Anwar al-awlaki, said to be one of the best recruiters and terrorist for al Qaeda was assassinated on September 30, 2011. This was an important reason for my topic because Anwar was recruiting people from the U.S to bomb and shoot places. This was also important for my topic because Anwar was also involved in the bombings and shootings. This was also an important reason for my topic because Anwar was also receiving emails talking about bombings, responding to them. The assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki was just because he used his ability to speak english which made him a more effective recruiter of Islamic terrorist al Qaeda and Anwar was also involved in the shootings and bombings; but some people believe that it was unjust because his killing
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To support this claim I got a quote from The New York Times, An al Qaeda Martyr’s “No matter what you may think, the American-born Mr. Awlaki told western muslims, sooner or later you're governments and fellow citizens will come after you. So you must join our violent cause” (Shane 1). This relates to trying to recruit terrorist by using English which made him more effective.
The assassination was also just because Anwar was also involved in some of the bombings and shootings. To support this claim I got a quote from Power Wars , "Nidal Hassan, who killed 13 innocent people at fort hood, Texas, sent 16 emails and received 2 responses from Anwar” (Savage 190-194). This relates to claim two because Anwar was involved in this by telling the shooter to stand up before they do it sooner or later.
Some people believe that this assassination was unjust because some people think that Anwar’s killing made him a more successful recruiter through his martyrdom. To support this counter claim I wrote a quote from The New York Times, An Al Qaeda Martyr’s Enduring Pitch, “Intelligence officials had concluded that Mr. Awlaki was an operation terrorist leader who had gone overseas, become a part of al Qaeda, and was engaged in continual planning and direction of attacks on
To support this claim I got a quote from The New York Times, An al Qaeda Martyr’s “No matter what you may think, the American-born Mr. Awlaki told western muslims, sooner or later you're governments and fellow citizens will come after you. So you must join our violent cause” (Shane 1). This relates to trying to recruit terrorist by using English which made him more effective.
The assassination was also just because Anwar was also involved in some of the bombings and shootings. To support this claim I got a quote from Power Wars , "Nidal Hassan, who killed 13 innocent people at fort hood, Texas, sent 16 emails and received 2 responses from Anwar” (Savage 190-194). This relates to claim two because Anwar was involved in this by telling the shooter to stand up before they do it sooner or later.
Some people believe that this assassination was unjust because some people think that Anwar’s killing made him a more successful recruiter through his martyrdom. To support this counter claim I wrote a quote from The New York Times, An Al Qaeda Martyr’s Enduring Pitch, “Intelligence officials had concluded that Mr. Awlaki was an operation terrorist leader who had gone overseas, become a part of al Qaeda, and was engaged in continual planning and direction of attacks on