Anwar al-Awlaki, American-Yemeni terrorist (born 1971)

Anwar al-Awlaki

American-Yemeni Islamist extremist (1971–2011)

Anwar Nasser Abdulla al-Awlaki was an American-Yemeni Islamic cleric and lecturer assassinated in Yemen in 2011 by a U.S. drone strike ordered by President Barack Obama. Al-Awlaki was the first U.S. citizen to be targeted and assassinated by a U.S. government drone strike. U.S.…