Death of U.S. teenager in drone strike stokes debate

[The Northerner]

According to his Facebook profile, Abdulrahman al-Awlaki enjoyed watching The Simpsons and the BBC's Planet Earth series.

He read the Harry Potter books and listened to Snoop Dogg. He was also the 16-year-old son of the infamous al Qaeda propagandist, Anwar al-Awlaki.

And like his father he was a U.S. citizen, born in Colorado (where his father studied) on August 26, 1995.

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It's unclear why the younger al-Awlaki was with al-Banna, but the teenager's death has refocused scrutiny on the U.S. drone campaign, which has grown exponentially since being introduced in 2004 – principally in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, but more recently in Somalia, Yemen and Libya. Drones are now a controversial pillar of national security policy.

Read more: http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/25/death-of-u-s-teenager-in-drone-strike-stokes-debate/