Terror boss Anwar al-Awlaki killed in Yemen  Last Updated:
Saturday, October 1, 2011 - 09:34  Sana`a: In a significant new
blow to al Qaeda, US airstrikes in Yemen on Friday killed Anwar
al-Awlaki, an American militant cleric who became a prominent
figure in the terror network`s most dangerous branch, using his
fluent English and Internet savvy to draw recruits for attacks
in the United States.  The strike was the biggest US success in
hitting al Qaeda`s leadership since the May killing of Osama bin
Laden in Pakistan. But it raises questions that other strikes
did not: Al-Awlaki was an American citizen who has not been
charged with any crime. Civil liberties groups have questioned
the government`s authority to kill an American without trial.
The 40-year-old al-Awlaki was for years an influential
mouthpiece for al Qaeda`s ideology of holy war, and his English-
language sermons urging attacks on the United States were widely
circulated among militants in the West.  But US officials say he
moved into a direct op