Kathianne
05-06-2011, 05:55 PM
Keep this up Obama and you may end up with a legacy:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703992704576307594129219756.html?m od=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories
U.S. Targeted Awlaki in Missile Strike
By MARGARET COKER, ADAM ENTOUS and JULIAN E. BARNES
A U.S. drone strike in Yemen 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, according to Yemeni and U.S. officials.
The drone strike comes less than a week after a U.S. Navy SEALs killed Osama 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.
Mr. 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 Mr. Awlaki and his group now represents the gravest threat to the U.S...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703992704576307594129219756.html?m od=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories
U.S. Targeted Awlaki in Missile Strike
By MARGARET COKER, ADAM ENTOUS and JULIAN E. BARNES
A U.S. drone strike in Yemen 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, according to Yemeni and U.S. officials.
The drone strike comes less than a week after a U.S. Navy SEALs killed Osama 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.
Mr. 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 Mr. Awlaki and his group now represents the gravest threat to the U.S...