USAID funded the education of an al-Qaeda leader.
Source — it has been confirmed that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provided full financial assistance to Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born member of al-Qaeda, for his education at Colorado State University in the 1990s. The disclosure, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, has raised disturbing questions about the agency’s role in funding a future terrorist leader’s education, highlighting glaring lapses in oversight and the unintended consequences of U.S. foreign assistance programs.
The document, first uncovered by Intelwire and later shared by investigative journalist Pamela Browne, shows that USAID granted al-Awlaki full funding to study civil engineering. This financial backing, offered during a period when al-Awlaki was still a relatively unknown figure, now appears incongruous when considering the individual’s later involvement in one of the most notorious terrorist organizations in the world.
At the time of his scholarship, al-Awlaki was a young man in his twenties, with no clear indication that he would eventually emerge as a vocal and influential member of al-Qaeda. Born in New Mexico to Yemeni parents, he spent much of his early life in Yemen, where he would later rise to notoriety as a regional commander in al-Qaeda, advocating for violence against foreigners. In the 2000s, his speeches and writings became widely known in extremist circles, further amplifying his radical influence.
This connection between USAID and al-Awlaki is unsettling, especially in the context of his later actions. In 2011, al-Awlaki was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen, ordered by then-President Barack Obama. His death, however, was controversial, as it occurred without any semblance of due process, despite al-Awlaki being a U.S. citizen at the time. The strike against him has been widely discussed as a case of extrajudicial killing, with many questioning whether the U.S. government had violated its own legal principles in targeting a citizen without trial.
Why would USAID fund hundreds of thousands of meals that went to al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Syria?
In 2012, Jake Sullivan — Biden’s former National Security Advisor — wrote to Hillary Clinton: “Al Qaeda is on our side in Syria.”
“USAID reportedly gave $122 million to groups aligned with foreign terrorist organizations.” — John Kennedy
Julian Assange and WikiLeaks have been hard at work and have just released 531,525 new cables from 1979, which trace the origins of ISIS and illustrate how the CIA and US foreign policies helped in forging their creation. — Yahoo
ISIS terrorists seen inside tents supplied by USAID.
Source — it has been confirmed that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provided full financial assistance to Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born member of al-Qaeda, for his education at Colorado State University in the 1990s. The disclosure, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, has raised disturbing questions about the agency’s role in funding a future terrorist leader’s education, highlighting glaring lapses in oversight and the unintended consequences of U.S. foreign assistance programs.
The document, first uncovered by Intelwire and later shared by investigative journalist Pamela Browne, shows that USAID granted al-Awlaki full funding to study civil engineering. This financial backing, offered during a period when al-Awlaki was still a relatively unknown figure, now appears incongruous when considering the individual’s later involvement in one of the most notorious terrorist organizations in the world.
At the time of his scholarship, al-Awlaki was a young man in his twenties, with no clear indication that he would eventually emerge as a vocal and influential member of al-Qaeda. Born in New Mexico to Yemeni parents, he spent much of his early life in Yemen, where he would later rise to notoriety as a regional commander in al-Qaeda, advocating for violence against foreigners. In the 2000s, his speeches and writings became widely known in extremist circles, further amplifying his radical influence.
This connection between USAID and al-Awlaki is unsettling, especially in the context of his later actions. In 2011, al-Awlaki was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen, ordered by then-President Barack Obama. His death, however, was controversial, as it occurred without any semblance of due process, despite al-Awlaki being a U.S. citizen at the time. The strike against him has been widely discussed as a case of extrajudicial killing, with many questioning whether the U.S. government had violated its own legal principles in targeting a citizen without trial.
Why would USAID fund hundreds of thousands of meals that went to al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Syria?
In 2012, Jake Sullivan — Biden’s former National Security Advisor — wrote to Hillary Clinton: “Al Qaeda is on our side in Syria.”
“USAID reportedly gave $122 million to groups aligned with foreign terrorist organizations.” — John Kennedy
Julian Assange and WikiLeaks have been hard at work and have just released 531,525 new cables from 1979, which trace the origins of ISIS and illustrate how the CIA and US foreign policies helped in forging their creation. — Yahoo
ISIS terrorists seen inside tents supplied by USAID.