's most active branch, using his fluent English and Internet savvy to draw recruits to carry out attacks in the United States, was killed Friday in the mountains of Yemen, American and Yemeni officials said.

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Yemeni security officials and local tribal leaders said al-Awlaki was killed in an air strike on his convoy that they believed was carried out by the Americans. They said pilotless drones had been seen over the area in previous days

[elpadre]

my recollection is that there was a time when a person being naturalized was required to renounce their prior citizenship. And that is the way it ought to be.

[Jonah Vark]

Al Qaeda Boss Killed in Yemen

URGENT: Senior U.S. official confirms report from Yemen that the U.S. born Al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed in Yemen along with several other suspected Al Qaeda operatives.

http://video.foxnews.com/#/v/1191500416001/al-qaeda-boss-killed-in-yemen/?playlist_id=87485

[mc5cents]

And isn’t ironic that he was born in Las Cruces NM, named for the 3 crosses on Mt. Calvary and he goes on to be a leader in a religion that preaches death and destruction and is the exact opposite of what those symbols represent.

[AliVeritas]

Oh great, another Fulbright scholar.

Um, he attended Azal Modern?; I’d hate to see what would’ve happened had he attended Azal Medieval. /s

[AliVeritas]

Exactly. That’s also why allegiance is important.

[piasa]

His parents are supposedly Yemeni but I haven't seen where anyone has bothered to interview them. Apparently they had him while attending University in the USA but curiously they seem to be missing these days, perhaps back in Yemen?

Funny thing is, for an "American born" guy there was an early report that he apparently had a visa from another country that indicates he arrived here at the time Iraq invaded and occupied Kuwait, starting the Gulf War. The current press view is that the visa was fake and he just used it to get college preferences.

Interesting that his questionable heritage goes back to that time because the same could be said of Ramzi Yousef's identity.

[piasa]

2001 : (NPR REFERS TO AULAQI AS “A MODERATE”) NPR 2001, “Awlaki is a moderate”
Mara Liasson reporting. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1132470
15 posted on Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:16:45 PM by TornadoAlley3 | To 1 |

[Mercat]

What is the history of duel citizenship? Has it always been possible? I seem to remember that my nephews, who were born in Peru to my husband’s sister, a US citizen, had to choose which country to be a citizen of when they registered at age 18. Does anyone register anymore? They are now in their early 40s.

[piasa]

The claim that he was American born comes from a guy named Ray Fournier, described as a "former diplomatic security agent." Fournier says he hasen part of a task force [whose task force isn't said working in San Diego on the case of two hijackers who arrived there from Malaysia in January 200.] He says Aulaqi was born in Las Cruces New Mexico in 1971. Awlaki himself claimed to be foreign born when signing up for studies at Colorado State University and received some $20,000 in scholarship money from the US government under a program for foreigners.

The hijackers Aulaqi met with in San Diego were the two who had been met in Malaysia by the Iraqi agent Hikmat Shakir and who attended the terrorist summit held there which was planning the bombing of the USS Cole.

[piasa]

Via Cindy on another thread:

SNIPPET: “Paul Rockwood of King Salmon, Alaska and Zachary Adam Chesser of Fairfax, Virginia, could not have been more different—they lived on opposite sides of the United States and were of different generations, but they shared a common thread—they had both been radicalized by Anwar al-Awlaki. And now they are in the custody of federal authorities for ties to international terrorism.”
-—“Prosecutions Show Awlaki’s Continuing Influence in the United States” IPT News
July 21, 2010

[Ax]

I have a vision of these guys’ souls thinking they were headed for paradise but instead being herded on to the downward elevator. When the exit, they head straight for satan’s orderly room to get their assignments for the next trillion years.

[DeaconRed]

"We should all have a BBQ party and drink lots of beer!"

BAR-BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
You twisted my arm and talked me into it.
Having a BUD right now. . . . .

[SMARTY]

Great!! Mark your calendar and make it an annual celebration!!

[nuconvert]

I don’t know the history. However, in al Awlaki’s case, he was born here & his mother was an American citizen.

I’m wondering if his citizenship was stripped before they ordered the kill on him.

[stevie_d_64]

Not only is that Hell...

That is Hell on Earth...

[rdb3]

So...I cautiously submit that 0bama ordered the killing of a US Citizen without Right to a trial. This could be the start of a dangerous precedent.

Essentially we didn't even give this guy the very thing the progressives demand for the combatants at Gitmo.

We often write here on FR...I may disagree with what you say, but I'll fight for your Right to say it.

Under our current law this citizen had certain Rights. 0bama again crossed borders into a country we're not engaged with to carry out the assination. Recall all the lies told about the killing of Osama.

You raise an excellent point.

And there's no need to be "cautious". Øbama has indeed set a very dangerous precedent with this.

Shout it from the rooftops!

If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.

Or you can get raw with these strings. Either way, the violin is sweet yet lethal.

Do it!

[rdb3]

I seem to remember that my nephews, who were born in Peru to my husband’s sister, a US citizen, had to choose which country to be a citizen of when they registered at age 18. Does anyone register anymore? They are now in their early 40s.

Sounds like my sister-in-law who is from Brazil. Their first daughter was born there (my brother worked down there), but their other three kids were born here.

Guess I have a UN-type of family!

If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.

Or you can get raw with these strings. Either way, the violin is sweet yet lethal.

Do it!

[DeaconRed]

"Great!! Mark your calendar and make it an annual celebration!!"

You're ON. . . . . . . . . . .