247 Javier Jordán Drone attacks campaign in Yemen most notable ones: • In April 2010, the FBI arrested a couple of converts in Alaska who had been planning an attack in the United States. They both acknowledged the influence that the figure of Al Awlaki had exercised over them, in their respective processes of violent radicalisation.10 • In May 2010, Faisal Shahzad placed a bomb in Times Square (New York), which failed to blow up. Although he had been trained and sent back to the United States by the Pakistani Taliban movement (TTP), following his arrest, Faisal Shahzad equally acknowledged in his interrogation that letters from Anwar Al Awlaki had contributed towards his radicalisation process.11 • Roshonara Choudhry was a student of King’s College of London. In May 2010, she stabbed the British MP Stephen Timms in his stomach, because he had voted in favour of the Iraq war years before. She did not manage to kill him thanks to the public around them who tackled her. Choudhry acknowledged the influence that the speeches of Al Awlaki published on YouTube had had on her.12 • In December 2010, the British police arrested three groups of individuals living in Cardiff, Stoke and London who planned to commit attacks on different targets in the country, including the London Stock Exchange and the United States Embassy. According to the testimony of those arrested, their actions had been inspired by some advice they had read in the magazine called Inspire, published by AQAP with the assistance of Awlaki.13 • In June 2011, the British police arrested a Muslim couple who had intended to attack Jewish targets in Manchester. Their radicalisation process had happened during 2011 and 2010, induced by the contents of the same publication.14 • In June 2011, Joseph Anthony Davis and Frederick Domingue, two converts to Islam, were arrested by FBI agents when they were trying to buy automatic weapons in order to shoot at a military recruitment centre in Seattle. Davis admitted his admiration for Al Awlaki and the influence that his speeches had had on him.15 10 “Cops: Alaska Couple Lied About Terror Hit List”, CBS News, July 21, 2010. 11 Meleagrou-Hitchens, Alexander, “Anwar al-`Awlaqi’s Disciples: Three Case Studies”, CTC Sentinel, Vol. 4, Issue 7, July 2011, pp. 6-9. 12 Dodd, Vikram, “Roshonara Choudhry: Police interview extracts”, The Guardian, November 3, 2010. 13 Gardham, Duncan, “Terrorists admit plot to bomb London Stock Exchange and US Embassy”, The Telegraph, February 1, 2012. 14 “Muslim couple planned to bomb Jews in al Qaeda inspired plot”, The Telegraph, June 20, 2012. 15 Stewart, Scott, “The Seattle Plot: Jihadists Shifting Away From Civilian Targets?”, Stratfor, June 30, 2011.
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