ASSESSMENTS

Yemen's AQAP Will Continue Ideological, Physical Battle After al-Awlaki's Death

Sep 30, 2011 | 13:35 GMT

Reuters

Summary

The Yemeni Defense Ministry has announced that U.S.-born Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in an airstrike. If the reports are true, al-Awlaki's death would be a blow to al Qaeda's Yemeni franchise, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). But it is important not to overstate the cleric's death; AQAP's ideological and physical battle against the West will continue whether he is dead or not.

The death of an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader will hurt the militant franchise, but it will not be a cause to end their operations....

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