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>> he was accused by the united states of being the mastermind and a master plotter behind major bombings of u.s. facilities in tanzania and kenya. he spent time in sudan with osama bin laden and was seen as a number of other plotters that were -- throughout africa trying to basically bomb u.s. ships, military installations and in his case two embassies. >> wow. just a huge development there knowing that he died while in custody from health problems there. want to ask you while we have you here switching gears especially when it comes to the foyt fight against isis. yesterday saw an uptick in ...

the accused ft. hood attacker, u.s. major anadal hasan and three 9/11 hijackers and faisal shahzad. >> the death of awlaki is a major blow to al qaeda's most active operational affiliate. awlaki was the leader of external operations for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. in that role he took the lead in planning and directing efforts to murder innocent americans. >> reporter: for more on awlaki, the al qaeda off shoot he represented and where we go from here, i want to bring in cnn's international correspondent nic robertson. nic, this was a huge development. why was awlaki such a th...