U.S. State Department Offers Condolences To The Family Of An Al Qaeda Member

Photo: Samir Khan was killed along with terror suspect Anwar al-Awlaki. Fox News

Slain al Qaeda Propagandist's Family Gets Condolence Calls From State Department -- ABC News

Last week, the State Department called the family of slain al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula propagandist Samir Khan twice to offer their condolences, a spokeswoman for the department said today.

Khan, a U.S. citizen, was killed in the same CIA airstrike in Yemen on Sept. 30 that killed Anwar al-Awlaki, another U.S. citizen and the alleged inspiration for recent terror attempts on the United States.

A U.S. consular official, in keeping with standard practice when an American is killed abroad, phoned Khan's next of kin "to express our sympathy with the family," spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.

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