Posted on 12/07/2015 3:47:52 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
I LEARNED that my 16-year-old grandson, Abdulrahman - a United States citizen - had been killed by an American drone strike from news reports the morning after he died.
The missile killed him, his teenage cousin and at least five other civilians on Oct. 14, 2011, while the boys were eating dinner at an open-air restaurant in southern Yemen....
The United States government has refused to explain why Abdulrahman was killed. It was not until May of this year that the Obama administration, in a supposed effort to be more transparent, publicly acknowledged what the world already knew â that it was responsible for his death.
The attorney general, Eric H. Holder Jr., said only that Abdulrahman was not "specifically targeted," raising more questions than he answered.
My grandson was killed by his own government. The Obama administration must answer for its actions and be held accountable. On Friday, I will petition a federal court in Washington to require the government to do just that.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
What reasonable business could they have had in an area like that?I suspect there’s a hidden reason they were there.
He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. (Is there a right time to be in Yemen?)
Really? So how much due process did he give to those he murdered?
(Is there a right time to be in Yemen?)
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Only if you are a jihadi
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/us/relatives-of-victims-of-drone-strikes-drop-appeal.html?_r=0
anyone who hasn’t figured out why this guy was targeted hasn’t done their research
I believe it was only a few republicans who were troubled by Obama boasting about being good at killing people, including killing american citizens abroad without a trial,
but democrats all agreed that waterboarding
them would be so much worse
Granted it is sloppy work to take out the relatives and bystanders along with the main target, but be comforted in knowing that Obama has said he personally chooses each drone target
Careful what you wish for considering, to our government, most the people on FR are domestic terrorists based on their support of the NRA, the constitution or are veterans.
Hey, what do ya know even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Way to go Obammy.
They must have gotten signals crossed when they said “that’s a take out order.” Best not to eat outdoors in a war zone.
Article is 2 1/2 years old but makes you wonder what a 16 year old US citizen is doing in a war zone. Islamic apologists are playing the media like the first violin section of the New York Philharmonic.
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