Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

US-born al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula cleric Anwar al Awlaki is not on an assassination list even though he “has declared war” on the US, said CIA Director Leon Panetta. “Everything he’s doing now is to try to encourage others to attack this country,” Panetta said.

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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