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The U.S. drone strike that killed Abdulrahman Anwar al-Awlaki was conducted under a policy approved by U.S. President Barack Obama. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Two U.S. officials speaking on condition of anonymity stated that the target of the October 14, 2011, airstrike was Ibrahim al-Banna , an Egyptian believed to be a senior operative in al-Qaeda in ...
Nawar was the third member of her immediate family killed during military orders issued with executive powers. Her father, Anwar al-Awlaki, was the first to be killed by the executive branch when on September 30, 2011, CIA orders calling for a precision drone strike targeting him [11] were given presidential approval by President Barack Obama. [12]
Anwar al-Awlaki was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, US in 1971 to parents from Yemen, while his father, Nasser al-Awlaki, was doing graduate work at U.S. universities.His father was a Fulbright Scholar [27] who earned a master's degree in agricultural economics at New Mexico State University in 1971, received a doctorate at the University of Nebraska, and worked at the University of Minnesota ...
President Trump on Wednesday issued an executive order revoking an Obama-era requirement to publicly report the number of U.S. drone strikes outside of war zones and the number of civilians killed ...
The Pentagon has confirmed a number of “unauthorized” drone flights last year in restricted airspace over a Virginia base that houses the nation’s most advanced fighter jets. The Wall Street ...
The U.S. launched an investigation following an August 2021 drone attack in Kabul that killed 7 children, their father who worked for a U.S. employer, and other family members. [33] On September 17, the Department of Defense confirmed that the strike was a "tragic mistake" and killed 10 civilians. [34]
A year ago, a drone attack by Iran-backed militias hit a remote U.S. outpost in Jordan, killing three U.S. servicemembers. Despite the passage of time, the effort to find those responsible continues.
On January 7, 2014, the Obama administration announced they were doing an investigation into the event, although no further update on its progress or conclusion was ever made. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] On August 18, 2014, it was reported that the Yemeni government would pay YRIs 1 million to the victims' families.