Yemen Defense Ministry: Anwar Al-Awlaki, Dead

**armakraut** · 09-30-11, 04:52

Do US citizens get miranda rights scribbled on the front of the AGM-114 or does it interfere with the guidance system?

(yes, this means I'm glad he's dead)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15121879

**R/Tdrvr** · 09-30-11, 07:48

Somewhere in Yemen there is a goat in mourning.

Rot in hell asshole.

**Watrdawg** · 09-30-11, 09:00

Glad the bastard is gone!! Can you believe he was invited to the Whitehouse back in 09!

**d90king** · 09-30-11, 09:44

I wish they would start to pike these guys after they kill them... Maybe that would start to send a message to the rest of the murderer's ....

**Heavy Metal** · 09-30-11, 10:14

Well....we finally drilled ANWAR!

**FromMyColdDeadHand** · 09-30-11, 10:37

Originally Posted by Heavy Metal

Well....we finally drilled ANWAR!

Well done.

Obviously few people, and no one I care about, is going to shed a tear for this guy but what is going to be our legal threshold and rationale for whacking Americans overseas? I'm definately not for calling off strikes on bad guys just because there is an American present, I even like the rationale that he was in a room with a bunch of bad guys that we were actually targeting.

I assume he was charged with a crime in the US and never showed up for trial. Capital crime evasion enough to warrant a whacking?

**R/Tdrvr** · 09-30-11, 13:53

Originally Posted by FromMyColdDeadHand

Well done.

Obviously few people, and no one I care about, is going to shed a tear for this guy but what is going to be our legal threshold and rationale for whacking Americans overseas? I'm definately not for calling off strikes on bad guys just because there is an American present, I even like the rationale that he was in a room with a bunch of bad guys that we were actually targeting.

I assume he was charged with a crime in the US and never showed up for trial. Capital crime evasion enough to warrant a whacking?

Well, he was put on the Order to Kill (?) list by Obama. I would think being directly tied to terrorist acts, such as the Ft. Hood shooting, being a member of AQ and threatening to kill more American citizens would justify it. I'm sure the ACLU will be all over it however.

IMO, if you're an American, decide to join AQ and threaten to or kill fellow Americans, your citizenship should be automatically revoked. Maybe it was in his case. Who knows?

**Belmont31R** · 09-30-11, 14:06

Originally Posted by R/Tdrvr

Well, he was put on the Order to Kill (?) list by Obama. I would think being directly tied to terrorist acts, such as the Ft. Hood shooting, being a member of AQ and threatening to kill more American citizens would justify it. I'm sure the ACLU will be all over it however.

IMO, if you're an American, decide to join AQ and threaten to or kill fellow Americans, your citizenship should be automatically revoked. Maybe it was in his case. Who knows?

The problem with that is the gov sets the standard for what a terrorist is, and then can just unilaterally declare you a terrorist with loss of citizenship and no due process.

Sorta like how Eric Holder wanted their little no fly list to bar you from gun ownership. Its NOT a good idea to give the gov that kind of power where they can deprive you of rights, a fair trial, and even kill you just because they put you on some list where the burden of getting put on there is up to them with no due process at all.

Im not saying we should not be able to kill terrorists overseas just we need to be careful what new powers the government gets from this, and look at the direction they want to take those powers.