In the category of exceedingly unwelcome news, Anwar al-Awlaki appears to be back and spreading his hatred on the Islamic Awakening forum, which is popular with extremists.
Islamic Awakening user AbuSulaiman has recently posted this on the forum:
new Fatwa from Sh. Anwar
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxDate Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 5:32 PM
subject: Fwd: Fwd: Imam Anwar updte!!
Dear brother XXXX,I wanted to clarify my recent comments on brother Nidal Hasan’s shooting at Fort Hood which i am unable to do on my site until the brothers restore it, may Allah reward them.
If a Muslim is in a non-Muslim army and is part of the military apparatus which is waging war against Muslims, it is not permissible for him to take part at all. Helping the kuffar against the Muslims is riddah without doubt. Allah said concerning the one who supports the mushrikeen:
“And if any amongst you takes them as awliya then surely, he is one of them (al-Maida 5:51)
If a Muslim is serving in the US army I want to emphasize the necessity of leaving the army of the disbelievers and finding work elsewhere, because his presence in the army implies helping them, strengthening them and increasing the numbers of their fighters. However, if his work in the army allows him to pass on their secrets to the Muslims or help the Muslims in some other way that is a separate issue and completely permissible.
It seems pretty obvious that the end of this email (if genuine) has probably been cut off, but there is probably little point speculating about what content was deemed too sensitive to be shared. All that can be said is that, with Awlaki back on the internet, he’ll be back to his old radicalising tricks quicker than you can say “No scholar with a grain of Islamic knowledge can defy the clear cut proofs that Muslims today have the right -rather the duty- to fight against American tyranny.”