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The US may have assassinated Awlaki, but as this report indicates, though clear a mouthpiece for extremists he wasn't necessarily a violent man until he was tortured by the Yemenis at the behest of the Americans.

"We've turned him into a perverse kind of hero". Anwar al Awlaki allegedly recruited Al Qaeda members from all over the West. After his arrival and torture in Yemen, Awlaki used his English-speaking prowess to attract recruits from around the world to Yemen's terror camps. An Arab spy who has visited several of them tells how he had seen many Australians and Europeans there. As an American citizen, Awlaki was seen as particularly dangerous for the West. "People who don't fit profiles, who can breeze through airports, are a very potent weapon".

A Film By ABC Australia
Distributed By Journeyman Pictures
February 2011