A security guard closes the gates at the Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Va. U.S. air strikes in Yemen killed Anwar al-Awlaki, an American militant cleric at the mosque, who became a prominent figure in the terror network’s most dangerous branch, using his fluent English and Internet savvy to draw recruits for attacks in the United States.

First published in the October 01, 2011, 3:17 p.m. edition

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