World-News

By Tim Funk

The family cast the 25-year-old Khan as a 'law-abiding' U.S. citizen who was assassinated by an American government that has not 'contacted us with any news about the recovery of our son s remains (or) offered us any condolences.'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29327.htm



US Government Murders Own Citizen : Contacts Grieving Family To Offer Condolence

By AP

The family s statement said they were 'appalled by the indifference shown to us by our government.' They said they wanted the government to explain why Khan was not afforded due process and to discuss collecting his remains.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29342.htm



Would You Believe A US Teenager Who Grew Up In Denver Was Executed WITHOUT TRIAL With A Drone Strike.

http://is.gd/zna6Zq


From Information Clearing House

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Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkul Karman on Human Rights Abuses Enabled by 'War on Terror'

Tawakkul Karman, Democracy Now!: 'Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkul Karman, one of three recipients who split the award this year, spoke in New York City at the Brecht Forum in September 2010 about state violence, targeted killings, and human rights abuses enabled by the so-called 'War on Terror'.... Karman notes that by cooperating with the Yemeni government s repression of its opponents, the United States 'has transitioned from being the leader of the free world to a watch dog for tyrant regimes.'

http://www.truth-out.org/yemeni-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-tawakkul-karman-human-rights-abuses-enabled-war-terror/1318096029

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The al-Awlaki murder and the rule of law

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Tim Kelly

10/06/11

There is no mention in the U.S. Constitution of a presidential power to order the summary execution of any person. In fact, that power is expressly denied to the government by the Fifth Amendment, which states: 'No person shall be ? deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.' What that means in layman s terms is the government cannot kill you, imprison you, or take your property without first clearing some legal hurdles...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com1110g.asp



The assassination decider

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

10/07/11

Statists are continuing to say that President Obama s assassination of American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki (through his CIA and military forces) was justified because Awlaki was supposedly exhorting Muslims to resist U.S. foreign policy with force and that he was also supposedly engaged in operational activities to bring this about. For his part, Obama is remaining mum on the subject, as are the CIA and the Pentagon. The statists are missing the point, however...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2011-10-07.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Does the Bible Justify the Pentagon?
http://lewrockwell.com/vance/vance261.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pentagon
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=foreign+policy
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Samir+Khan
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Fifth+Amendment
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Tim+Kelly
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