US and Yemeni officials earlier said Mr. al-Aulaqi's convoy was attacked by an American drone. The latest operation is also reported to have killed three other militants. Frank Gardner reports.

早些时候，美国和也门官方表示，奥拉基的车辆被一架美国无人驾驶机击中。根据最新的报道，还有另外三名武装人员被杀。Frank Gardner报道。

It was the briefest statement by the Yemeni government this morning that announced the biggest blow to Al Qaeda since the killing of Osama Bin laden this May. Possibly the organization's most inspirational cleric and ideologue in the middle east, Anwar al-Aulaqi has been killed in an airstrike in a joint US-Yemen operation. It follows a controvertial executive order signed by president Obama last year to hand down and kill al-Aulaqi who is a US citizen. Using the internet al-Aulaqi encourged his followers to attack western targets. He's been blamed for inspring US army major Nidal Hassan to kill his fellow soldiers in Texas.

也门政府发表简短声明，声称这是自今年五月击毙本拉登以来对基地组织的最大打击。阿拉基可以说上是中东地区该组织最励志的传教士。他已在美国-也门军队联合作战的空中打击中被击毙。之前在去年，奥巴马总统签署了一份具争议性的行政命令，即击毙作为美国公民的奥拉基。奥拉基借助网络，鼓励其追随者攻击西方目标。美国军队Nidal Hassan少校在德克萨斯州杀死属下士兵一案就与奥拉基的鼓舞有关。