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    Default Trumps First Drone Strikes: US drone strike kills 3 alleged al-Qaida in Yemen

    Suspected U.S. drone strikes have killed three alleged al-Qaida operatives in Yemen's southwestern Bayda province, security and tribal officials said, the first such killings reported in the country since Donald Trump assumed the U.S. presidency Friday.

    The two Saturday strikes killed Abu Anis al-Abi, an area field commander, and two others, they said, speaking on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release the information to journalists.

    U.S. drone strikes against suspected al-Qaida targets have been commonplace in the years since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, as a retaliatory measure against the group. The use of unmanned aircraft as well as air strikes in the Arab world's poorest country rose dramatically under President Barack Obama, with data from the Britain-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism showing spikes in attacks, especially in 2012 and 2016.

    On Thursday, U.S. intelligence officials said as many as 117 civilians had been killed in drone and other counterterror attacks in Pakistan, Yemen and elsewhere during Obama's presidency. It was the second public assessment issued in response to mounting pressure for more information about lethal U.S. operations overseas.

    Human rights and other groups have criticized the Obama administration, saying it has undercounted civilian casualties. They also worry that President Trump will more aggressively conduct drone strikes, which are subject to little oversight from Congress or the judiciary.

    In the years since the drone program began, Yemen has fallen ever deeper into chaos. A two-year-old civil war began after Shiite Houthis rebels seized the capital Sanaa and forced the president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to flee the country. In March 2015, a Saudi-led military coalition launched an extensive air campaign aimed at restoring Hadi's government.

    Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, long seen by Washington as among the most dangerous branches of the global terror network, exploited the chaos, seizing territory in the country's south and east, and the Islamic State group has also claimed attacks. The northern region remains under Houthi control.
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    a much better plan then emptying out Gitmo and sending "high value detainees" back to Yemen (Oman)..
    B ut I wonder if there is any change in criteria from Obama's signature strikes? ( probably not)

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    Will Trump launch a drone attack on Gitmo?

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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    a much better plan then emptying out Gitmo and sending "high value detainees" back to Yemen (Oman)..
    B ut I wonder if there is any change in criteria from Obama's signature strikes? ( probably not)
    Continuing an illegal murder spree is hardly a better plan shitstain.
    You disgust me.
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    yay?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune View Post
    Continuing an illegal murder spree is hardly a better plan shitstain.
    You disgust me.
    only in your screwed up world view is droning al-Qaeda "illegal"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune View Post
    Continuing an illegal murder spree is hardly a better plan shitstain.
    You disgust me.
    We don't know if Trump ordered the strike, or when the strike occurred.

    "On Thursday, U.S. intelligence officials said as many as 117 civilians had been killed in drone and other counterterror attacks in Pakistan, Yemen and elsewhere during Obama's presidency. It was the second public assessment issued in response to mounting pressure for more information about lethal U.S. operations overseas."
    "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
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    Quote Originally Posted by tsuke View Post
    yay?
    gotta be done..unless we just want terrorist to fester

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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    gotta be done..unless we just want terrorist to fester
    yus. althogh at this point it deserves to be celebrated no more than squashing another couple of ants.
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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    only in your screwed up world view is droning al-Qaeda "illegal"
    Prove that the murder victims are al quada.
    What's that?
    You can't?
    That's why it is illegal, cocksucker
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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    gotta be done..unless we just want terrorist to fester
    The old ends justify the means excuse)
    How fucking lame.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigdog View Post
    We don't know if Trump ordered the strike, or when the strike occurred.

    "On Thursday, U.S. intelligence officials said as many as 117 civilians had been killed in drone and other counterterror attacks in Pakistan, Yemen and elsewhere during Obama's presidency. It was the second public assessment issued in response to mounting pressure for more information about lethal U.S. operations overseas."
    Yes Obama is a vicious war criminal too, especially culpable for murdering three Americans without due process.

    He did it too...how fucking lame is that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by tsuke View Post
    yus. althogh at this point it deserves to be celebrated no more than squashing another couple of ants.
    You need to eat your own medicine hater
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune View Post
    The old ends justify the means excuse)
    How fucking lame.
    ends always justify the means
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune View Post
    You need to eat your own medicine hater
    ? Why? Western Culture and Eastern Culture have generally been beneficial to humanity. They are not the cancer islam is.
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