Anwar al-Awlaki's death hailed as major blow to al-Qaeda

Anwar al-Awlaki is seen in this still image taken from a video giving a religious lecture from an unknown location. [Intelwire.com / Reuters]

Anwar al-Awlaki is seen in this still image taken from a video giving a religious lecture from an unknown location. [Intelwire.com / Reuters]

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The Yemeni Ministry of Defence announced on Friday (September 30th) the killing of prominent al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki along with three other al-Qaeda members.

Yemeni officials told Al-Shorfa that al-Awlaki was killed on Friday in an air strike in a region between al-Jawf and Marib provinces.

Samir Khan, a US citizen of Pakistani descent who specialised in computer programming, was also killed, according to the ministry. The identities of the two other members have not been confirmed.

An extensive surveillance operation led to the successful targeting of al-Awlaki and his companions, the defence ministry statement said. An al-Qaeda member previously arrested told Yemeni security officials that al-Awlaki was living in the village of al-Khasf in al-Jawf province, in the home of a man called Khamis Arfaj, according to the ministry.

"The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki was the result of a major intelligence effort and co-operation between friends and brothers [colleagues] in this effort, the final outcome of which was the death of al-Awlaki and three organisation members in an air strike that targeted them in an area between the provinces of al-Jawf and Marib," Abdo al-Janadi, deputy minister of information and spokesman for the Yemeni government, told Al-Shorfa.

Al-Janadi said al-Awlaki's "demise is the inevitable fate of every terrorist and every outlaw". Yemen is at war with terrorism and the killing of al-Awlaki was within this context, especially since he had rejected all peaceful calls to him to surrender voluntarily and face trial, he added.

"Al-Awlaki left the government no peaceful option, particularly after he was charged with incitement and murder of foreigners," al-Janadi said.

Anwar al-Awlaki was a US-born Muslim cleric of Yemeni descent. His name was linked to some of the hijackers who carried out the September 11th, 2001 attacks in the United States. He was also linked to the shooting at a US army base in 2009. He reportedly corresponded with US army officer Nidal Hassan, who opened fire at Fort Hood, Texas, in November 2009, killing 13 people.

Al-Awlaki was also suspected of having been in contact with Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to blow up a US flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day 2009.

He was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison in early 2011 for inciting the murder of a French engineer.

Al-Awlaki played a strategic role in the organisation

The killing of al-Awlaki would have numerous negative effects on al-Qaeda in the short-term and on the future of the organisation, Dr. Saeed Obaid al-Jamhi, president of the al-Jamhi Centre for Studies, told Al-Shorfa.

Al-Awlaki was the "architect of long-distance recruiting for al-Qaeda, and it was he who planned the operations on US soil, most notably his relationship with the officer Nidal Hassan and his relationship with the Nigerian [national]", al-Jamhi said. "Therefore, al-Qaeda's loss with the demise of al-Awlaki could be on par with its loss with the death of its leader bin Laden."

Al-Jamhi added that it was al-Awlaki who orchestrated al-Qaeda's media campaign around the world in the past few years. He also supervised al-Qaeda's English language publication, Inspire magazine.

"Al-Awlaki elevated the organisation from a local and regional player to a global one, thanks to the media hype he created and long-distance recruiting, at a time when the organisation's star had begun to dim and its strategic operations became scarce," al-Jamhi said. "This further indicates the magnitude of the loss of al-Awlaki, who had achieved so much in such a short period."

Al-Jamhi said al-Awlaki played a strategic role in the organisation, where he relied on planning one-man operations designed to cause heavy losses in the ranks of the enemy with few casualties for the organisation, such as the operations carried out by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and Nidal Hassan.

Al-Awlaki's death is another blow to al-Qaeda

"The killing of al-Awlaki follows a series of blows received by al-Qaeda, from the killing of its leader Osama bin Laden to the killing of Atiya Abdel Rahman al-Libi, and lastly al-Awlaki, who was the spiritual leader of the organisation, possessing a charismatic personality," said Dr. Said Abdel-Mumin al-Ariki, a strategic issues and Islamist groups researcher.

Al-Ariki said al-Awlaki was a candidate to succeed bin Laden on account of what he had done for the organisation, both through the media and his long-distance recruiting.

He said the killing of al-Awlaki and other leaders will weaken the organisation.

