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May 23, 2013

Obama Admin Admission of U.S. Drone Strikes Suggests Accidental Killings 
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The Obama administration has formally acknowledged U.S. drone strikes
killed four Americans in Yemen and Pakistan. In a letter to Congress,
Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed the United States deliberately
killed the militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen in 2011. Holder also
acknowledged the deaths of Awlaki's 16-year-old son, Abdulrahman, and
the elder Awlaki's aide, Samir Khan, in Yemen, as well as the death of
Jude Kenan Mohammad in Pakistan. But Holder suggested those strikes were
accidental, saying all three "were not specifically targeted."
Mohammad's killing had previously been unknown, and as of Wednesday he
was still on the FBI's Most Wanted list.

 

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