Anwar Al Awlaki Died In Yemen By US Drone Attack

A U.S. military drone fired a missile within the last two days in Yemen aimed at the U.S.-born radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, but the strike did not appear to have killed him, a U.S. official told CNN on Friday.
The missile was fired at an area in southern Yemen that al-Awlaki is known to have frequented, the official said.
The official said the targeting information was not the result of information gathered from the seizure Monday of materials from Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan.
A U.S. defense official confirmed that the drone was under the control of the American military -- not the CIA.
The defense official said the strike appeared to have killed two al Qaeda operatives affiliated with al-Awlaki.
Al-Awlaki was born in New Mexico and preached at a mosque in Virginia before leaving the United States for Yemen.

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