Iraqi officials: killing of al-Awlaki positive development

"There is also another factor that will weaken the organisation: successful Arab revolutions and the spread of democracy through peaceful change. Al-Qaeda may not find a place in the near future in Arab countries especially as it believes in change through violence, which is the opposite of what Arab revolutions seek."

"The killing of any of al-Qaeda's leaders worldwide is a loss to al-Qaeda in Iraq specifically and a win for the security forces in all Iraqi cities since we know that al-Qaeda relies on its Iraqi chapter [branch] in order to derail the country's democratic process", Deputy Defence Minister Saadoun al-Dulaimi told Al-Shorfa.

General Tariq al-Assal, an adviser at the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, described al-Awlaki's death as "good news". He said it was "very positive that global powers of the free world are converging for the purpose of disposing of extremism and terrorism".

Al-Assal said al-Awlaki was one of the key supporters of al-Qaeda in Iraq and "his death is a victory in itself which also serves to demoralise terrorists in their efforts to fight democracy, peace and security."

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    مخلص حميد

    2011-10-27

    The buried criminal Anwar al-Awlaki is one of the most prominent icons who have been mentioned in a lot of the media, because he was influential in the terrorist al-Qaeda. In addition, he was one of the most prominent leaders of this extremist organization. As far as I am concerned, the death of Anwar al-Awlaki will have a great impact on the terrorist al-Qaeda, given his importance to this organization. In fact, he bears a lot of important ideologies and terrorist plans which he was used to plot. Therefore, his assassination represents a big blow for al-Qaeda, especially since this organization has lately witnessed the death of a lot of its leaders, mainly Osama bin Laden. In this respect, the impact of his death on al-Qaeda was no doubt important, because he was one of the most prominent leaders of this organization. The latter has been relying on this criminal person a lot, concerning the planning of terrorist acts in all the world countries, especially those which have suffered from this criminal and his evil acts. Thus, terrorism and the criminal al-Qaeda are currently experiencing their worst moments, particularly after the death of Anwar al-Awalki. In fact, the loss of al-Qaeda of many of its prominent leaders of evil will lead to its demolition and weakening. This will lead to the reduction of its terrorist acts, its paralysis and the curtailment of its role. Indeed, al-Qaeda is currently suffering from the loss of its brains that have been representing its leadership. I personally believe that al-Qaeda will be in trouble, particularly after the murder of Anwar al-Awlaki, who was considered the mastermind of a lot of terrorist acts of this organization. Al-Awlaki was considered one of al-Qaeda’s prominent leaders, on whom it could rely to carry out a lot of its missions. In fact, al-Awlaki was an old leader who has had a lot of experience with both al-Qaeda and its branches all over the world. He has also contributed to being the link between its prominent members.

  • قاسم رشيد

    2011-10-24

    The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki is one of the most important events in the history of al-Qaeda. He was one of those who killed innocent people, and he was the master planner of the despicable business that al-Qaeda was involved in. I am sure that his death is a cause for joy for all of the Arabs and the Muslims and the entire world, because he worked at killing innocent people everywhere. The glory is to God only; his fate and place now are the same as that of his friend, the accursed Osama bin Laden, and al-Qaeda was then defeated by his death. I am very glad that he died and that all the people know about this, because everybody knows that he was traitor and that he should have the same fate as the evil Osama bin Laden. Praise be to God Almighty that he died. The brave American forces implemented that operation, because he presented a great danger to all the Arabs and the countries of Europe and America, because he had been planning several dirty operations aimed at tarnishing the image of Islam and the Muslims. Thanks be to God, however, as all their plans are bound for failure, and the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki is an important achievement. Al-Qaeda has started to lose power, and that is what we want. Al-Awlaki was the one who used to plan the despicable operations that were carried out in Yemen, and he wanted to destroy Yemen and its entire people. The Yemenis, however, stood up to terrorism and the terrorists firmly, and they are now enjoying stability, because the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki has alleviated some of the pressure.

  • fdh

    2011-10-22

    O God, destroy al-Qaeda and all those who have supported or followed that group, whether in word or in deed. I am sure that their worldly punishment will happen soon because of what their guilty hands have committed, such as filthy crimes against Muslims everywhere all over the earth. The best example of that is the mass murderer of the poor Iraqis by the gang called al-Qaeda; they only do that because this terrorist group believes in the culture of violence and eliminating others. They do not believe in having a dialogue or peaceful ways to express opinions. They do not accept the other, so how can they want us to accept them at any time? I am certain that the days of al-Qaeda are numbered. The strongest example is the fall of the symbols and leaders of terrorism, especially this terrorist organization. They are falling one after the other; it started with Osama Bin Laden, then Anwar Al-Awlaki and other leaders of this organization in the injured Iraq, or what they call “the land of two rivers.” We pray to God to destroy them and wipe them off the face of the earth, to be a lesson to any sinful violator who does not fear God and has no regard for mercy and humanity.

