For the first time, the U.S. government has admitted to killing four
American citizens in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan.
The Obama administration, which until now had refused to comment on
whether the U.S. had killed American citizens abroad, formally
acknowledged this fact in a letterfrom Attorney General Eric Holder to
Congressional leaders obtained by The New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/05/23/us/politics/23holder-drone-lettter.html
In the letter, Holder admits that the U.S. purposefully targeted and
killed Anwar al-Awlaki, justifying the killing by arguing that
al-Awlaki posed an "imminent" threat of violent attacks against the
United States.
While al-Awlaki was intentionally killed without due process, the
three other Americans apparently were not intentionally targeted:
-- QUOTE
The letter also said that the United States had killed three other
Americans: Samir Khan, who was killed in the same strike; Mr. Awlaki�s
son Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, who was also killed in Yemen; and Jude
Mohammed, who was killed in a strike in Pakistan.
�These individuals were not specifically targeted by the United
States,� Mr. Holder wrote
-- END QUOTE
Where's the GOTP outrage over the deaths of these four American
Patriots, loyally serving their country in a dangerous part of the
world?
Where's Darrell "Car Thief and Weapons Charge" Issa??
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Remember when teachers and
other public employees
crashed the stock market,
wiped out our 401ks,
destroyed real estate values,
took billions in bailout money,
destroyed the Gulf of Mexico
with crude oil, gave themselves
billions in bonuses,
and paid no taxes?
Remember that?
Funny, neither do I.