U.S. Drone Strike In Yemen Reportedly Was Aimed At Radical Cleric Awlaki Seen As Post-Bin Laden Threat Read

The Wall Street Journal reports:

A U.S. drone strike in Yemen on Thursday was aimed at killing Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born radical cleric who is suspected of orchestrating terrorist attacks on the U.S, but the missile missed its target, Yemeni and U.S. officials told the Wall Street Journal.

The drone strike comes less than a week after U.S. Navy SEALs killed Usamhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifa bin Laden at a compound in Pakistan. Had the drone strike in Yemen been successful, the U.S. would have killed two of the top three most-wanted terrorists in a single week.

Awlaki has emerged as the charismatic frontman of an Al Qaeda branch based in Yemen, which the U.S. considers the most active terror group in the world. With bin Laden's death, some officials believe Awlaki and his group now represents the gravest threat to the U.S.

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