How will al-Awlaki's death impact al Qaeda — and US-Yemen relations? | BBC

September 30, 2011 |


Jonathan Guyer discusses the implications for US-Yemen relations of Anwar al-Awlaki's death by way of a US predator drone. As the beleaguered Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, confronts political conflict in Sana'a, Awlaki's death can be viewed as Saleh's effort to shore up counter-terror cooperation with Washington.

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