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| Obama Administration approves broader Yemen drone strikes |
| 2012-04-27 |
[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 |
| #6 The must be confusing the Mormons with the Quakers (like Richard Nixon). |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2012-04-27 20:36 |
| #5 Yup, those Mormons are real wimps when it comes to military action. That's why Brigham Young has extensive Saints at War archives of Mormons who served in combat. |
| Posted by: lotp 2012-04-27 20:23 |
| #4 Annnnd as that goes down, team bammy is hyping up the killing of bin dover. See how that works out, but calling Romney gutless (because he is a Mormon), I don't see that. My knowledge of Mormon history is not extensive, but I know there is an ornery streak in there. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-04-27 14:47 |
| #3 To do so would mean that everything they hated about Boooosh for 6 years has doubled with their man Obama, and would have to confront their hyprocrasy...perhaps maybe not vote next cycle. So oddly, one of the few successes and the administration is self muffled. I also theorize one reason for the delay of the movie Operation No Brainer is that confrontation, after calling Boooshitler a war criminal for even going after bin dover, nevermind this guy bragging it up. The tru believers like chomsky don't care if they have a man in the White House or not, so long as they hurt the credibility of the USA then his own teammates are expendable. Its the collectivist way. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-04-27 14:38 |
| #2 No political value in doing so. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-04-27 13:13 |
| #1 I still find it strange that the Left, excepting the really far Left like Chomsky, don't make more of an issue of this. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2012-04-27 05:32 |