Al-Qaeda loses potent recruiter - Financial Times

The death of Anwar al-Awlaki, the silver-tongued and militant cleric of Washington demonology, will deprive al-Qaeda of its most persuasive advocate.

The New Mexico-born preacher, reported killed on Friday in a US drone attack in Yemen's craggy badlands, had a command of slang and a media savvy that made him a potent recruiter of disaffected Islamic militants.