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  • U.S. Nearly Assassinated Top Al Qaeda Leader Awlaki, Sources Say

    07/19/2011 7:12:38 PM PDT · by Pan_Yan · 42 replies
    Fox News ^ | July 19, 2011 | Jennifer Griffin
    The U.S. nearly took out Anwar Al-Awlaki, a top Al Qaeda target in Yemen, in an assassination attempt days after the killing of Usama bin Laden, senior U.S. defense and intelligence sources tell Fox News. On May 5, Marine Harrier jets were sent on a mission to follow Awlaki using intelligence provided by Yemenis hoping to keep President Ali Abdullah Saleh in power. The aircraft were able to locate Awlaki traveling in a truck. But fuel storage and technical problems with the jets’ Griffin missiles – a new and improved version of a Hellfire missile -- caused the operation to...