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Obama Continues Bush-Era Assassination Policy

HeadlineJan 27, 2010

US citizen Anwar al-Awlaki has been added to a list of targets for capture or killing. Awlaki is a US-born cleric accused of having ties to the failed Christmas Day airline bombing and the shooting at Fort Hood. In targeting Awlaki, the Obama administration has renewed a Bush-era policy granting US forces authority to kill US citizens abroad if they’re linked to terrorist actions against the US or “US interests.”

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