Inside America's Dirty Wars
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Very good post and article. Madddddd interesting.
Obama, one of his advisers recalled, had “no qualms” about this kill. I wish this man was that gansta when it came to pushing for good policies.
Obama, one of his advisers recalled, had “no qualms” about this kill. I wish this man was that gansta when it came to pushing for good policies.
While the White House and some leading national security officials assured journalists and the public that the process of targeting and killing Awlaki was lawful, the administration refused to make its evidence public. Some lawmakers—whose security clearances and committee assignments authorized them to review the kill process—alleged that they were not being sufficiently briefed by the White House. “It’s important for the American people to know when the president can kill an American citizen, and when [he] can’t,” Senator Ron Wyden told me. Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, has served on the Senate Intelligence Committee since 2001 and often found himself at odds with the Bush administration over secrecy and transparency issues. Now, under a Democratic president, he found himself waging the same battles—and some new ones. Wyden said that he repeatedly asked the administration to provide its legal rationale for killing American citizens without trial, calling his attempts to extract this information ”an enormous struggle.”
Nasser al-Awlaki believed that the US and Yemeni security forces could have arrested his son, but that they did not want to see Anwar stand trial and present a defense. It is also possible, Nasser suggested, that the United States did not want to give him a platform to spread his message more widely.
Nasser al-Awlaki believed that the US and Yemeni security forces could have arrested his son, but that they did not want to see Anwar stand trial and present a defense. It is also possible, Nasser suggested, that the United States did not want to give him a platform to spread his message more widely.
When I visited Nasser after Abdulrahman was killed, he showed me the boy’s Colorado birth certificate, which states that he was born in 1995 in Denver. “When he was killed by the US government, he was a teenager; he wasn’t 21. He wouldn’t have been able to enlist in the military in the US. He was 16,” Nasser told me. Days after the killing of Abdulrahman, the United States released a statement, as usual feigning ignorance about who was responsible for the strike, even though “unnamed officials” in the United States and Yemen had confirmed it. “We have seen press reports that AQAP senior official Ibrahim al-Banna was killed last Friday in Yemen and that several others, including the son of Anwar al-Awlaki, were with al-Banna at the time,” National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor told the press, in a statement that strangely cast Abdulrahman as something between an Al Qaeda associate and a hapless tourist. “For over the past year, the Department of State has publicly urged US citizens not to travel to Yemen and has encouraged those already in Yemen to leave because of the continuing threat of violence and the presence of terrorist organizations, including AQAP, throughout the country.”
While the Awlakis opposed Anwar’s killing and believed that the United States had exaggerated its claims about his involvement with Al Qaeda, Nasser told me that his family understood why the United States wanted Anwar dead. “My son believed in what he did,” Nasser said, “but I am really distressed and disappointed by the killing, the brutal killing, of his son. He did nothing against the US. He was an American citizen. Maybe one day he would have gone to America to study and live there, and they killed him in cold blood.”
The CIA later claimed that it did not carry out the strike, asserting that the supposed target, al-Banna, was not on the agency’s hit list. That led to speculation that the attack that killed Abdulrahman and his relatives had been a JSOC strike.
While the Awlakis opposed Anwar’s killing and believed that the United States had exaggerated its claims about his involvement with Al Qaeda, Nasser told me that his family understood why the United States wanted Anwar dead. “My son believed in what he did,” Nasser said, “but I am really distressed and disappointed by the killing, the brutal killing, of his son. He did nothing against the US. He was an American citizen. Maybe one day he would have gone to America to study and live there, and they killed him in cold blood.”
The CIA later claimed that it did not carry out the strike, asserting that the supposed target, al-Banna, was not on the agency’s hit list. That led to speculation that the attack that killed Abdulrahman and his relatives had been a JSOC strike.
theworldismine13
God Emperor of SOHH
yeah when its public
theworldismine13
God Emperor of SOHH
like Iraq?
yep, at least the public part part of the iraq war
the public part...which was pretty much all fabricated?
theworldismine13
God Emperor of SOHH
it looked pretty real to me
Slaimon Khan Shah
SLAIMON KHAN SHAH = SHAOLIN MONK/S OF ISLAAM
BISMILLAHIR RAHMANIR RAHEEM. AMERICA NEEDS TO AVOID TERRORISING THE WORLD. INJUSTICE IS INJUCTICE NO MATTER WHO IS DOING IT.
