Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

US and Yemeni officials said that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leaders Anwar al Awlaki and Samir Khan, both US citizens, were killed in a Predator strike in Al Jawf province. Five other AQAP operatives are also said to have been killed.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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