Awlaki pushes from Ameican Muslim jihad

Reuters:

A U.S.-born radical cleric linked to shootings at a U.S. army base and the failed bombing of a U.S. plane appeared to urge Muslims to conduct a jihad against the United States in an audiotape heard on Thursday.

U.S. counterterrorism officials said in late February they were considering adding Anwar al-Awlaki to the U.S. target list to kill or capture top militants if he appeared to pose a direct security threat. He is believed to be living in southern Yemen.

"To the Muslims in America, I have this to say: How can your conscience allow you to live in peaceful coexistence with a nation that is responsible for the tyranny and crimes committed against your own brothers and sisters?" the audiotape said.

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Awlaki was reported as saying early in February he had taught the Nigerian suspect in the December 25 attempted bombing of a U.S.-bound plane and supported his actions but had not ordered the attack.

U.S. officials say Awlaki also had links to a U.S. Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at a Texas base in November.

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If this guy is not on a target list, he should be. He has been implicated in two mass murder for Allah operations in the US and he should be held to account for that. By his own words he is clearly an enemy of the US who wants non combatants killed.