American-Yemeni cleric on CIA hit list, linked to 9/11, Fort Hood.
By JPOST.COM STAFFanwar al awlaki 311(photo credit: AP)
An American-born cleric of Yemeni origin whose Internet sermons have helped inspire attacks on the US is advocating the killing of American civilians in a new al-Qaida video.Anwar al-Awlaki has been singled out by US officials as a top terrorist threat and has reportedly been added to the CIA's list of targets for assassination despite his American citizenship.The US-born Awlaki moved to Yemen in 2004 and is in hiding there after being linked to the suspects in recent terror attacks.In a video posted Sunday, Awlaki justifies civilian deaths by accusing Americans of intentionally killing a million Muslim civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan.Two of the 9/11 terrorists, as well as Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the US officer who committed the Fort Hood massacre in which 12 were killed, attended the Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Great Falls, Virginia, where Awlaki served as Imam. The planners of the USS Cole bombing also called Awlaki their spiritual guide.
