The drone strike in Yemen that killed al-Qaida chief Anwar al-Awlaki appears to have also killed the terror group’s top Saudi bomb-maker, US officials said today.

AL-QAIDA is targeting Muslim Americans for recruits to terrorism and the community must do more to combat Islamic radicalisation, a lawmaker said as he opened hearings that have been criticised as a witch hunt.

An airline passenger from Nigeria who said he was acting on al Qaida's instructions set off an explosive device in a failed terror attack on the plane as it was preparing to land.