BREAKING: The Heartbreaking Mistake Just Disclosed Is A.
Though it reportedly happened months ago, the Obama administration just this morning (Thursday) revealed that two Western hostages held by terrorist kidnappers in Pakistan were killed in a strike on al-Qaeda by a U.S drone.. ���Earnest said Obama decided to release the information because he believes it is important to provide the American people with as much information as possible about our counterterrorism operations, particularly when they take the lives of��.
Journal de la Reyna: American Lives Lost In Killing Of Adam.
The White House said that Warren Weinstein, an American held by al Qaeda since 2011, and Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian held since 2012, were killed in a January operation in the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan.. Obama defended U.S. counterterrorism operations in his remarks Thursday, saying the strikes occurred after hundreds of hours of surveillance had been conducted. He noted it is a cruel... The Clowns Juggle Their Balls In New Hampshire!
The Drone Centers Weekly Roundup: 4/20/15
Last week, the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons held a Meeting of Experts to discuss the ethical, legal, and humanitarian implications of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS). Some member states are pushing. in U.S.
White House: 2 hostages accidentally killed by U.S..
���As president and as Commdander-in-Chief, I take full responsibility for all our counterterrorism operations including the one that inadvertently took the lives of Warren and Giovanni,��� Obama said Thursday morning, where he apologized on. Adam Gadahn, another American in the senior ranks of al-Qaida, was also killed by U.S. forces in the region, ���likely in a separate��� counterterrorism operation, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in the statement.
Al Qaeda hostage, American Warren Weinstein, killed in.
His wife said she was still searching for answers Thursday after U.S. officials revealed the 73-year-old American aid worker had been accidentally killed in a U.S. drone strike targeting al Qaeda. ���We were. U.S. officials knew they were targeting an al Qaeda compound in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region in the January counterterrorism operation, Obama said, but they didnt know that the hostages were also there.. Wife: New U.S. hostage approach needed.
Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Busting Out of Jail The Hard.
Nathan Middleton, 29, of 12016 W. Highway 14, Evansville, told his mother the letter is ���no joke��� and that he could not serve more time in jail, according to the complaint.. ���Have a change of clothing in the car for me and I will let you know where to pick the car up after I get a new one.��� Put the... President Barack Obama says he takes full responsibility for a counterterrorism operation that inadvertently killed an American and an Italian hostage held by al-Qaida.
Protesters take to the streets of Baltimore after death of black man Freddie.
Jeff Johnson delivers a speech in front of City Hall during a protest against the death Open Gallery 15 Jeff Johnson delivers a speech in front of City Hall during a protest against the death of Freddie Gray in police custody, in Baltimore April 23.
Experts say drone strikes appear in bounds of US law
A previous strike that killed Americans resulted in a lawsuit against the Obama administration. But that strike had specifically targeted a U.S. citizen. The suit was dismissed. The White House says an operation in January was focused on al-Qaida.
U.S., Italian hostages killed in U.S. drone strike ; Obama.
A U.S. drone strike in January targeting an al Qaeda compound in Pakistan near the Afghan border inadvertently killed an American and an Italian who had been held hostage for years by the group, U.S. officials said on Thursday. President Barack Obama apologized and took ���full responsibility��� for all counterterrorism operations, including this one.. One official said the CIA had observed the compounds over some time but had no idea hostages were present.
U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan accidentally kills American.
. American, Italian hostages. WARREN HOSTAGE. WASHINGTON (CNN) ��� President Barack Obama announced that a U.S. counter-terrorism operation that was targeting Al Qaeda accidentally killed two innocent hostages.
US Strikes Accidentally Kill 3 Americans ��� And Underscore Dangers of.
At the beginning of April, Muhanad Mahmoud al Farekh appeared in federal court in Brooklyn to face federal terrorism charges, seemingly out of nowhere. He had been detained by Pakistani authorities, then secretly spirited to New York to stand trial. U.
Obama Statement on Hostage Deaths: I Want to Express.
Video: Obamas statement. President Barack Obama on Thursday took ���full responsibility��� for a drone strike that killed two hostages being held by al Qaeda in Pakistan. Here is the transcript of this remarks Thursday morning,��.
Michael Ramirez on the Power of Editorial Cartoons
But either way I think youll have a larger, more comprehensive view of the issue, and thats the problem today is then American public is uninformed because we have the media that takes them hostage and refuses to tell them the truth.. Now weve.
NYC mayor unveils sweeping environmental plan on Earth Day
NEW YORK (AP) ��� The nations biggest city, under the direction of Mayor Bill de Blasio, marked Earth Day on Wednesday by linking a sweeping effort to limit its impact on the environment with its fight against income inequality by pledging to lift more.
Obama Says US Operation Killed American and Italian Held by Al Qaeda
WASHINGTON ��� An American aid worker and another man held hostage by Al Qaeda were accidentally killed in an American drone strike in Pakistan in January, government officials disclosed on Thursday, underscoring the perils of a largely invisible, long.
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U.S. HOSTAGE DIED IN ATTACK ON AL QAEDA: An American and Italian being held hostage by Al Qaeda in Pakistan were both killed in a drone strike last January, senior Obama administration officials said Thursday.. BILL and HIL HID LINK TO RUSSIAN DONORS: The Clinton Foundation was linked to the Russian atomic energy agencys 2013 acquisition of a company that controls one-fifth of all uranium production capacity in the U.S., The New York Times��.
