Legal Opinion
Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 4, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2012-1192PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROSEMARY M. COLLYER United States District Judge
Because Anwar Al-Aulaqi was a terrorist leader of al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula, the United States intentionally targeted and killed him with a drone strike in Yemen on September 30, 2011. The missile also killed Samir Khan, who was riding in the same vehicle. Both men were U.S. citizens. Two weeks later, on October 14, 2014, the United States killed additional individuals in Yemen with a missile from another drone. While this second drone targeted someone else, among those it killed was Abdulrahman Al-Aulaqi, Anwar Al-Aulaqi’s…
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