FBI agents identified al-Awlaki as a known , important " senior recruiter for al Qaeda " , and a spiritual motivator . His name came up in a dozen terrorism plots in the US , UK , and Canada . The cases included suicide bombers in the 2005 London bombings , radical Islamic terrorists in the 2006 Toronto terrorism case , radical Islamic terrorists in the 2007 Fort Dix attack plot , the '' jihadist '' killer in the 2009 Little Rock military recruiting office shooting , and the 2010 Times Square bomber . In each case the suspects were devoted to al-Awlaki 's message , which they listened to online and on CDs
2007 Fort Dix attack plot
2007 Fort Dix attack plot
Anwar al-Awlaki