Socialist mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani appears to defend al-Qaeda fiend Anwar al-Awlaki -- and blame America for turning the prostitution-loving cleric into a terrorist -- in newly surfacing tweets.

Take a look at the CNN’s Fast Fact on the life of Anwar al-Awlaki, American-born Muslim scholar and cleric who acted as a spokesperson for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

In August 2010, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued the U.S. government on behalf of al Qaeda cleric Anwar al Awlaki. The two organizations ...

Most Yemenis had only a faint sense of why the United States considered Anwar al-Awlaki a significant target, saying domestic problems outweigh the threat of al-Qaida. IE 11 is not supported.

The Obama administration on Aug. 15, 2014, released the first Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel memo on killing Anwar Al Awlaki, an American citizen deemed a terrorist, without a trial.