Home » News » Al-Qaida cleric: Yemen to be Obama’s Afghanistan (AP)

Al-Qaida cleric: Yemen to be Obama’s Afghanistan (AP)

File - This Oct. 2008 file photo by Muhammad ud-Deen shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. The Obama administration has added the U.S.-born, al-Qaida-linked cleric accused of helping to plan the failed Christmas Day airline bombing to a terrorism blacklist, targeting him with sanctions aimed at cutting off his financial support. The Treasury Department placed Anwar al-Awlaki on its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists on Friday. That would aim to freeze his assets, bar Americans from sending him money and ban him from traveling to the U.S. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen, File)   ** MANDATORY CREDIT  NO SALES **AP - A U.S.-born, al-Qaida-linked cleric warned the American people that President Barack Obama will mire U.S. forces in Yemen just as Afghanistan, in a message appearing Monday on militant websites.


Tags: Yemen, barack obama, cleric, militant websites, Afghanistan, Obama's, alQaida

Related posts:

  1. Yemen orders US-born cleric found ‘dead or alive’ (AP)
  2. US warns of al-Qaida threat to ships off Yemen (AP)
  3. Yemen airstrike on al-Qaida hide-out, clash kill 6 (AP)
  4. Obama slips into Afghanistan to voice US resolve (AP)
  5. President Obama makes surprise stop in Afghanistan (AP)

Want To Provide Some Feedback?