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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1288 

Urging the issuance of a certificate of loss of nationality for Anwar alAwlaki. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 22, 2010 

Mr. DENT (for himself, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mr. ROE

of Tennessee, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 

POSEY, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. UPTON, Mr. BARTLETT, Mrs. 

MILLER of Michigan, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. OLSON, 

and Mr. PITTS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 

the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Urging the issuance of a certificate of loss of nationality 

for Anwar al-Awlaki. 

Whereas Anwar al-Awlaki was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on April 22, 1971, and is therefore a citizen of the 

United States; 

Whereas al-Awlaki is also a citizen of the Republic of Yemen, 

who was raised there from 1971 until 1991, and after living and studying in the United States for more than a 

decade, again returned to Yemen in 2004; 

Whereas al-Awlaki, through his indoctrination, incitement, 

and radicalization of persons recruited into the service of 

al Qaeda and related organizations, has functioned as a 


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member of al Qaeda since before the attacks of September 11, 2001, and thereby sought to carry out terrorist acts and otherwise engage in hostilities against the 

United States; 

Whereas al-Awlaki, while acting as a Muslim cleric and as an 

imam at the Rabat mosque and the Dar al Hijrah 

mosque, counseled several of the 9/11 hijackers; 

Whereas al-Awlaki seeks to radicalize persons from around 

the world and recruit on behalf of al Qaeda by broadcasting messages over the Internet, including audio recordings and postings from ‘‘Imam Anwar’s Blog’’ which 

incite his followers to carry out attacks against the 

United States on behalf of his radical views; 

Whereas, in January 2009, Awlaki published ‘‘44 Ways to 

Support Jihad’’, which preaches that al-Awlaki’s ‘‘culture 

of martyrdom needs to be revived because the enemy of 

Allah fears nothing more than our love of death’’, and ‘‘it 

is necessary for you to join a group that has Jihad as 

its main objective’’; 

Whereas, on November 5, 2009, Major Nidal Hasan, who 

sought spiritual guidance from and communicated with 

al-Awlaki, killed 13 people and wounded 30 others in cold 

blood at Fort Hood, Texas, an act which al-Awlaki later 

praised as ‘‘heroic’’; 

Whereas al-Awlaki has furthered his teachings by interpreting and translating into English the writings and 

theories of Yousef al-Ayyiri, who founded al Qaeda’s 

operational network in Saudi Arabia and acted as the 

mastermind behind the May 2003 suicide bombings in 

Riyadh; 


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Whereas, on December 25, 2009, Umar Farouk 

Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian national, attempted to destroy 

Northwest Airlines flight 253, admitted to FBI interrogators that he had been trained by an al Qaeda branch 

in Yemen and had carried out his unsuccessful bombing 

attempt under direct orders from al-Awlaki, confirming 

that al-Awlaki was much more than a spiritual advisor, 

but rather a facilitator and supervisor of terrorist operations; 

Whereas, on or about March 18, 2010, al-Awlaki, voluntarily 

and in his own voice, incited all Muslims, including his 

fellow U.S. citizens, to commit treason by taking up arms 

against the United States, stating emphatically, ‘‘jihad 

against America is binding upon myself, just as it is 

binding on every other Muslim’’; and 

Whereas as he did when inciting and commanding Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Anwar al-Awlaki remains acting as 

an operative for al Qaeda’s conspiracy to overthrow, put 

down, or to destroy by force the Government of the 

United States: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives urges 

2 that a certificate of loss of nationality should be issued 

3 by the appropriate diplomatic or consular officer for ap4 proval by the Secretary of State and forwarded to U.S. 

5 Citizen and Immigration Services finding that Anwar al6 Awlaki voluntarily relinquished his status as a United 

7 States citizen— 


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1 (1) by voluntarily participating in and collabo2 rating with Armed Forces seeking to carry out hos3 tilities against the United States; 

4 (2) by inciting peaceful Muslims to join al 

5 Qaeda in jihad against the United States by engag6 ing in acts of violence against the people of the 

7 United States; 

8 (3) by teaching members and supporters of al 

9 Qaeda and related organizations subject to the Au10 thorization for the Use of Military Force (Public 

11 Law 107–40 (2001)), that they have a duty to en12 gage in acts of terrorism against the people of the 

13 United States; and 

14 (4) by participating in al Qaeda’s call for the 

15 violent overthrow of the Government of the United 

16 States. 

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