![]() However, the policy that allegedly guides U.S. Except for Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, each of the other unknowingly targeted Americans might have been members of al Qaeda or affiliated groups, or provided material support for external terrorist plots. I’m not saying that these men are good guys. It is disgraceful that President Obama has never issued a statement admitting to Abdulrahman al-Awlaki’s mistaken killing, released the results of an investigation into the circumstances that led to his death, or apologized to Awlaki’s family. Awlaki’s son was there,” and that the intended target was an alleged Egyptian operative, Ibrahim al-Banna. We have no additional information at this time.” An anonymous U.S. When the State Department was asked for details soon after his death was reported, it shamefully replied: “We are aware of media reports that Abdulrahman al-Awlaki has been killed however, we have not received confirmation of his death from the government of Yemen. government has still never officially acknowledged that its killing of Abdulrahman al-Awlaki was unintentional. ![]() officials - either before or after their deaths - as leaders or members of al Qaeda or al Qaeda-affiliated groups. Except for Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, the 16-year-old son of Anwar al-Awlaki, the other six unintended victims were characterized by U.S. counterterrorism operations, and only one of them was specifically, knowingly targeted: Anwar al-Awlaki. citizens are believed to have been killed in U.S. The White House statement released on Thursday morning and Holder’s admission reveal what should be the most disturbing aspect of these counterterrorism operations: The United States simply does not know who it is killing. citizens killed in counterterrorism operations, with the caveat that three “were not specifically targeted by the United States.” Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), then-Attorney General Eric Holder submitted a letter on May 22, 2013, that named four U.S. Under pressure from then-Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. The statement and accompanying remarks by President Barack Obama are consistent with prior administration policy of admitting to the deaths of (most) American citizens by drone strikes, while refusing to provide transparency equal to that provided for almost all others killed. ![]() citizens and one Italian citizen in recent U.S. The White House released a statement today acknowledging the deaths of three U.S. ![]()
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