Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

American-born al Qaeda cleric Anwar al Awlaki said he is “proud” to have taught Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan and failed Christmas Day airline bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Awlaki also accused the US of establishing Awakenings, and of killing tribal members and blaming the attacks on al Qaeda.

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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