Was U.S.-Backed Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki Legal? Anwar al-Awlaki, a high-level U.S.-born cleric linked to al-Qaida, was killed in Yemen Friday by a U.S. airstrike targeting his convoy.

There is no question that the president made a legitimate determination of al-Awlaki’s status as an enemy of the United States under the AUMF. Kevin Williamson, Ron Paul, and the ACLU would have ...

“We came here to build, not to destroy,” the cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki, said in a sermon. “We are the bridge between Americans and 1 billion Muslims worldwide.” At first glance, it seemed ...

Nawar al-Awlaki would have been 16 this year. She was dead long before that. Nawar was just 8 years old when on January 29, ...

U.S. Airstrike Kills Anwar al-Awlaki WSJ reporter Margaret Coker has details of the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, a key al Qaeda operative. (Photo: Site Intelligence Group and Associated Press) ...