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car believed to be carrying al awlaki is targeted. a u.s. drone fires a missile. and one of america's top terror targets is dead. >> the death of awlaki is a major blow to al qaeda's 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, awlaki's presence was felt in the ft. hood massacre. the alleged shooter, major nadal hassan is believed to have exchanged e-mails with awlaki before the rampage that left 13 people dead. awlaki is also l...

That and other young americans and military. were following this man online. >> it's 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 operational because he was not constrained. he, in fact, felt really invulnerab invulnerable. >> i think ...

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, it's -- >> it's 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, citibank, you name it, the major banks have been briefed because they're concerned they may be trying to ...

In the future? what are they saying about what is to come? >> >> reporter: what they're saying is they're going to spread this technology to more countries, countries they say are under the radar to try and launch similar attacks. it's questionable whether this technology can be transferred. it's 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, an industry that is so vital for trade and transportation between the u.s. and europe. and that's...