From Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent
Officials say a U.S. airstrike targeting Anwar al-Awlaki appears to have killed two al Qaeda operatives.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: The missile strike didn’t appear to have killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. official says
- The U.S. military drone fired in an area the radical cleric has frequented, adds the official
- Monday’s raid on bin Laden’s Pakistan compound is not linked to the strike, the official says
- Two al Qaeda operatives affiliated with al-Awlaki die, a U.S. defense official says
(CNN) — A U.S. military drone fired a missile within the last 48 hours in Yemen aimed at the U.S.-born radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, but the strike did not appear to have killed him, a U.S. official told CNN on Friday.
The missile was fired at an area in southern Yemen that al-Awlaki is known to have frequented, the official said.
The official said the targeting information was not the result of information gathered from the seizure Monday of materials from Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan.
A U.S. defense official confirmed that the drone was under the control of the American military — not the CIA.
The defense official said the strike appears to have killed two al Qaeda operatives affiliated with al-Awlaki.
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