[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022ds-1col clearfix\u0022\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \u003Cp\u003EIn covering the death of AQAP\u2019s leaders, Al Jazeera tends to direct attention at authorities responsible for the strike.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn its initial reporting of the strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan in 2011, Al Jazeera directed its attention at Yemen\u2019s Ministry of Defense, which reported on the death\u0026nbsp;\u201cwithout specifying the date, or the location of [al-Awlaki\u2019s] death, or the manner in which he was killed.\u201d Simultaneously, the network noted a Reuters report that al-Awlaki was killed in an airstrike that struck two cars in Mareb province in eastern Yemen. The network focused on the perceived incompetency of Yemeni authorities, mentioning that they had announced al-Awlaki\u2019s demise in December 2010, only to clarify later that he had not been killed. \u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cAl-Yemen Ya\u2019lan Muqatal Al-Awlaki,\u201d Al Jazeera, September 30, 2011, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aljazeera.net\/news\/pages\/3528ae8d-5dd8-4684-8f92-7d089d01f732\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.aljazeera.net\/news\/pages\/3528ae8d-5dd8-4684-8f92-7d089d01f732\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the aftermath of Said al-Shihri\u2019s death in 2013, Al Jazeera\u2019s Yemen director, Saeed Thabet, described al-Shihri as a \u201ccharismatic personality, [who had] gained great fame, and played an important role in assembling al-Qaeda members.\u201d \u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cAl-Qaeda bi Al-Yemen Ta\u2019alan Muqatal Al-Shihri,\u201d Al Jazeera, July 17, 2013, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aljazeera.net\/news\/pages\/ee5ebda4-e2a9-41f7-81c7-23916da3ddb8\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.aljazeera.net\/news\/pages\/ee5ebda4-e2a9-41f7-81c7-23916da3ddb8\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp; Thabet also noted that al-Shihri was number 36 on the Saudi\u2019s 85 most wanted list, and that he had been declared [dead] more than once. \u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cAl-Qaeda bi Al-Yemen Ta\u2019alan Muqatal Al-Shihri,\u201d Al Jazeera, July 17, 2013, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aljazeera.net\/news\/pages\/ee5ebda4-e2a9-41f7-81c7-23916da3ddb8\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.aljazeera.net\/news\/pages\/ee5ebda4-e2a9-41f7-81c7-23916da3ddb8\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n","dialogOptions":{"minWidth":850,"resizable":true,"modal":true,"title":"On Deaths of AQAP Leaders"}},{"command":"doFootnotes"}]