<human>:  How did Anwar al-Awlaki die?
<bot>: He was killed because he was an important leader of al-Qaeda, and a threat to the US. He was born in New Mexico and grew up in Yemen. He was the leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and was involved in the attack on the USS Cole in 2000, the attacks on the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, and the attack on the USS Cole in 2000. He was killed in a drone strike in Yemen on September 30, 2011.