The last news most Americans noticed out of Yemen was great -- last month’s drone-killing of terror kingpin Anwar al-Awlaki. But the quieter news is ugly: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is on its way to building a ministate that recalls pre-9/11 Afghanistan.
Offing Awlaki dealt a major blow to AQAP. The American-born Yemeni was a PR specialist effective in recruiting and inspiring “lone wolf” terrorists like the Fort Hood shooter and the Christmas Day and underwear bombers.
The Sept. 30 order to assassinate him was a well-deserved notch on President Obama’s national security belt, right next to Osama bin Laden and Moammar Khadafy. And kudos for ignoring the ACLU and others who are kvetching over the pre-trial execution of a US citizen (although Obama this week put some limitations on CIA drone executions of US enemies).
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Offing Awlaki dealt a major blow to AQAP. The American-born Yemeni was a PR specialist effective in recruiting and inspiring “lone wolf” terrorists like the Fort Hood shooter and the Christmas Day and underwear bombers.
The Sept. 30 order to assassinate him was a well-deserved notch on President Obama’s national security belt, right next to Osama bin Laden and Moammar Khadafy. And kudos for ignoring the ACLU and others who are kvetching over the pre-trial execution of a US citizen (although Obama this week put some limitations on CIA drone executions of US enemies).
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