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Operationally the most serious al qaeda fringe -- >> absolutely. it the the most serious element of al qaeda. it launched the christmas day attack in 2009. it attempted the cargo plot in 2010. again, those plots were not really disrupted and that network was not disrupted until awlaki was removed from the scene. >> they have the most sophisticated bombmaker who sent his own brother to kill -- >> that was a very sophisticated liquid bomb plot against mohammed benai in 09. it was a bomb designed t...

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a u.s. drone fires its missile and one of americas top terror targets is dead. >> the death of awlaki is a major blow to al qaedas most active operational affiliate. >> anwar al awlaki was a long way from the home when the missile found him in yemen. born in new mexico and educated in the u.s., he radicalized and became a leader in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. implicated in many plots to kill americans, he was a top terror recruiter, awlakis presence was felt in [ sirens [. >> re...

>> the death of awlaki is a major blow to al qaedas most active operational affiliate. >> anwar al awlaki was a long way from the home when the missile found him in yemen. born in new mexico and educated in the u.s., he radicalized and became a leader in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. implicated in many plots to kill americans, he was a top terror recruiter, awlakis presence was felt in the ft. hood massacre. the alleged shooter, major nidal hasan is believed to have exchanged e-ma...

major blow to al qaedas most active operational affiliate. >> anwar al awlaki was a long way from the home when the missile found him in yemen. born in new mexico and educated in the u.s., he radicalized and became a leader in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. implicated in many plots to kill americans, he was a top terror recruiter, awlakis presence was felt in >> reporter: the alleged shooter, major nidal hasan is believed to have exchanged e-mails with awlaki before the rampage tha...

car believed to be carrying al awlaki is targeted. a u.s. drone fires a missile. and one of americas top terror targets is dead. >> the death of awlaki is a major blow to al qaedas most active operational affiliate. >> anwar al awlaki was a long way from home. born in new mexico he radicalized and became a leader in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. he was a top terror recruiter, awlakis presence was felt in the ft. hood massacre. the alleged shooter, major nadal hassan is believed to...

That and other young americans and military. were following this man online. >> its absolutely true. in terms of inspiration, and speaking to english speaking affiliates of al qaeda, there was really no one who had an understanding of their psychology and was able to speak to them and inspire them in the way that anwar awlaki has been able to over the past two or three years. >> and unlike bin laden, who was so well-hidden, although hidden hiding in plain sight as we now know, he was more operat...

Jihadist web postings to information they have that several bank executives may have, their names may have come up amid some of the terror operatives. >> in spite of being this english language online, its -- >> its put out by al qaeda which is meant to inspire terror attacks here in the west. all of those factors combined has the joint terrorism task force here in new york concerned and so they have now gone out and briefed the major banks, morgan stanley, jpmorgan chase, goldman sachs, citiban...

In the future? what are they saying about what is to come? >> >> reporter: what theyre saying is theyre going to spread this technology to more countries, countries they say are under the radar to try and launch similar attacks. its questionable whether this technology can be transferred. its questionable how effective it is, because there was no blast with the cargo bombs earlier this year. the magazine says our objective is not maximum kill but to cause a hemorrhage in the aviation industry, a...