al-Aulaqi killed in Yemen
SOURCE: AP
The American-born cleric Anwar al-Aulaqi, who was killed in Yemen Friday, became a top target for U.S. counterterrorism operations through his reported role in a range of attacks and attempted attacks. Learn more about those attacks and his life:
2011
Yemen drone strike
Sept. 30
Successful strike
Aulaqi perished in an attack on his convoy by a U.S. drone and jet, 75 miles east of Sanaa between Al Jawf and Marib.
May
Unsuccessful strike
As Yemen is gripped by an uprising against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime, a U.S. drone targets Aulaqi but the mission fails.
2010
Oct.
Linked to mail bombs
Aulaqi is believed to have had a hand in mail bombs addressed to Chicago-area synagogues, packages intercepted in Dubai and Europe.
May
British cabinet member stabbed
British cabinet minister Stephen Timms is stabbed by a woman who said she was influenced by al-Aulaqi's sermons.
Times Square bomber
Attempted bombing of Times Square
Faisal Shahzad, who attempted to detonate a bomb in Times Square bomber on May 1, 2010, was inspired by Aulaqi's sermons and videos. He does not appear to have been in touch with him directly.
April
President Obama makes Aulaqi the first American placed on the CIA target list.
March
An Aulaqi tape is released in which he urges American Muslims to mount attacks in the U.S.
2009
Underwear bomber
Dec. 25
Christmas underwear bomber
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian "underwear bomber" who tried to blow up a plane headed for Detroit, Mich., on Dec. 25, 2009, was inspired by Aulaqi. In addition, Aulaqi put Abdulmutallab "in touch with plotters and trainers of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula."
Dec. 24
Unsuccessful drone strike
Aulaqi was believed to be at a gathering of al-Qaeda figures in Yemen's Shabwa mountains, a day before Abdulmutallab tried to blow up the airliner near Detroit. Yemeni warplanes, using U.S. intelligence help, struck the tents but Aulaqi and others were believed to have driven off hours earlier.
Fort Hood attack
Nov. 5
Fort Hood attack
Nidal Hasan's attack on Fort Hood was also inspired by the Yemeni cleric. Hasan exchanged emails with Aulaqi before the attack, but it is unclear if Aulaqi was giving him instructions or was just his religious mentor.
2007
After release from prison, Aulaqi moves to the Awalik tribal heartland in eastern province of Shabwa, an al-Qaeda stronghold, living in his family home in the mountain hamlet of Saeed and occasionally preaching in a local mosque.
2006
Aulaqi arrested
Yemeni authorities arrest Aulaqi with a group of five Yemenis suspected of kidnapping a Shiite Muslim teenager for ransom. He is released without trial after a year in prison following the intercession of his tribe.
Falls Church mosque
2001
9/11 investigation
After Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Aulaqi was interviewed at least four times in two weeks about his dealings with three of the hijackers aboard the flight that slammed into the Pentagon. The Sept. 11 Commission report said Aulaqi was also investigated by the FBI in 1999 and 2000. None of the investigations led to criminal charges against him.
Aulaqi becomes preacher at Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia, outside Washington.
2000
Aulaqi starts preaching in San Diego mosque where he met two of the Sept. 11 hijackers, Khalid al-Midhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi.
1991
Studies in the U.S.
Aulaqi returns to the United States to study civil engineering at Colorado State University, then education at San Diego State University. He later does doctoral work at George Washington University.
1978
His family returns to Yemen, where his father serves as agriculture minister and is a professor at Sanaa University.
1971
April 22
Aulaqi was born in New Mexico to Yemeni parents.
The American-born cleric Anwar al-Aulaqi, who was killed in Yemen Friday, became a top target for U.S. counterterrorism operations through his reported role in a range of attacks and attempted attacks. Learn more about those attacks and his life:
2011
Yemen drone strike
Sept. 30
Successful strike
Aulaqi perished in an attack on his convoy by a U.S. drone and jet, 75 miles east of Sanaa between Al Jawf and Marib.
May
Unsuccessful strike
As Yemen is gripped by an uprising against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime, a U.S. drone targets Aulaqi but the mission fails.
2010
Oct.
Linked to mail bombs
Aulaqi is believed to have had a hand in mail bombs addressed to Chicago-area synagogues, packages intercepted in Dubai and Europe.
May
British cabinet member stabbed
British cabinet minister Stephen Timms is stabbed by a woman who said she was influenced by al-Aulaqi's sermons.
Times Square bomber
Attempted bombing of Times Square
Faisal Shahzad, who attempted to detonate a bomb in Times Square bomber on May 1, 2010, was inspired by Aulaqi's sermons and videos. He does not appear to have been in touch with him directly.
April
President Obama makes Aulaqi the first American placed on the CIA target list.
March
An Aulaqi tape is released in which he urges American Muslims to mount attacks in the U.S.
2009
Underwear bomber
Dec. 25
Christmas underwear bomber
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian "underwear bomber" who tried to blow up a plane headed for Detroit, Mich., on Dec. 25, 2009, was inspired by Aulaqi. In addition, Aulaqi put Abdulmutallab "in touch with plotters and trainers of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula."
Dec. 24
Unsuccessful drone strike
Aulaqi was believed to be at a gathering of al-Qaeda figures in Yemen's Shabwa mountains, a day before Abdulmutallab tried to blow up the airliner near Detroit. Yemeni warplanes, using U.S. intelligence help, struck the tents but Aulaqi and others were believed to have driven off hours earlier.
Fort Hood attack
Nov. 5
Fort Hood attack
Nidal Hasan's attack on Fort Hood was also inspired by the Yemeni cleric. Hasan exchanged emails with Aulaqi before the attack, but it is unclear if Aulaqi was giving him instructions or was just his religious mentor.
2007
After release from prison, Aulaqi moves to the Awalik tribal heartland in eastern province of Shabwa, an al-Qaeda stronghold, living in his family home in the mountain hamlet of Saeed and occasionally preaching in a local mosque.
2006
Aulaqi arrested
Yemeni authorities arrest Aulaqi with a group of five Yemenis suspected of kidnapping a Shiite Muslim teenager for ransom. He is released without trial after a year in prison following the intercession of his tribe.
Falls Church mosque
2001
9/11 investigation
After Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Aulaqi was interviewed at least four times in two weeks about his dealings with three of the hijackers aboard the flight that slammed into the Pentagon. The Sept. 11 Commission report said Aulaqi was also investigated by the FBI in 1999 and 2000. None of the investigations led to criminal charges against him.
Aulaqi becomes preacher at Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia, outside Washington.
2000
Aulaqi starts preaching in San Diego mosque where he met two of the Sept. 11 hijackers, Khalid al-Midhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi.
1991
Studies in the U.S.
Aulaqi returns to the United States to study civil engineering at Colorado State University, then education at San Diego State University. He later does doctoral work at George Washington University.
1978
His family returns to Yemen, where his father serves as agriculture minister and is a professor at Sanaa University.
1971
April 22
Aulaqi was born in New Mexico to Yemeni parents.
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