We Radicalized Awlaki?!

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War On Terror: As al-Qaida cues up a post-mortem screed by Anwar Awlaki, sympathetic media are doing their own martyring. They claim U.S. warmongering made the terror traitor angry.

This is a pernicious lie, and demonstrably false. And the mainstream media should be ashamed of themselves for breezily corrupting American attitudes about one of the most diabolical figures in the war on terror.

U.S.-born Awlaki was a secret al-Qaida agent all along. He always hated his birthplace. The war didn't push him over the edge. In fact, he helped cause the war as a 9/11 co-conspirator.

Though a CIA drone turned him into human paste last week, Awlaki may have another hate-filled message for his followers. Published in al-Qaida's online organ, the forthcoming piece is titled "Targeting the populations of countries that are at war with the Muslims."

Awlaki's name and "coming soon" appear in white letters over a blurry photograph of the interior of Grand Central Station in New York. Clearly, he had hoped to murder even more fellow Americans.

How could he turn so violently against his own country? CNN and MSNBC say Awlaki was set off by the Afghan and Iraq wars and the post-9/11 FBI crackdown on Muslims at home. They say he was relatively moderate before we "invaded Muslim lands."

The genesis of the lie comes from Awlaki's old Washington-area mosque, which has zero credibility. Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center is a breeding ground for terrorists. It's been under surveillance by the FBI even before the hijackers and the Fort Hood terrorist worshipped there.

"While employed at Dar Al-Hijrah, he was known for his interfaith outreach, civic engagement and tolerance in the Northern Virginia community," Dar Al-Hijrah Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, the current leader of the mosque, eulogized about his pal Awlaki in a written statement.