Anwar al-Awlaki Placed on Terror Blacklist
Washington has added a US-born Muslim cleric linked to al-Qaeda to its terrorism blacklist and imposed financial sanctions on him.
The move would freeze any US assets of Anwar al-Awlaki, prevent him from travelling to the US and bar Americans from sending him money.
Mr al-Awlaki is suspected of helping plan the failed bombing of an airliner over Detroit last Christmas.
He is thought to be in Yemen with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
US officials have warned Yemen is becoming a safe haven for al-Qaeda militants.
He is also thought to have exchanged e-mails with an army officer charged with killing 13 people last November at a military base in Texas.
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