Legal Opinion
Jaber v. U.S. Dep't of Def.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 1, 2018No. Case No. 1:16–cv–00742 (TNM)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
I. BACKGROUND
According to Plaintiffs' amended complaint, the Defendants possess or control records pertaining to a drone strike carried out on August 29, 2012, in or near the Yemeni village of Khashamir. Am. Compl. at ¶¶ 5, 7, 9-11. The attack allegedly killed three men whose identities are unknown but who, according to sources not clearly identified in the amended complaint, were members of al-Qaeda. Id. at ¶ 12. In addition, the amended complaint alleges that the attack killed Salem and Waleed bin Ali Jaber, civilians who had spoken out against Al-Qaeda. Id.
The Plaintiffs submitted six FOIA…
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