IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1288 
Urging the issuance of a certificate of loss of nationality for Anwar al- 
Awlaki. 
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 Mex-
ico, 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 liv-
ing 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 Sep-
tember 11, 2001, and thereby sought to carry out ter-
rorist 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 broad-
casting messages over the Internet, including audio re-
cordings 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 inter-
preting 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 interro-
gators 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 oper-
ations; 
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 Fa-
rouk 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 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives urges 
that a certificate of loss of nationality should be issued 
by the appropriate diplomatic or consular officer for ap-
proval by the Secretary of State and forwarded to U.S. 
Citizen and Immigration Services finding that Anwar al- 
Awlaki voluntarily relinquished his status as a United 
States citizen— 
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(1) by voluntarily participating in and collabo-
rating with Armed Forces seeking to carry out hos-
tilities against the United States; 
(2) by inciting peaceful Muslims to join al 
Qaeda in jihad against the United States by engag-
ing in acts of violence against the people of the 
United States; 
(3) by teaching members and supporters of al 
Qaeda and related organizations subject to the Au-
thorization for the Use of Military Force (Public 
Law 107–40 (2001)), that they have a duty to en-
gage in acts of terrorism against the people of the 
United States; and 
(4) by participating in al Qaeda’s call for the 
violent overthrow of the Government of the United 
States. 
Æ 
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