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Anwar al-Awlaki

Full Name:	Anwar bin Nasser bin Abdulla al-Aulaqi
Alias:	"The bin Laden of the Internet."
Origin:	Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.
Occupation:	Imam at Falls Church Mosque Recruiter for Al-Qaeda
Hobby:	Using social media Making YouTube videos
Goals:	Continue jihad against America (failed) Convince people to convert to Islam and join Al-Qaeda
Crimes:	Islam extremism
Type of Villain:	Dark Priest

“	Fighting the devil doesn't require consultation or prayers seeking divine guidance. They are the party of the devils. Fighting them is what is called for at this time. We have reached a point where it is either us or them. We are two opposites that will never come together. What they want can only be accomplished by our elimination. Therefore this is a defining battle.	„
	~ al-Awlaki's opinion of the Middle East's conflict with America.

Anwar al-Awlaki (also spelled al-Aulaqi, al-Awlaqi; Arabic: أنور العولقي‎ Anwar al-‘Awlaqī; April 21/22, 1971 – September 30, 2011) was a Yemeni-American preacher and imam, He was also secretly a senior recruiter for Al-Qaeda and allegedly had a role in planning the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, but this has never been definitively proven. though it is known that three of the 9/11 hijackers were regular attendees at his mosque.

He is also a major factor in causing the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting, which was carried out by Nidal Malik Hassan. Hassan, a Muslim who had developed a hatred for America, communicated with al-Awlaki via email several times in the weeks before he committed the shooting, most importantly learning the concept of jihad from him.

al-Awlaki was known for his heavy presence on the internet, particularly social media forums like Facebook and YouTube, which he would use as platforms for Al-Qaeda propaganda and as a means of recruiting others into the organization.

al-Awlaki also had contacted Faisal Shahzad and is believed to have influenced him into committing the car bombing attempt in Times Square on May 1, 2010, and possibly was involved in the planning Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's plane bombing attempt on Christmas Day 2009. Shortly after these incidents, he went into hiding, allegedly into southeast Yemen. He was killed in a U.S. drone strike on September 30, 2011.

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+|image = [[File:Anwar al-Awlaki sitting on couch, lightened.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]
+|fullname = Anwar bin Nasser bin Abdulla al-Aulaqi
+|alias = "The bin Laden of the Internet."
+|origin = Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.
+|occupation = Imam at Falls Church Mosque<br>Recruiter for [[Al-Qaeda]]
+|type of villain = Dark Priest
+|goals = Continue [[jihad]] against America (failed)<br>Convince people to convert to Islam and join Al-Qaeda
+|crimes = Islam extremism
+|hobby = Using social media<br>Making YouTube videos}}{{Quote|Fighting the devil doesn't require consultation or prayers seeking divine guidance. They are the party of the devils. Fighting them is what is called for at this time. We have reached a point where it is either us or them. We are two opposites that will never come together. What they want can only be accomplished by our elimination. Therefore this is a defining battle.|al-Awlaki's opinion of the Middle East's conflict with America.}}'''Anwar al-Awlaki''' (also spelled al-Aulaqi, al-Awlaqi; Arabic: أنور العولقي‎ Anwar al-‘Awlaqī; April 21/22, 1971 – September 30, 2011) was a Yemeni-American preacher and imam, He was also secretly a senior recruiter for [[Al-Qaeda]] and allegedly had a role in planning the [[September 11 attacks]] on the World Trade Center, but this has never been definitively proven. though it is known that three of the 9/11 hijackers were regular attendees at his mosque.
-Anwar al-Awlaki (April 22, 1971-September 30, 2011) was a Yemeni American [[Al-Qaeda]] terrorist and imam. U.S. government officials said that he was a senior talent recruiter and motivator who was involved in planning terrorist operations for the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda. With a blog, a Facebook page, the al-Qaeda magazine Inspire, and many YouTube videos, the Saudi news station Al Arabiya described him as the "bin Laden of the Internet."[17][18] After a request from the U.S. Congress, in November 2010 YouTube removed many of Awlaki's videos.[19]
+He is also a major factor in causing the 2009 Fort Hood [[Mass Shooting|mass shooting]], which was carried out by [[Nidal Malik Hassan]]. Hassan, a Muslim who had developed a hatred for America, communicated with al-Awlaki via email several times in the weeks before he committed the shooting, most importantly learning the concept of [[Jihad|jihad]] from him.
-U.S. officials say that as imam at a mosque in Falls Church, Virginia (2001–02), which had 3,000 members, al-Awlaki spoke with and preached to three of the 9/11 hijackers, who were al-Qaeda members.[20] In 2001, he presided at the funeral of the father of Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist who later e-mailed him extensively in 2008–09 before the Fort Hood shootings.[21][22] During Al-Awlaki's later radical period after 2006–07, when he went into hiding, he was associated with Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian who attempted the 2009 Christmas Day bombing of an American airliner.[23][24][25] Al-Awlaki was allegedly involved in planning the latter's attack.
-The Yemeni government began trying him in absentia in November 2010, for plotting to kill foreigners and being a member of al-Qaeda. A Yemeni judge ordered that he be captured "dead or alive."[26][27] U.S. officials said that in 2009, al-Awlaki was promoted to the rank of "regional commander" within al-Qaeda.[28][29] He repeatedly called for jihad against the United States.[30][31]
+al-Awlaki was known for his heavy presence on the internet, particularly social media forums like Facebook and YouTube, which he would use as platforms for Al-Qaeda propaganda and as a means of recruiting others into the organization.
-In April 2010, U.S. President [http://real-life-heroes-and-good-guys.wikia.com/wiki/Barack_Obama Barack Obama] placed al-Awlaki on a list of people whom the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency was authorized to kill because of terrorist activities.[32][33][34] The "targeted killing" of an American citizen was unprecedented. Al-Awlaki's father and civil rights groups challenged the order in court.[32][34][35][36] Al-Awlaki was believed to be in hiding in Southeast Yemen in the last years of his life.[26] The U.S. deployed unmanned aircraft (drones) in Yemen to search for and kill him,[37] firing at and failing to kill him at least once,[38] before succeeding in a fatal American drone attack in Yemen on September 30, 2011.[39] Two weeks later, al-Awlaki's 16-year-old son, Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen who was born in Denver, was killed by a CIA-led drone strike in Yemen.[40][41][42] Nasser al-Aulaqi, Anwar's father, released an audio recording condemning the killings of his son and grandson as senseless murders
+al-Awlaki also had contacted [[Faisal Shahzad]] and is believed to have influenced him into committing the car bombing attempt in Times Square on May 1, 2010, and possibly was involved in the planning [[Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab]]'s plane bombing attempt on Christmas Day 2009. Shortly after these incidents, he went into hiding, allegedly into southeast Yemen. He was killed in a U.S. drone strike on September 30, 2011.
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