A senior official from the United States to ensure, on Friday (09/30/2011), that Anwar Al-Awlaki, US-born cleric linked to Al Qaeda based in Yemen, have been killed in Yemen.
"I can confirm she has died," the official said the government of President Barack Obama without mentioning his true identity.
The U.S. government considers Awlaki as a "global terrorist" years ago and explained that it had decided to capture or kill him.
The U.S. has conducted operations drone attack in Yemen, where Awlaki was an important figure in what U.S. officials describe as the most dangerous Al Qaeda affiliate.
Add to list Awlaki death blow to Al Qaeda in recent years, including the murder of the network's leader, Osama bin Laden, by U.S. special forces on his hideout in Pakistan in May.
Intellijen U.S. officials said the network's militants who carried out attacks on September 11, 2001. The attacks in the U.S. is very weak due to the loss of several top leaders.
In Washington, U.S. lawmakers, Peter King, who is chairman of the commission on homeland security, said the killings Awlaki was a big success in our war against Al Qaeda and its affiliates.
"In recent years, Al-Awlaki was more dangerous even than Osama bin Laden. The killing of Al-Awlaki is a great tribute to President Obama and the men and women of our intelligence community," said King.
However, he said, the U.S. must remain vigilant "to know that there are more Islamic terrorists who want to move forward with pleasure to the full support of the dangerous killer".
A U.S. official stated Awlaki, an important propagandist for Al Qaeda in Yemen, was killed in an attack drone unmanned in a city that tepencil Yemen, part of the operation of air attacks launched by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) United States.
U.S. Inteelijen recognize it as the "chief of external operations" of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which is considered as the most dangerous branch of the militant network.
"He planned and organized attacks against the U.S. directly," said an official. "In addition, Awlaki openly ask attacks on people and U.S. interests around the world and called for violence against Arab governments that he considered working against Al Qaeda."
