Awlaki killed by CIA drone: U.S. officials (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Anwar al Awlaki, a U.S.-born Muslim cleric who served as a key propagandist for Yemen-based militants linked to al Qaeda, was killed in a CIA drone strike overnight in a remote Yemeni town, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday.

Awlaki became a major target for U.S. counterterrorism efforts after intelligence linked him to at least two specific attack plots — including a plot by a Nigerian militant to bring down a U.S.-bound airliner with a bomb hidden in his underpants — in late 2009. (Reporting by Mark Hosenball and Matt Spetalnick in Washington; Editing by Vicki Allen)

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