Awlaki’s death highlights Yemeni president’s increasing irrelevance

Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh recuperating from wounds in Saudi Arabia

By James M. DorseyIf the killing of US-Yemeni jihadist Anwar al-Awlaki highlights the increasing marginalization of Al Qaeda, it also weakens embattled Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh’s effort to cling to power despite six months of anti-government protests that have brought…