The Counter Extremism Project(CEP) is highlighting Anwar al-Awlaki’s Violent Legacy in a collection of resources on the U.S.-born cleric who had for years served as a radicalizing figure for U.S. and European extremists. Awlaki, the leader of external operations for al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), was targeted and killed by a U.S. drone strike on 30 September 2011. In announcing his death, President Barak Obama said Awlaki “took the lead in planning and directing efforts to murder innocent Americans.”