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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian who tried to detonate his underpants in a flight over Detroit on Christmas Day 2009, pled guilty to all charges and called the bomb a “blessed weapon.” Abdulmutallab admittedly worked for al Qaeda, and had been instructed by Anwar al-Awlaki to set off the bomb over US airspace to maximize casualties.
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Airline attacker: Underwear bomb ‘blessed weapon’
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Would-be underwear bomber sought martyrdom: prosecutor
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula confirmed that Anwar al Awlaki and Samir Khan were killed in a Predator airstrike in southern Yemen late last month. AQAP assailed the US for violating its own laws and principles by assassinating the two US citizens.
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AQAP confirms Anwar al Awlaki killed in US drone strike
In a statement released online, AQAP has confirmed that Anwar al Awlaki was killed in a US airstrike late last month. AQAP references the debate in the US over the legality of killing Awlaki, who was an American citizen.
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Anwar al Awlaki sheltered in the homes of three senior Islah Party members in southern Yemen before he was killed in a US Predator airstrike. One of the homes is owned by Abdul Majeed al Zindani.
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Somalia
Al-Shabaab – A Looming Threat
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Anwar al Awlaki sheltered in homes of senior Islah party members
One of the homes belongs to Abdul Majeed al Zindani, who is wanted by the US for serving as Osama bin Laden’s spiritual leader and legal adviser.
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
US Predators killed five al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Abyan province. The parents of AQAP propagandist Samir Khan are “appalled” the US killed their son, and described him as a “law-abiding” US citizen.
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US Predators kill 5 AQAP fighters in southern Yemen
The US is known to have carried out nine airstrikes in Yemen this year. The campaign is focusing on AQAP operatives who pose a direct threat to the US.
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Abdulmutallab trial starts with a bang
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the failed underwear bomber, shouted “Anwar is alive,” referring to his mentor, Anwar al Awlaki.
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Unnamed members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and tribal officials have claimed that Anwar al Awlaki was not killed in the Sept. 30 Predator strike in Al Jawf. The AQAP members claimed that proof would soon be released.
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Al Qaeda
Report: Al-Qaida’s Yemen chiefs still menace US
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AQAP’s senior bomb maker Asiri not killed in strike that killed Awlaki
A Yemeni official told The Long War Journal that Ibrahim Hassan Tali al Asiri is alive, but named two other al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters killed in the strike.
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
In Yemen, One Islamist Dead, Many More in Arms
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Al Qaeda
Yemeni al-Qaeda took a blow but remains a threat to US
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
How America finally caught up with Anwar al-Awlaki
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Terror alert raised after US kills al Qaeda cleric
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula bomb maker Ibrahim Hassan Tali al Asiri is also thought to have been killed in yesterday’s Predator strike that killed Anwar al Awlaki and Samir Khan. AQAP has yet to confirmed that Asiri, Awlaki, and Khan have been killed.
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Secret US memo sanctioned killing of Aulaqi
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AQAP bomb maker Asiri thought killed in Yemen Predator strike
Ibrahim Hassan Tali al Asiri is considered to be al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s top bomb maker.
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Al Qaeda
Anwar Awlaki took winding path to become ‘Pied Piper of jihadists’
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Awlaqi is first hit for new drone base
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Relief, anger at mosque where al-Awlaki preached
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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.
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Yemeni jihadi claims Anwar al Awlaki, Samir Khar killed in airstrike
“We consider him as a martyr and we ask mercy,” the jihadist stated about Awlaki in a post on an al Qaeda-linked forum.
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
With al-Awlaki dead, it’s apparent Obama’s covert campaign knows no boundaries
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Anwar al-Awlaki killed in Yemen – live coverage
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Officials: US-born al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki killed
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
CIA drone kills US-born al Qaeda cleric in Yemen