  • %%

    2011-10-22

    The killing of Anwar Al Awlaqi will certainly affect the spirits of those criminals who followed him as a leader and mastermind behind all the operations that Al Qaeda members were instructed to execute against innocent people, including bombings, booby-traps, improvised explosive devices, suicide bombings, slaughter, assassinations and violations of people’s sanctities for no reason. Al Qaeda started to weaken one day after the other, especially after the killing of many prominent figures in this organization. I believe that the end of this criminal organization is very close, with God’s help and guidance, God willing.

  • ramiz

    2011-10-22

    The killing of Anwar al-Awlaqi certainly has had a great impact on the al-Qaeda organization, which lost many of its main leaders during a brief period, who were killed or captured. This criminal organization sustained a harsh blow, through which it lost the most prominent leaders in this organization, one of which is the president of the organization, Osama bin Laden, in addition to Attiya Abd al-Rahman, Abu Musaab al-Zarqawi and Abu Ayoub al-Masry in Iraq. This is in addition to some leaders who had experience in guerrilla warfare and suicide bombings, of the likes of Elias al-Kashmiri and Qari Hussein. Also, a large number of the al-Qaeda organization’s leaders were detained as well. These setbacks that were experienced by al-Qaeda represent the beginning of the end for this terrorist organization, which is now suffering from weakness and the inability to attack the sites it used to target before. Today, it is suffering from isolation and friction, due to the harsh blows directed against it everywhere. It now hides in its evil hideouts in fear of the raids launched against it by the armed forces everywhere. This is the biggest proof of the weakness of the terrorist al-Qaeda organization, as a result of its main leaders being targeted. Today, it is in an unenviable position as it suffers from international isolation and a great shortage in funding and armament. This has led to the escape of many of its followers, who laid down their arms and returned to their families to live normally, after their loyalty to and faith in the cause was weakened. Al-Qaeda is trying to serve this cause through murder, displacement and spreading chaos, fear and terror among the safe, unsuspecting countries’ peoples all over the world.

  • 00

    2011-10-22

    In spite of all the savage acts Al Qaeda is committing at the present, it has become weak and without an influence. It only appears through the media to prove to the world that it is still present and that it still has the initiative. However, the whole world now knows that Al Qaeda is suffering from clear weakness and disintegration, which was negatively reflected even on the fighting groups that follow this organization. This led to a deterioration of the terrorist attacks everywhere. We hope terrorism will be destroyed soon, and we hope the world would get rid of the nightmare of Al Qaeda and that the citizens would be blessed with peace, after security prevails in all Arab Muslim countries, Amen.

  • river

    2011-10-19

    The criminal assassin Anwar al-Awlaki is one of the terrorist al-Qaeda founders in Yemen. He is a prominent leader who is loyal to terrorism and al-Qaeda. All the members of this organization have faith in him, because he is famous and responsible for recruiting a lot of the religious extremists and militants into working with al-Qaeda, through deceiving them in his own ways. Thank God we got rid of him, because he was murdered. In fact, the eradication of this despicable person is considered another setback in the series of the painful and strong blows that have lately affected al-Qaeda. Thus, the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki had a considerable impact on al-Qaeda, particularly in Yemen, given that terrorists consider him as their icon, motivator and leader. Therefore, this will certainly represent a painful blow to whoever works with such an organization. This will also lead to the rebellion of a lot of people, maybe from those who are involved, those who have been afraid of him, or the rebellion of some secret members who have been working with him. Therefore, the murder of this infidel is by all means considered as a real victory, given that he was responsible for some attacks which have been launched against civilians in a lot of countries. As far as I am concerned, al-Qaeda is collapsing and coming to an end, particularly after the great blow which led to the deterioration of this organization and its members, the assassination of its despicable leader and founder, Osama bin Laden. Then all the leaders of al-Qaeda started to sustain successive blows. In fact, we planned to target them many years ago, and this was the starting point.

