Comments on: We Can Wipe You Out Anytime http://americanfootprints.com/wp/2010/02/we-can-wipe-you-out-anytime/ reality-based commentary on foreign affairs Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:13:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Eric Martin http://americanfootprints.com/wp/2010/02/we-can-wipe-you-out-anytime/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Eric Martin Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:01:04 +0000 http://americanfootprints.com/wp/?p=485#comment-95 It was under Bush, and it was in 2002. He was in a car with an al-Qaeda big, and was "collateral" damage. I'm not sure if this changes things materially but: 1. He was not the target (although intel put him in the car at the time, and thus in lethal harm's way) 2. The al-Qaeda Op being targeted was a high ranking member 3. It was 2002 and there was a lot more leeway given Still, in terms of establishing a legal principle, that case was problematic. It was under Bush, and it was in 2002. He was in a car with an al-Qaeda big, and was “collateral” damage.

I’m not sure if this changes things materially but:

1. He was not the target (although intel put him in the car at the time, and thus in lethal harm’s way)
2. The al-Qaeda Op being targeted was a high ranking member
3. It was 2002 and there was a lot more leeway given

Still, in terms of establishing a legal principle, that case was problematic.

]]> By: jhm http://americanfootprints.com/wp/2010/02/we-can-wipe-you-out-anytime/comment-page-1/#comment-93 jhm Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:38:15 +0000 http://americanfootprints.com/wp/?p=485#comment-93 Didn't this already take place to an American citizen in Yemen? I can't remember whether it was a GWB or WJC operation, but it was unclear to me how it didn't seem to be as big a deal to the press than to me (yes, I'm familiar with this feeling). Granted, the person in question was, I believe, born in the US, but had spent little time here, and likely had few connections to the US, but the point was that there was not even any specific allegations against him (that I remember), just an item in the paper that he and some companions had been killed by a UAV launched missile. Didn’t this already take place to an American citizen in Yemen? I can’t remember whether it was a GWB or WJC operation, but it was unclear to me how it didn’t seem to be as big a deal to the press than to me (yes, I’m familiar with this feeling). Granted, the person in question was, I believe, born in the US, but had spent little time here, and likely had few connections to the US, but the point was that there was not even any specific allegations against him (that I remember), just an item in the paper that he and some companions had been killed by a UAV launched missile.

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