NSA note on the drone strike that killed Awlaki

National Security Archive

May 30, 20261 min read

This excerpt of a National Security Agency document taken by Edward Snowden and published by The Intercept praises the cooperation between the military and the CIA in tracking down Awlaki in Al Jawf, a province in the north of Yemen on the Saudi border. A drone strike on September 30, 2011 killed Aw

Source: NSA note on the drone strike that killed Awlaki Collection: The Anwar al-Awlaki File Sep 15, 2015

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(U) The Death of Anwar Nasser Aulaqi

(TS//NF) Anwar Nasser Aulaqi, a dual U.S./Yemeni citizen, regional commander for AQAP, and well-known extremist lecturer who preached at two U.S. mosques attended by some of the September 2001 hijackers, was killed in Yemen on 30 September 2011. The CIA tracked Aulaqi for three weeks before a joint operation with the U.S. military killed Aulaqi. The special operation killed four operatives, including Samir Khan, another American who played a key role in inspiring attacks against the U.S. Aulaqi's death represents another integrated CIA and military success in the counterterrorism fight.

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