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Originally Posted by FlyWf
I know I was terrified that 16 year old was literally seconds away from launching a chemical strike on DC. Good thing we caught him at the family barbeque in time.
Not sure how this BBQ thing keeps coming up other than some family members claim on wiki. Here's Time's take:
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According to his relatives, Abdulrahman left the family home in the Sana'a area on Sept. 15 in search of his fugitive father who was hiding out with his tribe, the Awalak, in the remote, rugged southern province of Shabwa. Days after the teenager began his quest, however, his father was killed in a U.S. drone strike. Then, just two weeks later, the Yemeni government claimed another air strike killed a senior al-Qaeda militant. Abdulrahman, his teenage cousin and six others died in the attack as well. A U.S. official said the young man "was in the wrong place at the wrong time," and that the U.S. was trying to kill a legitimate terrorist — al-Qaeda leader Ibrahim al-Banna, who also died — in the strike that apparently killed the American teenager.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/artic...#ixzz1oRhUhSfB
It sucks that a kid got killed, but when you are running around with terrorists that the US and Yemeni govt is trying to kill for weeks those things can happen.
Also, lovely family there:
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A brother-in-law of Awlaki is Tariq al-Dahab, who leads al-Qaeda insurgents in Yemen. On Thursday, February 16, 2012, the terrorist organization stated he had been killed by agents, although it is speculated by the media that he was killed by his brother in a bloody family-type feud.[243][244][245]
I certainly trust their word on facts and events.
Last edited by suzzer99; 03-07-2012 at 11:45 AM.