“Why this is troubling, even if they were terrorists”
WASHINGTON – In a devastating double-blow to al Qaeda’s most dangerous franchise, U.S. counterterrorism forces killed two American citizens who played key roles in inspiring attacks against the U.S., U.S. and Yemeni officials said Friday.
U.S-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan, who edited the slick Jihadi Internet magazine, were killed in an air strike on their convoy in Yemen by a joint CIA-U.S. military operation, according to counterterrorism officials. Al-Awlaki was targeted in the killing, but Khan apparently was not targeted directly.
In remarks at Fort Myer, Va., President Obama called the death of the jihadist cleric a “major blow” to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and praised the United States’ successful alliance with Yemen’s security forces.
“This is further proof that al Qaeda and its affiliates will find no safe haven anywhere in the world,” Mr. Obama said. “Working with Yemen and our other allies and partners, we will be determined, we will be deliberate, we will be relentless, we will be resolute in our commitment to destroy terrorist networks that aim to kill Americans, and to build a world in which people everywhere can live in greater peace, prosperity and security.”
Seeking to justify the targeted killing of a U.S. citizen, Mr. Obama outlined al-Awlaki’s involvement in planning and directing attempts to murder Americans.
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Whoa, he actually did something right for a change…
Dan…are they going to give Obozo, our Liar in chief credit for this? He IS decision making challenged!! It would take him another two months to make such a decision, especially if the guy is a fellow Muslim!! a brother!! Don't think they depended on Obozo!! Is it OK to kill you with an air strike that you will never see or hear, just blast you from the sky??
No he didn't. The military and the C.I.A did.
The man child did what?! Are you out of your damn mind? It was the CIA who did it. NOT the man child. He is going around saying he is. You folks here should look into this a hell a lot more before you put this online. Think about it. Before Bin Laden was knocked off, the man child hemmed and hawed for hours before Binny was killed. What makes you think the man child had anything do with this? After all, he wants credit for something he had nothing to do with.
Amen. You tell'm Emily. Already I have read that Obama has done something that Bush could not do. Horse Feathers. The CIA built a pyramid layer after layer until they found Bin Laden and Obama just happened to be sitting on top of the pyramid and gave permission for our brilliant CIA and Navy Seals to complete the job that THEY started. And the same goes for al-Awlaki…it was our brave soldiers, CIA and the help of Yemen that killed al-Awlaki. Obama was a tiny morsel in this picture and I am tired of you people giving Obama any credit!!!! He is a dumb a-s Harvard graduate!
Emily, he always takes credit for things that he has not done. I'm a bit surprised that he would admit to taking out one of his own brothers though. This'man'…better I guess to say man child has yet to do anything since he was voted into office. If something comes up that he would need to be in Washington for..he takes off on Airforce One. Just his little jaunts are costing the taxpayers dearly. Of course, Moochell isn't much better. I have never seen two people in that office who have milked the taxpayers like these two have. Let's hope they will be history after the election in 2012.
Give me a break…Obama killed two of the governments most valuable CIA operatives..if in fact they are dead! Osama Bin Laden died years ago from a kidney disease which was documented multiple times on national TV by such names as Madeline Albright. I watched the interview myself. Anwar Al cia aida dined at the pentagon just 2 weeks after 9/11 on record and undisputed. The CIA and the MI6 and France's secret intelligence agencies all fund and back these guys to move them as chess pieces across the globe whenever it suits their purpose. Wake up people! Our enemy is the government not some rag tag Muslims. infowars.com for the truth. Ron Paul is the only choice for President.
I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IN THE HELL THEY MATCHED BIN LADEN'S DNA WITHIN ONE DAY AFTER HE (?) WAS KILLED(?). AND BURIED HIM AT SEA WITH NO PICS OF HIM AVAILABLE TO ANYONE BUT YOU KNOW WHO, ETC, ETC. THE WHOLE THING STINKS.
my sentiments exactly, I do not believe they killed bin laden as he was dead a long time & why the secrecy & burying him at sea????? & why no pictures. Something stinks to high heaven here & how do we know these 2 guys now are dead????? I do not believe a thing that comes out of this dictators mouth
Thanks for that Steve. My sentiments exactly.
What do you expect; he's in campaign mode.
They gave up their citizneship by taking up arms against the USA. READ YOUR PASSPORT. it clearly states this FACT. we killed enemy combatatants. 2 less for the USA to fight later. good riddance
I beleive the Constitution trumps a statement on our passports. I could be wrong however the Constitution is our Rule of LAW. that is before Obama and a few other people were in our White House. Personally I still want the Constitution to be followed by our DEAR LEADER! Good luck on that happenig.
