Yemen

The Obama administration approved the targeted killing of Anwar al Awlaki, the mufti for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Awlaki is a US citizen and is believed to be hiding in Yemen. He has encouraged Muslims to conduct attacks in the US.

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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