He is responsible for radicalizing many people including those that attempted to kill or did kill Americans within our borders.
He wasn't on the Most Wanted Terrorist List thought (click here);
...White House (click here) press secretary Robert Gibbs said Sunday the U.S. was “actively” hunting for Awlaki, who “supports al-Qaeda’s agenda of murder and violence.”
“We are actively trying to find him and many others throughout the world that seek to do our country and to do our interests great harm,” he said on the CBS program “Face the Nation.”...
He was concerned an enemy to the USA. He gave comfort to the enemy. There really isn't anything to defend.
...A statement from Yemen's foreign press office (click title to entry - thank you) said the al Qaeda suspect "was targeted and killed 8 KM (about 5 miles) from the town of Khashef in the Province of Jawf, 140KM (about 80 miles) east of the Capital Sana'a."
There have been previous reports claiming al-Awlaki's death which turned out to be erroneous.
Al-Arabiya television network cited local tribal sources as saying suspected U.S. drone aircraft - which are known to operate in Yemen - fired two missiles Friday at a convoy of vehicles believed to be carrying al-Awlaki and his guards.
CBS News' Khaled Wassef reports that Al-Awlaki was reported dead following U.S. air strikes on southern Yemen in December 2009 and November 2010. He was also the target of a U.S. drone attack that killed two al Qaeda operatives in southern Yemen on May 5, 2011.
Wassef reports that al-Awlaki last appeared in a video released online in August 2010.
Yemen has risen in recent years to the top of the threat list for U.S. security officials - with AQAP seen as the most active branch of the global terror network in planning attacks against the U.S. homeland....It is a relief and a comfort to realize how successful the USA military has become in carrying out missions against the men that are heinous and notorious. It is important we are this successful. My gratitude.
