Al Qaeda's Anwar al-Awlaki killed in Yemen

[Whitewing]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/30/501364/main20113732.shtml

WASHINGTON - The same U.S. military counterterrorism unit that got Osama bin Laden used a drone and jet strike in Yemen on Friday to kill the U.S.-born cleric suspected of inspiring or helping plan numerous attacks on the United States, including the Christmas 2009 attempt to blow up a jetliner, U.S. and Yemeni officials said.

Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in a strike on his convoy directed by the CIA and carried out with the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command's firepower, according to a counterterrorist official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence.

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I'm going to check the Lunatic Underground. I'm sure the liberals there are outraged about the targeted assassination of an American citizen who has never had a day in court. We all know how po'd they were that we took pics of nekkid Iraqis. Yeah, that one went all the way to the top. I'm sure this one will too.

:lol:

 

[Whitewing]

Wow, unlike here, there are actually some principled liberals out there. :shock:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x5011311#5011364

 

[Whitewing]

Many will celebrate the strong, decisive, Tough President's ability to eradicate the life of Anwar al-Awlaki -- including many who just so righteously condemned those Republican audience members as so terribly barbaric and crass for cheering Governor Perry's execution of scores of serial murderers and rapists -- criminals who were at least given a trial and appeals and the other trappings of due process before being killed.

Ouch, that should leave a mark.

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/

 

[Steve]

Did someone take out the trash?