- After watching the video, please fill in the blanks.
Missiles fired from a drone aircraft …………………………………….. (kill) radical U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki early Friday as he …………………………………….. (rode) in a convoy in eastern Yemen.
He …………………………………….. (be) a vocal critic of America and alledgedly …………………………………….. (motivate) others to commit violence against U.S. interests.
President Barack Obama …………………………………….. (call) Awlaki's death a "major blow" to one of al-Qaida's most active affiliates.
Speaking to a military audience outside Washington, Mr. Obama said the operation that ……………………………….. (kill) Awlaki ……………………… (be) proof that the terrorist group and its affiliates …………………………………….. (not find) a safe haven anywhere in the world.
Western news organizations …………………………………….. (quote) U.S. officials as saying the raid …………………………………….. (coordinate) by the CIA and …………………………………….. (head) by U.S. Joint Special Operations Command, the counterterrorism unit that …………………………………….. (lead) the May operation killing Osama bin Laden.
Several other suspected militants …………………………………….. (kill) in the operation, including Samir Khan, an American of Pakistani origin who …………………………………….. (produce) an English-language magazine for al-Qaida on the Internet.
Awlaki ……………………………………. (link) to the group al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, based in Yemen. Both the U.S. and Yemen ………………………………………… (want) him for his suspected role in terrorist attacks.
Authorities …………………………………… (believe) Awlaki …………………………………….. (advise) a suspected Nigerian bomber and that he ………………………… (instruct) a U.S. Army psychiatrist Major who …………………………………………… (carry out) a mass shooting that …………………………………….. (leave) 13 dead in 2009.
Awlaki's death …………………………………….. (find) Yemen in a political crisis, marked by heightened calls for President Abdullah Saleh's resignation.
Activists say that last Friday thousands of anti-government protesters …………………………………….. (rally) in the capital, Sana'a and in the southern city of Taiz.
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