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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 05:21 AM Original message |
Yemen says al-Qaeda-linked cleric al-Awlaki killed |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. I don't like grave-dancing, but... |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. Can someone point me to some evidence and proof of his crimes? |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 07:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. We could have judged him for his crimes if he'd come HOME and stood trial... |
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dembat (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. A bit Coward? |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Why don't you do your own research instead of expecting other people to google for you? |
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Vicar In A Tutu (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Plotting with a British Airways worker to blow up planes, too. |
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TeamJordan23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. Al Jazeera (English) states that the airplane that carried out the strike was likely to be American. |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 06:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Right, but many here on DU are... |
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moodforaday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 08:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Without a trial we don't know if he was innocent |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Why didn't he turn himself in? |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
6. Obama's knocking these guys off like he's a real American or something |
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moodforaday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
8. Great, now you're cheering |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It wasn't extrajudicial. the President has the authority under the AUMF to order this. nt |
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_ed_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Total fucking bullshit |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. The AUMF and the 5th amendment aren't always in opposition. |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
11. Again? |
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_ed_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
14. The executive branch just assassinated an American citizen |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. No. They killed an identified military target. Too bad Al-Awlaki didn't challenge his |
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_ed_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. "Military target" is a nice euphemism |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. He wasn't going to turn himself in for a trial |
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_ed_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. It's not a hostage situation |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. No, I mean an active one. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Yes. For a fundamentalist cleric asshole who tried to kill Americans? Yes. nt |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I will join the clapping. It's a victory for President Obama and when the repukes try to |
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_ed_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. So, an American citizen is murdered without a trial |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. I will let the lawyers sort this out rather than blithely passing my own judgment on it |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. He was tried in yemen, unless you only consider american due process valid ofcourse n/t |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Hysterical |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. L...L...L... Al-Qaeda Alone!1!!111! |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
15. Good riddance to bad rubbish!!! |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
18. One by one! |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
21. Boo-freakin'-hoo. |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
22. Our President pretty much just kicks ass... |
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YellowCosmicSun (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
23. Obama's not fucking around with these guys. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
24. Obama is kicking al Qaeda ass!! |
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_ed_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. And he's not letting that pesky "rule of law" shit to get in his way |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. Cowardly summary execution without trial and no evidence has been presented |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. There are plenty of videos of him talking about killing Americans. n/t |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. President Obama sure has a deadly plan playing out against Al Qaeda |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
35. K&R. This is almost as big as getting bin Laden. GREAT news! And to those |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
40. Self-delete. Dupe. |
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