  • yah

    2011-10-19

    God damn Al-Awlaki, the murderer of Yemenis, civilians and the innocent, and the despicable bin Laden. In fact, both of them are responsible for shedding the blood of all the innocent till the Day of Judgment. They will be held responsible for that and Hell will be the final abode of these two persons and their supporters. God will never bless this disbelieving organization which claimed the lives of a lot of the innocent and displaced many children and families.

  • فادي حسان

    2011-10-16

    Terrorism and terrorists from al-Qaeda, who are launching attacks on all Iraqi provinces without any exception, are stirring up sectarian strife and fights among citizens and are claiming the lives of the innocent, including professors, doctors, competent engineers, other scholars and prominent national figures. In fact, terrorists are taking advantage of any opportunity to carry out their filthy acts. However, we want the brave Iraqis to face these terrorists and rid the world of their evils. We also want them to thwart all their intended filthy and despicable acts through which they would like to have an importance in Iraq. This will never happen, because the Iraqis are honorable people, and they would like to live in dignity and eternal security and safety. Thus, I call on all honorable Iraqis from the heroes of the army or the police to thwart all the filthy acts which are carried out by al-Qaeda and its followers. In addition, the Iraqi Ministry of Interior must urge the Directorate for combating explosives to intensify its efforts through working on tracking down the real offenders, surveying their hideouts and dismantling the largest possible number of groups within a short time, in order to prevent the occurrence of acts of murder, the falling of victims and the sabotaging of public as well as private property.

  • mothana

    2011-10-14

    Damn this organization and the entire extremist thought that they believe and try to spread in our societies, which refuse this criminal organization and curse it. It made us suffer and I curse this organization, because of everything that we have gone through during recent years, in which we witnessed bloodshed. Our country is targeted by criminal elements in this organization, so we curse those who killed the innocent people and displaced families, those who try to destroy our country and target humanity with these criminal acts that bother us a lot. So, I send my curses on this atonement Al-Qaeda organization, which kills innocent and violates the privacy of the people. This organization has no homeland or religion.

  • rabah

    2011-10-14

    We pray to God to eliminate Al-Qaeda very soon, in order to get rid of its evil, which is killing a lot of innocent people in cold blood.

  • malak

    2011-10-14

    We are happy today about the murder of this terrorist who murdered a lot of innocent people all over the world. Those criminals didn’t know that the way of evil, crime and terrorism is short, and that there would be a day of justice which would take their souls, just as they murdered a lot of innocent people by their vile acts, which hurt a lot of us and made a lot of people feel panic. From my point of view, I believe that the murder of the important leaders of Al-Qaeda, including Anwar Al-Awlaki, is a sign of victory. This organization and its followers and element who kept the pace of right will meet the same destiny, and thank God that humanity is relieved of this criminal and his evil forever.

  • naser

    2011-10-14

    God willing, terrorism will be eliminated, and for sure the death of this dangerous terrorist, who is called Anwar Al-Awlaki, will throw the Al-Qaeda organization off balance, and one day will come when justice will take place.

  • rabab

    2011-10-14

    The terrorist Al-Qaeda organization has suffered during the last period of time from a lot of painful hits which caused its weakness and its dispersal. This is after the assassination of a lot of its leaders, which affected the operation of this organization, and whose killing caused confusion to it, like that of the criminal Osama Ben-Laden or Attia Abdul-Rahman. There was a day on which one of the biggest leaders in the terrorist Al-Qaeda in Yemen, who is Anwar Al-Awlaki, was killed, to complicate the situation more and more in the organization, and to weaken it, and the organization had never thought that this might happen. This organization lost the most important leaders of evil, who wanted to manage this organization and its operations all over the world. Thank God, who relieved us of the evil of those criminals, and today I see that the murder of the criminal Anwar Al-Awlaki is considered to be a big hit against the terrorist Al-Qaeda organization in a lot of regions, in addition to recruiting a lot of criminal and atonement elements which were dragged after the untrue thoughts which brainwash some youth, through the criminal Anwar Al-Awlaki and the other criminals.

  • انس

    2011-10-13

    We certainly infer from these filthy acts the extent of criminality and the filthy spirit of this tyrannical, infidel organization. This movement gets money to kill innocent people through funding its terrorist acts and the attacks it commits against civilians. Is this Jihad, O Taliban movement? I’m asking all those who belong to this corrupt terrorist movement: what would you have done if you didn’t belong to this movement and if a member of it kidnapped your little child and asked for a large sum of money, or if he saw that his son had been recruited to go on a suicide project to kill innocent civilians? May God damn the Taliban movement and all its leaders and all those working with them under the allegiance of this fake movement that operates based on the principle of disrespecting the young, the old, the innocent or the guilty, as it has no respect for anyone's rights in the world.

