Copyrighted Image? DMCA | On 30 September 2011, at a site 140 kilometres east of Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, Anwar al-Aulaqi an American born dual citizen, was killed by a barrage of missiles fired from an unmanned aerial vehicle - a drone - into his car. Al-Aulaqi was not distinguished, only notorious. He was a Muslin cleric, a mid-level religious functionary who happened to speak English well. This made him a propaganda threat, but not one whose elimination would do anything to limit the reach of al-Qaeda. Only American propaganda had succeeded in making him a larger-than-life figure. |