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I recall considerable press coverage of the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki and his son. Granted, both were US citizens but Muslims -- family originally from
by NumberSix 11y ago
I recall considerable press coverage of the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki and his son. Granted, both were US citizens but Muslims -- family originally from Yemen. Many of these issues were raised at that time (2011).
CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ron-paul-aclu-condemn-anwar-al-awlaki-killing/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ron-paul-aclu-condemn-anwar-al-a...
NPR
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/09/30/140950953/ron-paul-condemns-al-awlakis-killing http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/09/30/140950953/...
Forbes (sort of)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/09/30/ron-paul-condemns-assassination-of-al-awlaki/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/09/30/ron-paul-con...
PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/the-daily-need/aclu-criticizes-killing-of-anwar-al-awlaki-a-u-s-citizen-calling-it-a-dangerous-precedent/11813/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/the-daily-need/aclu-cri...
The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/how-team-obama-justifies-the-killing-of-a-16-year-old-american/264028/ http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/how-team...
The New York Times carried an editorial by Nasser al-Awlaki, Anwar al-Awlaki's father, on July 17, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/opinion/the-drone-that-killed-my-grandson.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/opinion/the-drone-that-kil...
- thephyber 11y agoThe killing of his son did bring some mild attention to the fact that US drone strike announcements call all combat age males "militants" or "combatants", even if there is no proof they are anything but civilians[1], but that news cycle was dominated with the fact that this was an unprecedented attack on a US civilian put on the kill list. [1] http://www.salon.com/2012/05/29/militants_media_propaganda/ http://www.salon.com/2012/05/29/militants_media_propaganda/
- furfish 11y agoWould it have received that attention of they weren't US citizens?