Saturday, June 12, 2010

Why An American Muslim Cleric Is One Of The Most Wanted Men In The World

Anwar al-Awlaki. Photo from The Long War Journal

Anwar al-Awlaki: MI5 Warns Of The al-Qaeda Preacher Targeting Britain -- The Telegraph

Young British Muslims are being groomed to carry out terrorist attacks in this country by Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical al-Qaeda preacher based in the Middle East, it can be disclosed.

The security services fear that a new generation of British extremists is being radicalised by Awlaki, who recruited the Detroit plane bomber. They are concerned that Awlaki’s followers could unleash a wave of easily planned guerrilla-style terrorist attacks, similar to the massacre in Mumbai.

Such small-scale attacks could be carried out cheaply by individuals with little terrorist training and without the need for the support of a large organisation.

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My Comment: With Yemen's refusal to extradite him to the U.S. in the event that he is captured, I suspect that he is now a high priority target for a hellfire missile fired from a drone.

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