Nawar al-Awlaki

Nawar "Nora" al-Awlaki (2008/2009 – 29 January 2017) was an eight-year-old American of Yemeni descent who was killed on January 29, 2017 during the Raid on Yakla, a commando attack ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump.[1][2][3][4]

Nawar al-Awlaki
Born
Nawar al-Awlaki

2008/2009
United States
DiedJanuary 29, 2017(2017-01-29) (aged 8)
Sanaá, Yemen
Cause of deathGunshot wound
NationalityAmerican
Other names
  • Nora
Known forBeing killed in a raid ordered by the Trump administration
RelativesAnwar (father), Nasser (grandfather), Abdulrahman (half-brother), Ammar Al-Aulaqi (uncle)

Conducted in southern Yemen, the raid was an attack on a branch of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda.[2]

Nawar al-Awlaki's death gained national coverage and attention in both mainstream and online media sources.[5][6][7] Her father, Anwar al-Awlaki, was alleged to be an operational leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.[8] Anwar al-Awlaki was killed by a CIA drone strike on September 30, 2011.[9] Two weeks after Anwar's death, Nawar's half-brother, Abdulrahman, was killed in a 2011 U.S. drone strike.[10][11][12][13] During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump said on the topic of the war on Islamic terrorism, "When you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families."[14]

References
  1. Scahill, Jeremy, Pardiss Kebriaei, Baraa Shiban, and Amy Goodman. "Yemen: Jeremy Scahill & Advocates Question "Success" of Trump Raid That Killed 24 Civilians", Democracy Now!, 3 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  2. Ghobari, Mohammed and Phil Stewart. "Commando dies in U.S. raid in Yemen, first military op OK'd by Trump", 'b'Reuters, 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. Myre, Greg. r"Trump Aims For Big Splash In Taking On Terror Fight", NPR, 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  4. "1 US service member killed, 3 wounded in Yemen raid" Archived February 2, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, WPVI-TV, 6 ABC Action News, Philadelphia, PA. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  5. "SEAL, American Girl Die in First Trump-Era U.S. Military Raid". NBC News. January 30, 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  6. "Eight-year-old American girl 'killed in Yemen raid approved by Trump'". The Guardian. February 1, 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  7. "Obama Killed a 16-Year-Old American in Yemen. Trump Just Killed His 8-Year-Old Sister". The Intercept. January 30, 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  8. Mark Mazzetti; Charlie Savage; Scott Shane (March 9, 2013). "How a U.S. Citizen Came to Be in America's Cross Hairs". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-09-29. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  9. Raghavan, Sudarsan (September 30, 2011). "Awlaqi hit misses al-Qaeda bombmaker, Yemen says". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  10. CODEPINK Repeatedly Disrupts Brennan Hearing Calling Out Names Of Civilians Killed in Drone Strikes 10:38 minutes in
  11. Johnson, Carrie (July 19, 2012). "Families Sue Over U.S. Deaths In Yemen Drone Strikes". NPR. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  12. "American drone deaths highlight controversy". NBC News. February 5, 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  13. Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta
  14. LoBianco, Tom (December 5, 2015). "Donald Trump on terrorists: 'Take out their families'". CNN. Retrieved 21 May 2020.


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