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The Federalist
April 21, 2018
Then in 2009, Eggers produced nonfiction book Zeitoun, a portrait of New Orleans Arab-American landlord and businessman Abdulrahman Zeitoun. .... the establishment of a safe haven for American-born Al Qaeda stooge Anwar al-Awlaki (until he was finally taken out by a U.S. drone attack in 2011 afterÃâà...
Press Herald
April 18, 2018
The Obama administration did not acknowledge the existence of this program until 2013, and it wasn't disclosed until 2015 that these strikes had killed eight Americans, including Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, age 16. Hillary Clinton campaigned on continuing the drone-strike program, as did Trump, who hasÃâà...
The Villager
April 5, 2018
She said her political passion was ignited by the death of Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, a 16-year-old American citizen who was killed by an American drone strike in Yemen in 2011. For her, the drone strikes revealed the “moral failings” on the part of the U.S. government. “I thought that was crossing a line, andÃâà...
The Intercept
January 31, 2017
In 2010, President Obama directed the CIA to assassinate an American citizen in Yemen, Anwar al-Awlaki, despite the fact that he had never been charged ... Abdulrahman's grief-stricken grandfather, Nasser al-Awlaki, urged the Washington Post “to visit a Facebook memorial page for Abdulrahman,” whichÃâà...
Salon
June 7, 2016
"The absence of official accountability for the demise of Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, a Denver native and the son of an al-Qaeda member, deepens the legal and ethical murkiness of the Obama administration's campaign to kill alleged enemies of the state outside of traditional war zones," the Post wrote.
Black Agenda Report
September 22, 2015
The president that expanded U.S. wars throughout the Muslim world thinks he can make himself appear Muslim-friendly by inviting a kid to the White House. President Obama “makes a mockery of principles such as the right to trial when his agenda finds democracy too inconvenient,” calmly placing people on his weekly KillÃâà...
Mother Jones
April 23, 2015
One such death that stands out is that of Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, a 16-year-old American citizen who was killed in a US drone strike. ... the precedent of explaining the killings of US citizens in targeted strikes, Obama and the administration might see fit to say what happened in the case of Abdulrahman.
New York Times
July 17, 2013
By NASSER al-AWLAKI JULY 17, 2013 ... SANA, Yemen — I LEARNED that my 16-year-old grandson, Abdulrahman — a United States citizen — had been killed by an American drone strike from .... After the deaths of Abdulrahman and Anwar, I filed another lawsuit, seeking answers and accountability.
New York Times
July 17, 2013
Abdulrahman was born in Denver . He lived in America until he was 7, then came to live with me in Yemen. He was a typical teenager — he watched “The Simpsons,” listened to Snoop Dogg , read “Harry Potter” and had a Facebook page with many friends. He had a mop of curly hair, glasses like me and aÃâà...
Huffington Post
April 23, 2013
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has never commented publicly on the targeted drone strike that accidentally killed Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, a 16-year-old American boy and the son of al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki. But a new book released Tuesday reveals Obama was “surprised and upsetÃâà...
The Atlantic
October 25, 2012
The second notable statement concerns the killing of 16-year-old American citizen Abdulrahman al-Awlaki. Tom Junod gives the back story: He was the son of Anwar al-Awlaki, who was also born in America, who was also an American citizen, and who was killed by drone two weeks before his son was,Ãâà...
TIME
October 27, 2011
A wave of CIA drone strikes targeting al-Qaeda figures in Yemen is stoking widespread anger there that U.S. policy is cruel and misguided, prioritizing counterterrorism over a genuine solution to the country's raging political crisis. Politics has never been a concern to Sam al-Homiganyi and his fellowÃâà...
World Socialist Web Site
December 31, 1999
In 2011, the Obama administration assassinated Anwar al-Awlaki, a US citizen, with a Predator drone strike in Yemen, then murdered his 16-year-old son, Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, in another drone strike two weeks later. Google's partnership in such nefarious operations threatens it not only with legalÃâà...
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