Nawar al-Awlaki

Nawar "Nora" al-Awlaki (Arabic: نوار العولقي‎; 2008/2009 – 29 January 2017) was an eight-year-old American citizen of Yemeni descent who was killed on January 29, 2017 during the Raid on Yakla, a commando attack approved by the U.S. Department of Defense.[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 approved by the U.S. Department of Defense
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] Nawar's grandfather, Nasser al-Awlaki said of her killing, “She was hit with a bullet in her neck and suffered for two hours. Why kill children? This is the new U.S. administration - it’s very sad, a big crime.”[8] Nawar died with her mother and uncle by her side. Her alleged last words were, "Don't cry, mama. I'm fine."[9]

Her father, Anwar al-Awlaki, was alleged to be an operational leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Anwar al-Awlaki was killed by a CIA drone strike on September 30, 2011 by a drone attack that Obama ordered.[10] Two weeks after Anwar's death, Nawar's half-brother, Abdulrahman, was killed in a 2011 U.S. drone strike.[11][12][13][14]

See also

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". 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. Stewart, Mohammed Ghobari and Phil. "Commando dies in U.S. raid in Yemen, first military op OK'd by Trump". Reuters UK. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  9. Wilkins, Brett (January 31, 2017). "Nawar al-Awlaki, 8-yr-old killed in U.S. Yemen raid, was American". DigitalJournal.
  10. 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.
  11. CODEPINK Repeatedly Disrupts Brennan Hearing Calling Out Names Of Civilians Killed in Drone Strikes 10:38 minutes in
  12. Johnson, Carrie (July 19, 2012). "Families Sue Over U.S. Deaths In Yemen Drone Strikes". NPR. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  13. "American drone deaths highlight controversy". NBC News. February 5, 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  14. Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta


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