NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: The American-born Muslim cleric who may have inspired the gunman in the Fort Hood massacre has a message for other American Muslims: turn against your country.
In a 12-minute audio message obtained by CNN, Anwar Al-Awlaki of Yemen calls his former country "evil" and praised Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, who has been charged with gunning down 13 people in Fort Hood last year.
"To the Muslims in America, I have this to say: How can your conscience allow you to live in peaceful co-existence with a nation that is responsible for the tyranny and crimes committed against your own brother and sisters?" Al-Awlaki says in the message, according to CNN.
Al-Awlaki has emerged as a major figure in Al Qaeda's attempts to recruit American insurgents through Internet sermons. The FBI had questioned him about his role as "spiritual adviser" to Sept. 11 hijackers Nawaf al-Hamzi and Hani Hanjour at the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Va., before he fled to Yemen. >>> Ethan Sacks | Daily News Staff Writer | Thursday, March 18, 2010
CNN: Purported al-Awlaki message calls for jihad against U.S. >>> Paula Newton | CNN | Wednesday, March 17, 2010
