Anwar al-Awlaki Dead: What It Means For US, Yemen -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
The assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki, a US citizen and Al Qaeda recruiter in Yemen, will be heralded as a major triumph in the US today. But it has very little to do with Yemen's own problems.
Anwar al-Awlaki, a Yemeni-American preacher who has emerged in recent years as a recruiter for Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, was killed at around 10:00 local time in Yemen this morning, according to Yemen and unnamed US officials.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Was Anwar al-Awlaki still a U.S. citizen? -- Joshua Keating, Passport/Foreign Policy
Analysis: Awlaki's death is a boost for the West -- Adrian Blomfield, The Telegraph
Land without peace: Why Abbas went to the U.N. -- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
A win-win strategy for the Palestinians -- Barbara F. Walter and Andrew Kydd, L.A. Times
Tony Blair: a liability in Britain and the Middle East? -- Peter Oborne, The Telegraph
Iran: live free – and die -- The Guardian
Arms sales to repressive Bahrain misplaced -- Washington Post editorial
Vladimir Putin 3.0 -- Fyodor Lukyanov, Russia In Global Affairs
Sex and the single drone -- Tom Engelhardt, Asia Times
Model plane bomb plot tests US antiterrorism strategy at home -- Brad Knickerbocker, Christian Science Monitor
More of the Same Won’t Save Europe -- New York Times editorial
Why Europe’s crisis matters to U.S. -- Michael Gerson, Washington Post