K.O.D
CCP
if the so-called islamic terrorism was a child his mother is saudi arabia his father is the u.s(c.i.a)
in accordance with c.i.a(husband) saudi arabia(wifey) provides the ideology of this vile so-called islamic but demonic terrorism finances and instigates it against muslims killing them indiscirminately in the name of islam. then comes the u.s(c.i.a) to fight the same groups they've armed control and labeled ISLAMic terrorism
thus waging a multi facette global war on ISLAMic countries blaming and killing muslims indiscriminately everywhere except saudia arabia and her little sisters(qatar, bahrain, kuwait and uae)
99 out of 100 persons killed by alqaeda(so-called islamic terrorism) are innocent muslims
97 out of 100 persons killed by u.s(c.i.a & allies) are innocent muslims
if this war is about fighting the so-called islamic terrorism ask yourself why is the mother, head of the so-called islamic terrorism snake ( saudi arabia) spared?
if it's about freedom and human rights violation why is saudi arabia top tier in the world isn't criticized nor sanctioned? ( US,UN
)
statics manipulating ass human rights watch had you believing china, russia and iran are the top 3 in the world
when infact it's saudi arabia, israel and the u.s(outside the US territory)
read this honest qoute from a foreign policy godfather
Federal Observer Articles - Federal Observer
in accordance with c.i.a(husband) saudi arabia(wifey) provides the ideology of this vile so-called islamic but demonic terrorism finances and instigates it against muslims killing them indiscirminately in the name of islam. then comes the u.s(c.i.a) to fight the same groups they've armed control and labeled ISLAMic terrorism
thus waging a multi facette global war on ISLAMic countries blaming and killing muslims indiscriminately everywhere except saudia arabia and her little sisters(qatar, bahrain, kuwait and uae)99 out of 100 persons killed by alqaeda(so-called islamic terrorism) are innocent muslims
97 out of 100 persons killed by u.s(c.i.a & allies) are innocent muslims
if this war is about fighting the so-called islamic terrorism ask yourself why is the mother, head of the so-called islamic terrorism snake ( saudi arabia) spared?
if it's about freedom and human rights violation why is saudi arabia top tier in the world isn't criticized nor sanctioned? ( US,UN
) statics manipulating ass human rights watch had you believing china, russia and iran are the top 3 in the world
when infact it's saudi arabia, israel and the u.s(outside the US territory) read this honest qoute from a foreign policy godfather
Federal Observer Articles - Federal Observer
theworldismine13
God Emperor of SOHH
if the so-called islamic terrorism was a child his mother is saudi arabia his father is the u.s(c.i.a)
in accordance with c.i.a(husband) saudi arabia(wifey) provides the ideology of this vile so-called islamic but demonic terrorism finances and instigates it against muslims killing them indiscirminately in the name of islam. then comes the u.s(c.i.a) to fight the same groups they've armed control and labeled ISLAMic terrorism
99 out of 100 persons killed by alqaeda(so-called islamic terrorism) are innocent muslims
97 out of 100 persons killed by u.s(c.i.a & allies) are innocent muslims
if this war is about fighting the so-called islamic terrorism ask yourself why is the mother, head of the so-called islamic terrorism snake ( saudi arabia) spared?
if it's about freedom and human rights violation why is saudi arabia top tier in the world isn't criticized nor sanctioned? ( US,UN
statics manipulating ass human rights watch had you believing china, russia and iran are the top 3 in the world
read this honest qoute from a foreign policy godfather
Federal Observer Articles - Federal Observer
I agree, the us support of Saudi Arabia is disgusting, there is obviously some kind of hidden agreement and/or oil that is making the us continue this alliance, the most disgusting and disturbing thing I've seen Obama do is actually bow down to one of those people, bush holding hands with one of them was disgusting also
They are some of the wealthiest, most influential and powerful people on Earth, plus they have people on the team that will blow you and your buildings up... so most world leaders will naturally bow down to them.
Either way, til foils aren't welcome round these parts.