US Tried to Kill al-Qaeda's Awlaki in Yemen

Drone strike yesterday missed target
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted May 6, 2011 5:05 PM CDT
US Drone Strike in Yemen Targeted al-Qaeda's Anwar al-Awlaki
Anwar al-Awlaki speaks in a video message last year.   (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group)

The US nearly had an ever bigger week against terrorism leaders: A drone strike in Yemen yesterday was meant to kill Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born cleric who has emerged as a top al-Qaeda leader, reports the Wall Street Journal. The missile did not hit its target, US and Yemeni officials tell the newspaper. Awlaki, who runs al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and Osama bin Laden deputy Ayman al-Zawahri are tops on US wanted lists. Click to read al-Qaeda's vow to revenge bin Laden's killing. (More Yemen stories.)

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