"Let me be clear"…..Obama DID NOT wipe these two diabolical fiends from the earth. I do not believe that he was EVER in any branch of the military …. rather – it was our brave Military/Special Ops that did the job! Well Done!!! Now. If you wanna read some comments that'll really rot your socks, click on the link to CBS NEWS [above] and read comments that will make you wanna puke…. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE COUNTRY THAT I GREW UP IN !!!!????
Now if he just "implodes" it will save millions on his election!
America, believe it or not the biggest terrorist that our men have to deal with in America is Obama! But then, it also is written that "somebody" will be giving each other presents when he murders the two-witnesses of Revelation, chapter 11. I wonder just who that somebody is? Just saying…
The two witnesses of Revelation could be the two that never died, It is appointed once to die and then comes the judgment, so that would be Enoch & Elijah, maybe! Fist the great falling away from the church, and that would be whole denominations that ordain perverts, and next the man of sin is revealed, and some where in there the144,000 and the Man-Child is born out of the church, and they may be the same person. They will rule with a rod of Iron during the 3 1/2 year trib. and then comes the 1,000 year rule of Christ on earth the Millennium, but some where in there probably during the trib with the Man-Child the two witnesses will be covering the earth also, and will be invincible until the end of the two witnesses, but then they will be brought back to life.
The question is who is the man of sin who may also be the anti-Christ? The anti-Christ world that is left after many turn to Jesus will be the ones giving presents, because of the presence of Jesus on the witnesses the conviction of the two witnesses will be to intimidating, and it is hard for the followers of the anti-Christ/man of sin to relax in believing he is their god, with the two witnesses continually bringing judgment and conviction on the entire world, along with the Man-Child.
YEA JUST LIKE HE HIMSELF TOOK OUT OSAMA BIN LARDIN WHO WAS ALREADY DEAD. THAT IS THE ONE REASON THE SEAL SIX TEAM AND THE NAVY BURIED OSAMA BIN LARDIN AT SEA. SO OBAMANATION COULD LOOK LIKE A HERO.LIKE WHERE IS THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE WHERE IS THE BODY.ALL THE MILITARY INSTUMENTS WERE IN PLACE ALREADY. THIS PIE HOLE GETS THE CREDIT FOR WHAT OUR MILITARY HAS DONE. I AS I BELEIVE IF A VOTE WAS TAKEN TODAY OUR MILITARY WOULD VOTE THIS PIE HOLE OUT OF OFFICE. THIS IS THE ONLY THING HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS ALLOWED TO HAPPENED EVEN THOUGH THE PROGRAMS WERE IN PLACE FOR THIS PIE HOLE, LIAR, MUSLIM, ILLEGAL, FRAUD WITH HIS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND OUR SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN SHOULD NOT ALLOWED THIS PIE HOLE TO STAY IN OFFICE. I CAN NOT EXPRESS MY DEPRESS CONTEMPT FOR THIS PRESIDENT AND OUR REPRESENATIVES.
Obama is a quick learner; if knocking off Bin Laden was good for a 6 point jump on his toleration scale; do the math……Knocking off two high profile Muslim Murderers should give him a bump of 12 points.
Do the Math again that will give a toleration score of a minus 4.
Has anyone considered sending Obama to the Middle East for a secret meeting with the Palestinian Big Shot Mock-mood abas and a hellfire missle?
adios Barry Soetoro
Congrats to our military! These men, American citizens or not, were a clear and present danger to this country and they would not have hesitated one minute to kill American citizens…Why all the second quessing now is beyond my kin! What don't some people understand about "Enemy of the State." Don't talk to me about their rights being violated! They lost those rights the minute they took up arms and planned terrerist plots against their own countryman!!
As far as I am concerned they ended their American citizenship when they turned on their Country. That is exactly when they became NON American citizens!! Good riddance to trash!!
How can the government be accused of assassination when the two "American citizsens" were treasonous, were fomenting terrorism/ recruiting terrorists in the USA? Major Nadal was coached and supported by Awlaki immediately before his shooting rampage in Ft. Hood.
While there will be those (like Ron Paul) who would speak of assassination and "due process of the law," that is really stretching it when it involves major terrorist leaders who constantly are calling for the killing of Americans anywhere. Even if Obama can claim he made the decision, I believe a "hit" has been ordered long ago. Awlaki and his accomplice are dead, all's well that ends well!
These two "Americans" are living in the enemy's camp and preaching the killing of Americans. Logically, they no longer are Americans. They deserved to die.
Along with the anti-American CBS scumbag 5th-columnist who wrote this article!
I don't understand how the media calls this an assination. The man is part of a group that declared war on the United States. He had ties to some of the terriorists of 911, as well as the shoe bomber, and a couple other terrorists. The man is an enemy combatant. He went underground to try and plan assinations of innocent people. He is a coward that got his just reward. He deserves no considerations.
