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Obama Administration approves broader Yemen drone strikes
[Iran Press TV] US President Barack ObamaMy friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it... has approved a new policy which allows the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to expand its covert drone campaign in Yemen. According to US officials, Obama has approved the use of "signature strikes", which will allow the CIA to launch strikes against terrorism suspects even when it does not know the identities of those who could be killed. The move comes as the number of US liquidation drone strikes in Yemen has already hit a record. Critics of drone campaign believe that more innocent people will be killed if US strikes are expanded in Yemen. US liquidation drone strikes killed at least 64 people, mainly civilians, in southern Yemen over a period of only three days in March. The CIA has been flying drones in Yemen since 2011 from a secret base in the country. Last year, two American citizens, Anwar al-Awlaki ... Born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, zapped in Yemen, al-Awlaki was a dual citizen of the U.S. and Yemen. He was an Islamic holy man who was a trainer for al-Qaeda and its franchises. His sermons were attended by three of the 9/11 hijackers, by Fort Hood murderer Nidal Malik Hussein, and UndieboomerUmar Farouk Abdulmutallab. He was the first U.S. citizen ever placed on a CIA target list... and his teenage son, were also killed in US drone attacks in Yemen. Their deaths sparked strong criticism against B.O. regime's assassinations of civilians across the world, including American citizens without any judicial procedures. Leading academic Professor Noam Chomsky ...intellectual and political theorist of a socialist persuasion. He is noted for being so far out in left field he can't see the shortstop on every issue he pushes... has also condemned US policy of targeting terror suspects in foreign countries using unmanned aerial vehicles, saying the tactic amounts to ''state terror''. The US military uses liquidation drones in several Moslem countries, including Yemen, Somalia, and Pakistain. Washington claims the Posted by: Fred 2012-04-27 |
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