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Al-Awlaki allegedly spoke with, trained, and preached to a number of al-Qaeda members and affiliates, including three of the 9/11 hijackers,[23] alleged Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan,[24][25] and alleged "Christmas Day bomber" Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab;[26][27][28] he was also allegedly involved in planning the latter's attack.
According to U.S. officials, al-Awlaki was promoted to the rank of "regional commander" within al-Qaeda in 2009.[4][29] He repeatedly called for jihad against the United States.[30][31] In April 2010, Barack Obama approved Al-Awlaki's targeted killing,[17][18][19] an action unsuccessfully challenged by al-Awlaki's father and civil rights groups.[32]
Al-Awlaki was believed to be in hiding in Southeast Yemen in the last years of his life.[33] The Yemeni government began trying him in absentia in November 2010, for plotting to kill foreigners and being a member of al-Qaeda, and a Yemenite judge ordered that he be captured "dead or alive".[33][34] The U.S. deployed Remotely Piloted Aircraft in Yemen to search for and kill him,[35] firing at and failing to kill him at least once,[36] before he was killed in a drone attack in Yemen on September 30, 2011.[37]
According to U.S. officials, al-Awlaki was promoted to the rank of "regional commander" within al-Qaeda in 2009.[4][29] He repeatedly called for jihad against the United States.[30][31] In April 2010, Barack Obama approved Al-Awlaki's targeted killing,[17][18][19] an action unsuccessfully challenged by al-Awlaki's father and civil rights groups.[32]
Al-Awlaki was believed to be in hiding in Southeast Yemen in the last years of his life.[33] The Yemeni government began trying him in absentia in November 2010, for plotting to kill foreigners and being a member of al-Qaeda, and a Yemenite judge ordered that he be captured "dead or alive".[33][34] The U.S. deployed Remotely Piloted Aircraft in Yemen to search for and kill him,[35] firing at and failing to kill him at least once,[36] before he was killed in a drone attack in Yemen on September 30, 2011.[37]