Kammala wannan jumla: Gwamnatin Yemen ta yi kokarin ganin shugabannin kabilun sun saki al-Awlaki a hannunsu. Sun yi alkawarin cewa ba za su ba da shi ga hukumomin Amurka don yin tambayoyi ba. Gwamnan Shabwa ya ce a watan Janairun 2010 cewa al-Awlaki yana kan tafiya tare da 'yan kungiyar al-Qaeda, ciki har da Fahd al-Quso, wanda ake nema dangane da
fashewar jirgin ruwan USS "Cole".