Hard National Security Choices
The New York Times reports that the two hostages were Warren Weinstein, an American who had been held by al Qaeda since 2011, and Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian held since 2012.. Another January U.S. counterterrorism operation in the same region.
Giovanni Lo Porto Was Known as Aid Worker Drawn to Needy
As those friends and colleagues learned Thursday that Mr. Lo Porto, 37, along with an American hostage, had been killed in a United States counterterrorism operation in Pakistan three months earlier, they recalled a driven and experienced aid worker.
White House: US forces accidentally killed American, Italian.
Just Watched. replay. (CNN) ��� President Barack Obama announced Thursday that a U.S. counterterrorism operation targeting an al Qaeda compound in January accidentally killed two innocent hostages, including one American.. Obama directly apologized during his televised address to the families of the two hostages who were killed in the drone strike and said he spoke Wednesday with Weinsteins wife and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. ���As a husband and��.
Deutsche Bank fined record $2.5 billion in rate rigging inquiry
U.S. regulators fined Germanys largest bank $2.175 billion and British watchdogs imposed a 227 million pound ($341 million) penalty for its role in a scam to manipulate the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) and its Euribor cousin - together.
Warren Weinstein: A Look at the American Hostage Killed.
(NEW YORK) ��� The American held hostage by al Qaeda who was was killed during a U.S. counterterrorism operation was a former Peace Corps official working in Pakistan for community projects. Dr. Warren Weinstein was��.
Hundreds mourn black South Carolina man shot in back by police
Scotts death reignited a public outcry over police treatment of African Americans that flared last year after the killings of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Missouri, New York City and elsewhere. This is a sad day, said Rev. James Johnson, who is.
White House: 2 Hostages Were Accidentally Killed by US.
President Barack Obama announced Thursday that a U.S. counterterrorism operation targeting an al Qaeda compound in January accidentally killed two innocent hostages, including one American.. ���As president and as Commdander-in-Chief, I take full responsibility for all our counterterrorism operations including the one that inadvertently took the lives of Warren and Giovanni,��� Obama said Thursday morning, where he apologized on behalf of the U.S. government��.
AP News in Brief at 7:58 pm EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Blaming the ���fog of war,��� President Barack Obama revealed Thursday that U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan inadvertently killed an American and an Italian, two hostages held by al-Qaida, as well as two other Americans who had .
Obama Takes Full Responsibility on Hostage Deaths - WSJ.
President Barack Obama on Thursday took full responsibility for a drone strike that killed two hostages being held by al Qaeda in Pakistan.. Mr. Obama said the initial U.S. assessment of the strike shows it was ���fully consistent��� with the guidelines under which his administration conducts such counterterrorism operations. Mr. Obama said he spoke with Italian Prime. at the compound. American-born al Qaeda operative Ahmed Farouq was also killed in the strike.
US man arrested in suicide bomb plot at Kansas military base
Booker -- a failed US army recruit who has been on the FBIs radar for the past year -- was the latest terror suspect to be snared on American soil in an undercover sting operation. His arrest also came eight days after the arrest in New York of two.
Latest on Boston bombing trial: Man in wheelchair testifies
Marc Fucarile (FOO-kuh-rihl) was the first person to testify Thursday for the prosecution in the penalty phase of the federal trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR tsahr-NEYE-ehv). Fucarile says one of the first things he remembers after the second.
Pentagon Says U.S. Citizens With Terrorism Ties Can Be.
The Obama administrations top Pentagon lawyer on Wednesday said that American citizens who join Al Qaeda can be targeted for killing and that courts should have no role in reviewing executive branch decisions about whether someone has met such. The administration has declined to discuss its killing last September of Anwar Al-Awlaki, a New Mexico-born radical Islamist cleric who died in a drone strike in Yemen that technically remains a covert operation.
White House: American, Italian hostages killed in US strike.
An American and an Italian held hostage by Al Qaeda were accidentally killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation earlier this year, the White House said Thursday, in a stunning and tragic admission. The White House. Imperial Islamic President Obama The White House. The Maryland resident and professor at State University of New York at Oswego was later seen in four ���proof-of-life��� videos, the most recent of which was released in December 2013. In that video��.
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The 33-page strategy says the Defense Department should be able to use cyber operations to disrupt an adversarys command and control networks, military-related critical infrastructure and weapons capabilities.. ���UNITED STATES-AL-QAIDA: Blaming.
Official: Hostages and US citizens killed in drone strikes
WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A U.S. government official says two separate U.S. drone strikes killed the two hostages and two Americans who died in U.S. counterterrorism operations against al-Qaida targets in January. The official said one drone strike was on Jan.
White House says hostages, including American, killed in.
The hostages have been identified as Dr. Warren Weinstein, an American held by al Qaeda since 2011, and Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian held by the terror group since 2012. The administration says that two other Americans,. ���Analysis of all available information has led the Intelligence Community to judge with high confidence that the operation accidentally killed both hostages,��� the White House statement reads. ���The operation targeted an al Qaeda-associated��.