No person that understands our constitution is saying that Al-Awlaki was not a terrorist and a traitor and he should be tried as such and receive death when and if a jury finds him guilty in an American Court. To be killed in cold blood on the order of any president is not what our Constitution allows a President to order. If any president can do this what is to keep them from ordering it to happen to any American preceived as a threat to our country and the citizens? Wouldn't you want a trial if all of a sudden something you said or wrote to someone else in disagreement with the Federal Government. There is a very fine line between what Obama has ordered and what the leaders in the countries our fine young military are dying for has done to their citizens. We have a Constitution that Forbids this and Obama has blatantly ignored our LAWS once again.
Everything this Clown in the Presidents Office says is a Lie. Everything he does, is Anti-America. He is a Fraud, & a Traitor, & belongs in Prison. As a matter of fact, his whole family fit that bill. I have a real problem with members of Congress, the Courts, the Media, & most Democrats, way of thinking. Is it NO Brains, No Common Sense, No Love for this country, or are they all on a coarse to destroy the USA? And if so, why? They are living in the best country in the world, why would they want to change it??
Let's not forget, Obama was also responsible for the deaths of our 22 Navy Seals. He exposed them to the media, placing them in danger, just to make himself look good.
They needed killin'.
OK, As I have been saying for years. Barry now owes President Bush a Apology for all the lies he said in 2008 that got him elected the worse President in my life time. See he criticized President Bush for the same things he is now doing to keep us safe from a group of wackos that treat women like second class citizens and have violated the Geneva convention on treatment of prisoners. The problem is also we have some seriously deranged people of our own that call "Water-boarding" torture when these wackos that we are fighting would just as soon lop off your head. It all about perspective and the deranged people that spent years criticizing President Bush either need to criticize this man named Barry or just shut up, becuase your criticism is not valid unless you do it equally. Hey Code Pink were are you now? Hey protesters were are you now? I know they are protesting Wall Street this week and other large city about "Greedy Banks" if think. Has anyone seen what these people say when asked: So what are you protesting? Most of them do not have a clue, and one said he was there to protest to insure President Barry got re-elected. Say What? So loony left get your apology tour started and start with President Bush a great American President unlike this useless piece of garbage we have today.
President Bush did it and Barry lied about it.
ASK YOURSELF WHY WERE BIN LADIN AND TWO AMERICAN CITIZENS KILLED IN COLD BLOOD?
Bin Laden was an old unarmed man with his family. His home is raided by well trained STRONG MEN. KILL HIM INSTEAD OF BRINGING HIM before a military team for interrogation. REALLY??
Al-AWLAKI was targeted and KAHN just happened to be there( NO big deal) apparently Obama's orders just includes anyone that happens to be with the person. Traitors to the US perhaps? A president that can order the killing of any American Citizen without a Trial has BLATANTLY DIS-OBAYED HIS OATH GIVEN when HE TOOK THAT OATH TO UPHOLD OUR CONSTITUTION. A TRIAL MUST CONVICT A TRAITOR & Terrorist WHEN THEY ARE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. Holder & Obama fought to get TRIALS for Radical Muslims in our courts that should never be tried as rights of an American.
Nana; Barry takes no prisoners, He just kills so he does not have to put them in Cuba or under American custody anywhere. Strange for a man that ran against war and the treatment of prisoners by President Bush administration. wouldn't you agree? The thing is, his base is protesting him about all of this. So I guess it was just a political reason for protesting war. I think I would trust President Bush any day over Barry the liar. President Bush told you what he was going to do and did it. Barry is just a liar.
Correction third line should read: his base is NOT protesting him.
Another thing to think about. The Progressive Democrats and the LAME STREAM MEDIA has been demonizing the TEA Party everyday. They have no PROOF of any of the things they are reporting happening. A Million Dollars was offered for proof of one of the Black Representatives being called names and spit upon! NOT a SINGLE picture or tape has come out. The TEA PARTY is called Racist, Terrorist, Danagerous, Violent, ploting against Obama and the Federal Government, get the picture. Say it often like Maxine Waters, Wasserman Shultzs & many others including the Media the un-informed will believe it. Can Obama decide these TEA Party people really are Terrorist and Traitors? A lot of American Citizens believe they are. The President has been set. Any President can make that decision "Kill them because they are a threat to our country and our people!" Not so far fetched if you see what is really happening in this administration.
Yes Nana, that is what they do when they can not show anything they have done since 2006, when they took over congress. They name call and avoid any discussion of there record. The Democratic Congress has not passed a budget in almost 900 days and they call this the do nothing congress. See another reason to replace ALL 435 Members of the House, 1/3 of the the Senate and this Lying President Barry in 2012. We will impose term limits if they will not.
President Bush Did it and Barry lied about it.