After having denied that the US born cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki had been killed in a Drone strike led by the Americans in al-Jawf province in Yemen last month, the Islamist group al-Qaeda finally admitting the inevitable, by confirming his death.
Anwar al-Awlaki had been on the US most wanted terrorists list for several years, as the Americans saw him as one of the most dangerous al-Qaeda operatives in the World since his knowledge of English and his charisma they say, were attracting more supporters.
This Monday, al-Qaeda posted a statement in its website, saying that indeed al-Awlaki had been killed alongside 3 other militants in an American airstrike in north Yemen, warning that the deaths would be avenged.
The SITE intelligence group which monitors all extremist websites is warning of a recent surge in activities on the internet, adding that terrorists are now well versed in the power of this media, using it as not only a propaganda tool but also a way to recruit.
”The blood of the sheik (al-Awlaki) and his brothers will not go in vain; there are heroes behind him who do not sleep under oppression, and they will retaliate soon,” the group said. We and the Americans are at war: we get them and they get us, and the end is for those who are patient – they are the ones who will be victorious.”