  • alqaysar

    2011-10-13

    Damn the cowardly Al Qaeda organization; this organization has all the dishonorable practices and commits all the illegal acts which are contrary to religion as well, through which they target everything on this earth, including the infrastructure, the constructions and the innocent people without any exceptions. This is because of the sick Al Qaeda organization’s dibelieving ideology. This ideology is radical and fundamentalist and it represents the utmost backwardness and despicability, as reflected by the Al Qaeda organization through their practices on the scene, as they commit criminal acts and suicide attacks, and they dig mass graves of innocent victims and martyrs. The ideology of the Al Qaeda organization has been revealed recently, and its seriousness has shown in its killing of civilians and innocent Muslims. This is what we say in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and the other countries that suffer from the presence of terrorist organizations and the Al Qaeda cells in them.

  • الشاعر الرمنسي

    2011-10-13

    The Al Qaeda organization has become the talk of the street. Everyone is working on destroying this miserable infidel organization that gathers all the criminals and murderers in the world to join it, to represent sin, infidelity, murder and criminality in the best way possible. May God curse you and all the members and leaders of Al Qaeda and may He make the matter of getting rid of you easier. O Lord, rid the world of those evil people and help us stop this terrorist organization that works on distorting the image of Islam and doing what you do not accept, O Lord of dignity. The violation has reached your houses; the safe houses of God, including mosques and churches. Everyone is suffering from the presence of the infidel Al Qaeda organization.

  • nwaaar

    2011-10-13

    Are the acts of bombings, the murders, the shedding of innocent civilians’ blood, the rape of women, the kidnapping of children, the robbing of money and the acts of slaughter and mutilation of corpses committed by Al Qaeda acceptable to anyone on the face of this earth? All these acts are listed under the title of Jihad for the Al Qaeda organization that claims that these are acts are done to serve religion, while the religion is really innocent of them and of all that you do, you bastards. I hope everyone working with Al Qaeda in the field will be executed and will receive God’s curse, one by one.

  • العادل

    2011-10-13

    God damn him; thank God he died and we got rid of him, because this criminal is one of the most important leaders in the Al Qaeda organization in Yemen. He caused the ruin and destruction of Yemen, and his killing will have a great role in ruining the Al Qaeda organization in Yemen. Thank God for this blessing which he granted, as the matter of killing those disbelievers is very easy and reaching them is easy, especially since the news of his killing was announced by the terrorists themselves. This dog worked in the same way under the cover of Jihad to distort the image of Islam. However, the American forces discovered him and were able to kill him the same way they did with his leader, Osama ibn Laden before him. This is what is going to rid Yemen of terrorism in the framework of international cooperation to combat terrorism and destroy it in all the countries of the world. The killing of Al Awlaqi and other criminals, members and leaders of Al Qaeda organization means that they can’t find any security in this world and they can’t find any place to be a safe haven for them. Wherever they are found, they will be killed. The killing of this criminal will prevent the spread of the Al Qaeda organization and will contribute to destroying the last remnants of the terrorist Al Qaeda and its members in Abyan governorate, from which it intended to spread to the remaining nearby cities and governorates. However, the killing of this terrorist and targeting Al Qaeda and constantly chasing after it will enhance the security presence and stability in Abyan and in the southern area as a whole, which the members of the terrorist Al Qaeda organization want to use as a headquarters for them and for their disbelieving organization.

  • طالب العلا

    2011-10-13

    Your fate will be in hell and the worst possible fate. By God, they are the ones who distorted the image of Islam and the Muslims. May God damn you and damn all those who work with you and support you; murderers of Muslims. With the killing of Al Awlaqi, another black page written by terrorism is folded in most parts of the world. These pages revealed this organization’s thirst for blood, their ignorance and the confusion of most of the organization’s figures and leaders.

