From the Washington Post's Checkpoint Washington column:
Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen has confirmed the deaths of American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan, the young American propagandist killed alongside him in a U.S. drone strike late last month.
Al-Qaeda has also criticized the Obama administration for killing U.S. citizens, saying doing so “contradicts” American law.
“Where are what they keep talking about regarding freedom, justice,
human rights and respect of freedoms?!” the statement says, according to
a translation by SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist Web sites....MORE