Publication Date:
Wed, 2011-10-19 00:54
Anwar Al-Awlaki, a leading member of Al-Qaeda's Yemen
branch, was killed in a Sept. 30 airstrike. His son Abdul-Rahman was killed
along with six others on Friday.
In the statement posted Tuesday on a militant website
affiliated with Al-Qaeda, the family said the son was just 16 years old and was
searching for his father when he was killed.
"The American administration is trying to absolve
itself of killing innocents," the statement said.
There has been some criticism of the killing of the militant
because he was a US citizen, but the Obama administration has defended it as
legitimate anti-terror activity.
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