Pentagon Dinner Guest al-Awlaki Slated to Replace Osama

Yemen-based Anwar al-Awlaki is scheduled to replace the late Osama bin Laden, according to news reports.

As Tea Party darling Michele Bachmann notes above, al-Awlaki is the new face of terror in a war designed to last forever.

“Anwar al-Awlaki, affiliated with a Yemen-based faction of al-Qaida, is being mentioned in national media reports as a potential successor to Osama bin Laden, who was killed last week in Pakistan,” reports a Carlsbad, New Mexico newspaper. The Muslim cleric was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Following the unverified murder of Osama bin Laden, the corporate media has buzzed with speculation on who will replace the Saudi. Ayman al-Zawahiri is not charismatic enough for American audiences, NBC News notes. “We could see Anwar al-Awlaki move in, or Ilyas Kashmiri, a Pakistani militant,” a nameless senior government official told the news organization.