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Al-Qaeda Claims al-Awlaki is Still Alive
2011-10-04
[Yemen Post] As the U.S government is relishing its victory over al-Qaeda with the alleged death of several of the group's top leaders, amongst whom well-known holy man and criminal mastermind in al-Qaeda in Yemen, Anwar al-Awlaki
... Born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, al-Awlaki is was a dual citizen of the U.S. and Yemen. He is was an Islamic holy man who is was a trainer for al-Qaeda and its franchises. His sermons were attended by three of the 9/11 hijackers, by Fort Hood murderer Nidal Malik Hussein, and Undieboomer Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. He is was the first U.S. citizen ever placed on a CIA target list...
 the terror group has announced that the allegations were false and that al-Awlaki was still very alive.

Only a few days, the Yemeni and American government bi-laterally announced to the world that they had killed U.S most wanted terrorist in an Arclight airstrike in al-Jawf province in Yemen, north of its capital Sana'a.

Allegedly, al-Awlaki was traveling in a 3 car-convoy when he was struck from the air, leaving him and 3 of his lover companions dead.

Soon after the announcement of al-Awlaki's death, U.S intelligence officials declared that they believed the bomb maker Ibrahim al-Asiri and Samir Khan, the group' English magazine co-editor, had as well been killed in the attack.

As is happens, al-Qaeda in Yemen is now claiming that both al-Awlaki and al-Asiri are still alive and were in fact nowhere near the kaboom.

Since the Yemeni government claimed once already having successfully eliminated the infamous holy man, to be later proven wrong when the man issued a televised statement, doubt has been cast upon the veracity of the American-Yemeni's declarations of victory.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Still alive in the same sense Achmed the Dead Terrorist is still alive, or alive in the sense Jimmy Carter is still alive? Cause those are two different things.
Posted by: Charles   2011-10-04 11:58  

#3  He's still alive? Too bad. Now Ron Paul can't impeach Obama for murdering the guy. That would've been a great twofer.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2011-10-04 11:26  

#2  Dear AQ Yemen: why are YOU saying Al-Awlaki is still alive, when his BIG MOUTH saying the same thing would be so much more convincing?

Arabs. *spit* All MOUTH, no substance.
Posted by: Ptah   2011-10-04 08:46  

#1  And pining for the fjords.
Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165   2011-10-04 01:30  

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