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5/23/2013 3:10:04 PM
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U.S. acknowledges killing four Americans in drone strikes
[quote][url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/us/us-acknowledges-killing-4-americans-in-drone-strikes.html?_r=0]Sauce[/url][/quote]
Citizens that were killed:[quote]
Anwar al-Awlaki: radical cleric[b](it isn't a crime to be Muslim or passionate about it)[/b], allegedly the inspiration for several plots against the U.S
Samir Khan: al-Qaeda propagandist[b] (Also not a crime)[/b]
Jude Kenan Mohammed: [b]possible [/b]plotter in 9/11 anniversary threat
Abd al-Rahman: Anwar al-Awlaki's son([b]Not a crime[/b]), 16 years old[/quote]
Does it worry you that these Drone Strikes are now Judge, Jury, and Executioner? Even though you're in another country it doesn't mean you lose your rights. They had the RIGHT to a fair trial, we see the Muslim name and then we assume they're foreign. Even when commiting treason, YOU NEED A TRIAL.
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10 RepliesThe first guy was a Al-Qaeda leader wanted in multiple countries for terrorism, so the fact that this isn't mentioned brings this whole article to shame.
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1 ReplyWill anyone get in trouble if they turn out to be completely innocent? Who would it be? It seems like the death sentence, but there isn't a trial for people to go "Yeah, drone strike them, they're bad" or "No, get more evidence first/ No, they're innocent" They really should have a more official (and perhaps more transparent?) way for this to go about.
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Hey, didn't you hear? Poor ol' Abd should have had a better father. So says Mr. Carney, IIRC. Such bullshit.
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12 RepliesDid you not see the thread about the 8 year old get her vagina cut open by a Muslim? Seriously? That's what life is like over there they are not innocent.
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The point, since no one got it, is that the US Government, or agents of the US Government acted like they were above the due process guaranteed these citizens. No one, Arab or otherwise, should be executed without the benefit of a trial. We claim to be a nation of laws, but allow our government to behave like it is above them.
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I'm not all that bothered by it. Why? Just because they're "american" doesn't mean I have to give a crap. There are tons of people in america that I love and hate. These people killed aren't my brothers or sisters or anything.
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3 RepliesWell, the drones also killed hundreds of middle eastern civilians.
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I've been saying this for years, ever since bin Laden was supposedly 'killed'.
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"Look at all this power i wield and misuse! and those apathetic ants don't even seem to give a shit"
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Edited by Wyldfyre: 5/23/2013 3:17:32 PM
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6 RepliesYour source fails to mention that only Awlaki was targeted and that the other three weren't targeted only collateral. Is it still wrong? Yes. But so is bending the truth to make it seems like all four were targeted.
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3 RepliesA drone strike isn't the "judge, jury and executioner" It could as easily be a sniper. What is the difference if you are killed by a hellfire launched from a Predator, or if your head is taken off by a .50 cal from a Barrett? I don't understand why drone are the problem. The problem is the CIA and NSA given carte blanche to do what they want in the name of Nation Security, and no one being able to call them out on it. People like you, OP, confuse the issue. You make it about drones when it should be about accountability. They could have used any number of means to kill those men. No matter the method, they would have been just as dead.
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2 RepliesEdited by brandorobot: 5/23/2013 3:18:33 PMI agree it's getting out of hand. I doubt even with them admitting this that anything will happen. They've killed thousands of potentially innocent non citizens but because they're American this is now a big deal apparently.