  • برهان بيك

    2011-10-11

    The killing of Anwar al-Awlaqi is considered a mighty step forward because Al Qaeda has now lost one of the biggest leaders in the organization, as he used to represent much for the al-Qaeda organization. He was the executor of many filthy terrorist attacks that were executed to call for striking against Western countries. He did this to distort the reputation of Islam and Muslims. The American army was able to strike against and kill Anwar al-Awlaqi rightfully and with an unmanned aircraft, while he was moving through the mountainous areas of Yemen with his followers. Thank God, the lord of the two worlds, that we got rid of this big monster, because he was a murderous legion that killed a large number of innocent people in many Arab Muslim areas and in European countries. Even though he had US citizenship, he joined the filthy al-Qaeda organization in Yemen, his country of origin, and he worked with them for money. His death caused a collapse in the al-Qaeda organization and made it very weak. The al- Qaeda organization started to weaken, bit by bit, and its strength became weaker and weaker, which is a very good thing that motivates Arabs and European countries to fully unite in order to defeat this force that has started to be dismantled. After Osama ibn Laden and Attiya Abdel Rahman died, the other strongman is gone as well, who resided in Yemen. He is under the dust now; thank God, and he cannot do anything anymore. Since the al-Qaeda organization lost this man, it is now in conflict with itself and it wants to regain its strength, and we should not let it do what it wants. Instead, we have to stand in its face and unite in order to stop it. The killing of Anwar al- Awlaqi is one of the best bits of news we have heard, and it is considered a great source of joy for Arabs, and particularly for the Western countries, where he always worked to stir up the flames of strife and striking out against this and that. Now the world has gotten rid of him and of his evil. O God, rid us of all those who dare to kill Muslims and Arabs, and those who want to stir up the fire of strife in the nation in general.

  • مرتضى خليل

    2011-10-9

    The Al-Qaeda groups are the most dangerous people on the globe, and they represent a threat to humanity’s existence, because they engage in killing people. They should be eradicated, and this can be achieved by the security forces hunting them down, capturing them and bringing them to justice, so that they can be justly rewarded, and so that people can get rid of their evil, their violence and criminality, and the terror that they spread in people’s hearts. This keeps them in a state of fear, terror and shock, and it makes them feel insecure, fearing that their lives could end at any moment as a result of their terrorist operations, which they carry out in order to take people’s lives in masses. So, may God curse them and all their violent, barbarous, cowardly and criminal activities, which are proof of their ingrained hatred and animosity. May God humiliate them and protect us from their evil, God willing.

  • سياسي10

    2011-10-9

    The killing of al-Awlaki represents a strong blow against the terrorist organization of al-Qaeda, after the killing of the leader of the al-Qaeda organization, Osama Bin Laden, who had been carrying out attacks against innocent citizens. Al-Awlaki, who is American-born and a US citizen, was in Yemen when he was killed together with six individuals that were with him in the region of al-Marwan, located between the directorates of al-Jawf and Ma’rib. What has happened is the inevitable fate of all those that are affiliated to the al-Qaeda organization, which has become known worldwide as the only organization to have occupied a preeminent position all over the world. It is an organization that poses a danger and a threat to the lives of innocent citizens who have done no wrong. So, the killing of the leading figures of al-Qaeda has begun to represent one of the most significant blows against the very existence of the al-Qaeda organization, and its presence among the people, especially in the Arab countries, whether it be in Yemen, Afghanistan or Iraq. These countries have experienced much hardship, torture, oppression, destruction, killings, bombings, the shedding of innocent blood, and the violation of the rights of citizens, who live in a state of fear, terror and anxiety, deprived of security, stability and peace, and all they see and witness is death, blood, pain, hardships, suffering, cries and misfortunes.

  • 900

    2011-10-9

    O God, damn the first and last tyrants

  • 2011-10-9

    Who is Anwar Al Awlaki? Every now and then a name shows up that they say belongs to an Al Qaeda leader. Even with the killing of Osama ibn Laden, people think it’s just a show that was produced by the American intelligence, as we see in their own films. Therefore, we no longer believe what the American press says, because it’s just some other wagging of the dog, like we saw in the film of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro: “Wag the Dog.”

  • ندى قاسم

    2011-10-3

    Almighty God gives respite but He does not forget! This person was the reason of the death of many. I hope we purify the earth of such people, so that the world can live peacefully. Peace and blessings be upon the Prophet Muhammad and his family.

  • elhaga_barka

    2011-10-2

    I am shocked when I see people happy over anyone's death. Regardless of the reason, is it not shameful to rejoice over death? Does one man make all those people afraid? What is the meaning of this? It means that Anwar al-Awlaki is as strong as all those people altogether. May God have mercy on him!

  • Me

    2011-9-30

    Good riddance