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Fifteen Years Since US Drone Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki

Original: 15 years ago today, 30 Sep 2011, the US executed Anwar al-Awlaki, New Mexico-born citizen, by drone without trial. Obama

September 30 marks 15 years since the US drone strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a New Mexico-born American citizen, in Yemen without trial. Critics are marking the anniversary by arguing the strike, authorized under President Obama, normalized extrajudicial killing through the so-called Disposition Matrix, and that no accountability ever followed.

Why now: The 15th anniversary of a landmark and contested targeted killing is prompting renewed debate over drone policy and accountability.

Anwar al-AwlakiBarack ObamaUnited StatesYemen

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