Yemen al Qaeda wing confirms U.S.-born cleric dead:report

DUBAI (Reuters) Al-Qaeda's Yemen-based wing confirmed on Monday the death of U.S.-born militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who U.S. officials said was killed ten days ago inside a CIA drone strike.

Awlaki, al Qaeda inside the Arabian Peninsula's (AQAP) most high-profile member, was considered an influential international recruiter to al Qaeda and accountable for recruiting militants and preparing attacks resistant to the Usa.

"We confirm to the jihadi Ummah (nation) that's uprising against oppression, the martyrdom from the mujahid heroic sheikh Abu Abdul Rahman Anwar bin Nasser al-Awlaki," AQAP said on the web site, according to the Web page on the web monitoring service.