Anwar al - Awlaki was killed by a US drone strike in 2007 , but continues to influence jihadists . Peter Bergen notes that the cleric 's influence was clear in Boston after indictment . Other terrorism cases in the U.S. bear imprint of Awlaki 's statements , Bergen writes . Bergen : Will others sympathetic to al Qaeda continue to spread his teachings ?
Anwar al-Awlaki was killed by a U.S. drone strike in 2011 , but continues to influence jihadists . Peter Bergen notes that the cleric 's influence was clear in Boston Marathon indictment . Other terrorism cases in the U.S. bear imprint of Awlaki 's statements , Bergen says . Bergen : Will others sympathetic to al Qaeda continue to spread his teachings ?