http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2011/09/photos-anwar-al-awlaki-killed-in-yeman/#name%20here
These images of Anwar al-Awlaki are as contradictory as accounts of his history. In one he is smiling;in the other his mouth is open in commanding speech. In one he is posed next to a white, non-Muslim women; in the other he is alone. In one his arms are relaxed and crossed; in the other his hand is strikingly pointed in a deliberate act of nonverbal communication. In the second picture al-Awlaki is a banner for Muslim/non-Muslim friendly relations; in the first he is a rallying call for jihad. The first picture is absent of a recognizable background, rather his fence-like surrounding seems manufactured for the cause of not distracting from his video, while in the second Muslim children can been seem behind al-Awlaki and Patricia Morris, symbols of innocence and purity that contrast the violence he is calling for in the first. In both pictures, al-Awlaki's clothing contrasts with the background, however the colors of black and white are flipped, symbolizing the change that has occurred in him from the time of the second picture to the first one.
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