Media Reports that Anwar Awlaki ‘killed in Yemen’

Yemen’s defence ministry has reported that Anwar al-Awlaki, a well-known and controversial imam with ties to al-Qaeda, was killed along with four others.

A government statement released to the media on Friday said the dual US-Yemeni citizen was hunted down by Yemeni forces, but did not elaborate on the circumstances of his death. Awlaki was wanted by both the US and Yemen.

He became more and more extreme in his views supporting the attempted airplane bomb plot during Christmas by Umar Farouk.

Why did he leave the clear teaching of Islam behind and advocate the killing of non-combatants?

Well, watch for yourself as he talks about it in his interview with Al Qaeda http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrXYlehAStM