Report: Officials Thought They Might Kill Anwar Al-Awlaki On Anniversary Of 9/11

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by Alex Alvarez | 9:12 am, September 30th, 2011

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At 5:15 a.m. ET, ABC News reported that the Yemeni government has confirmed that American-born Al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed in Yemen. A missile had hit him approximately five miles from the town of Khashef, about 87 miles east of the capital city of Sana’a. Al-Awlaki had been called “the most significant threat to U.S. homeland security” following the death of Osama bin Laden for his ties to the 9/11 terrorist attack, the Ft. Hood shooting, the failed bombing in Times Square, and more.

Further ABC News reports from White House correspondent Jake Tapper reveal that there had been a “flurry of activity” on the tenth anniversary of 9/11. Writes Tapper:

As President Obama shuttled between Shanksville, Penn., New York, NY, and the Pentagon, officials “thought they had a good opportunity to hit him,” the official says. “We waited, but it never materialized.”

A senior White House official says Awlaki was “very operational, every day he was plotting, he had very unique skills, and it’s good to get him in Yemen where AQAP” – al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula – “is planting the flag.”

Al-Awlaki had been born in New Mexico, educated in Colorado and overseen mosques in California and Virginia. He had been an instrumental part of the Al Qaeda terrorist network — and a particular threat to the U.S. — for his ability to recruit and indoctrinate recruits using American vernacular.

Watch this morning’s breaking news report, courtesy of ABC News:

h/t ABCNews.com

Al Qaeda, Anwar al-Awlaki, Terrorism, Yemen

Latin2

You would be surprised how many videos this guy has on Youtube, an American company. I did a quick search in Google trying to see more info about what happened and came up with HUNDREDS of videos on his on youtube.

Youtube is promoting this terrorist.
The Real Royal Emperor

Al-Awlaki dead. A great day for America, and a terrible day for the Teapublicans. How sad they all are. Congratulations to our military, our intelligence services, the Administration and President Obama. Another stunning victory in the War on Terrorism.
The Real Royal Emperor

And, in the Gretchen O’Van Karlsen twittery post above, the angst over the War on Terror successes is obvious.
TruDat

I love it when the loony lefties pretend they respect our military.
Michelle

Ah another lib cheering the death of someone after chastising Republicans for advocating the death penalty for convicted killers. The logic of libs.
Michelle

I think our brave men and woman are brighter than John Kerry gives them credit for.
http://www.storminsmorningjava.blogspot.com/ stormin1961

exactly! the Emperor’s ACLU has just condemned the killing as a violation of US and International law.
Michelle

Will Media Remember Praising Al Awlaki the ‘Moderate?’
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-philbin/2011/09/30/will-media-remember-praising-al-awlaki-moderate#ixzz1ZS9aZ879
Anonymous

Why is Obama killing peaceful Muslims without even a trial?

Talk about a primitive man.
Anonymous

Pff, you don’t know what you’re talking about! Now where are those CIA interrogators liberals need to charge and execute?!
Anonymous

Poor thing. Don’t ya know according to the Obama admin., there is no such thing as terrorism?
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

Can we bomb Keith Olbermann without trail when one of his followers goes on a shooting spree?
Anonymous

Congratulations to the president for keeping his eye on the heads of the serpent and doing what Baby boy Bush didn’t! The president is an effective leader as he ordered and authorized the taking out of Osama Bin Ladin, Atiyah abd al-Rahman and Anwar al-Awlaki and Moammar Khaddafy on the run! There have been two or three other high targets taken out in the past! This is effective leadership as he never took his eyes of the target for thirty-two months! Baby boy Bush was in office eight years and didn’t accomplish what president Obama has done in just thirty-two months!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Swom-Smith/100002004503875 Swom Smith

Al-Qaeda Trainer Anwar Al Awlaki and Al-Qaeda Magazine Editor Samir Kahn Dead Photo,video leaked

http://tinyurl.com/Anwar-Al-Awlaki-Dead-Photos