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Fifteen years after the 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
Fifteen years ago, on 30 September 2011, the United States killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a US citizen born in New Mexico, in a drone strike in Yemen without trial. Under President Obama, the killing became a landmark of targeted killing policy, later institutionalised in the so-called Disposition Matrix. Commentators marking the anniversary argue no accountability followed and key legal rationales remain classified.
Why now: The fifteenth anniversary of the strike prompts renewed debate over extrajudicial killing of US citizens and government accountability.
Anwar al-AwlakiBarack ObamaUnited StatesYemen
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- 15 years ago today, 30 Sep 2011, the US executed Anwar al-Awlaki, New Mexico-born citizen, by drone without trial. Obama’s Disposition Matrix made extrajudicial killing policy. The names remain classified; accountability never came. The state silences those who ask. Susan was a… · dheepsinque@susanklopfertruth.com · 10
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