Here is more evidence that al-Awlaki was an enemy combatant — a commander in a new kind of war. “Awlaki Trained Suspected Christmas Jet Bomber How to Detonate Underwear, Document Reveals,” from FoxNews.com, October 4 (thanks to Wimpy):
Radical American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was directly involved in the failed Christmas 2009 plot on a commercial jet and failed October 2010 plot on cargo planes, according to the federal bulletin issued after Awlaki was killed Friday in a U.S. drone attack in Yemen.
The Homeland Security/FBI bulletin, obtained by Fox News, specifically says Awlaki, an influential new-generation figure in Al Qeada, showed the suspected Christmas Day bomber how to detonate the bomb he is accused of hiding in his underwear….