US-born Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi, an Al-Qaeda leader wanted over attacks in the US, was killed Friday in an air raid in Yemen hailed by President Barack Obama as a "major blow" to terrorists.
US-born radical Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi appears in a video lecture in 2010. Al-Awlaqi, a prominent Al-Qaeda chief described by US officials as the "most significant risk" to the United States, was killed in Yemen on Friday.
In Sanaa, the defence ministry said Awlaqi was killed on Friday morning, while a man wounded in the attack was quoted as saying seven people were killed in the air strike in Marib province, a hotbed of Al-Qaeda activity.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
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