Nasser al-Awlaki explained

Nasser al-Awlaki
Birth Date:1946
Birth Place:Said, Shabwa Governorate, Yemen
Citizenship:Yemeni
Occupation:Politician, scholar
Known For:Former agriculture minister of Yemen, former president of Sanaa University
Children:Anwar al-Awlaki
Relatives:Abdulrahman al-Awlaki (grandson), Nawar al-Awlaki (granddaughter)

Nasser al-Awlaki (Arabic: ناصر العولقي; 1946 – 28 September 2021) was a Yemeni scholar and politician. He was the father of Anwar and grandfather of Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, who were killed in separate U.S. drone strikes. Nasser's granddaughter Nawar al-Awlaki was also killed in a U.S. raid in Yemen in 2017, the Raid on Yakla.[1]

Biography

He was a Fulbright Scholar and earned a master's degree in agricultural economics at New Mexico State University in 1971.[2] He received a doctorate at the University of Nebraska, and worked at the University of Minnesota from 1975 to 1977.[3] [4] Nasser al-Awlaki served as Agriculture Minister of Yemen in Ali Abdullah Saleh's government. He was also President of Sana'a University.[5] [6] [7] Yemen's prime minister from 2007 to 2011, Ali Mohammed Mujur, was a relative.[8]

After the deaths of his son and grandson, Nasser published a six-minute audio message condemning the U.S. for the killings.[9] In the audio, he said of President Barack Obama:

Al-Awlaki claimed his son Anwar was far from any battlefield.[9] In 2010, al-Awlaki also said he believed Anwar had been wrongly accused and had not been a member of al-Qaeda.[10]

On 29 January 2017, Nawar al-Awlaki, Nasser's 8-year-old granddaughter, was the third member of his family to be killed by the U.S. The girl was among several civilians killed in the Yakla raid, the first covert operation ordered by President Donald Trump. Nasser said in response "This is the new (U.S.) administration – it's very sad, a big crime."[1] [11]

Nasser al-Awlaki's son Anwar was a U.S. citizen, born in New Mexico in 1971 while Nasser was earning his master's degree.

Al-Awlaki died on 28 September 2021 after suffering from illness.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Navy SEAL, 8-year-old American girl died in Yemen raid. NBC News. en. 31 January 2017.
  2. News: Anwar al-Awlaki: ACLU wants militant cleric taken off US 'kill list' . Warren Richey . The Christian Science Monitor. 31 August 2010 . 30 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101022165147/http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2010/0831/Anwar-al-Awlaki-ACLU-wants-militant-cleric-taken-off-US-kill-list. 22 October 2010 . live.
  3. News: Radical imam traces roots to New Mexico; Militant Islam cleric's father graduated from NMSU. Sharpe. Tom. 14 November 2009. The Santa Fe New Mexican. 1 December 2009. https://archive.today/20130105012908/http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Radical-imam-traces-roots-to-N-M-. 5 January 2013. dead.
  4. News: Cleric linked to Fort Hood attack grew more radicalized in Yemen . Raghavan . Sudarsan . 10 December 2009 . The Washington Post . 10 December 2009.
  5. News: Cleric linked to Fort Hood attack grew more radicalized in Yemen . Raghavan . Sudarsan . 10 December 2009 . The Washington Post . 10 December 2009.
  6. News: Shane. Scott. 18 November 2009. Born in U.S., a Radical Cleric Inspires Terror. The New York Times. 20 November 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20110906163237/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/us/19awlaki.html. 6 September 2011. live.
  7. Holmes . Oliver . Why Yemen Hasn't Arrested Terrorist Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki . Time . 5 November 2009 . 11 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101112005349/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C2030277%2C00.html . 12 November 2010 . dead .
  8. News: Newton. Paula. 2 February 2010. Al-Awlaki's father asks Obama to end manhunt. CNN. 2 February 2010.
  9. Web site: Nasser Al-Awlaki Blasts U.S. For Killing of Son and Grandson via @intelwire . News.intelwire.com . 2 December 2011 . 23 October 2012.
  10. Web site: Al-Awlaki's father says son is 'not Osama bin Laden'. Newton. Paula. 11 January 2010. CNN. 24 May 2013.
  11. News: Ghobari . Mohammed . Stewart . Phil . January 29, 2017 . Commando dies in U.S. raid in Yemen, first military op OK'd by Trump . . July 25, 2023.
  12. Web site: 28 September 2021. وفاة رئيس جامعة صنعاء الأسبق. The death of the former president of Sanaa University. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210928173638/https://news.albousla.ps/arab/amp/616732. 28 September 2021. 12 October 2021. news.albousla.ps. ar.

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