{"id":15118,"date":"2014-06-23T12:22:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T12:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/details-of-anwar-al-awalaki-killing-released\/"},"modified":"2014-06-23T12:22:30","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T12:22:30","slug":"details-of-anwar-al-awalaki-killing-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/details-of-anwar-al-awalaki-killing-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Details of Anwar al Awalaki Killing Released"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{A New York court has released the Obama administration’s legal justification for the killing of a US citizen and suspected al-Qaeda leader in Yemen.}}<\/p>\n

The previously secret justice department memo was published after a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union and The New York Times.<\/p>\n

Anwar al Awlaki was killed by a US drone attack in Yemen in 2011.<\/p>\n

Critics have said Awlaki was killed without being given his right to legal due process as an American citizen.<\/p>\n

The memo argues the killing was legal because he was an “operational leader” of an “enemy force” at war with the US.<\/p>\n

Jameel Jaffer, an ACLU lawyer who argued the case, said the memo’s release “represents an overdue but nonetheless crucial step towards transparency”.<\/p>\n

“There are few questions more important than the question of when the government has the authority to kill its own citizens.”<\/p>\n

The document, still partially redacted, also says the killing of Awlaki by US military forces would be legal under an authorisation for the use of US force after the 9\/11 attacks on New York and Washington DC.<\/p>\n

It is dated July 2010, more than a year before Awlaki was killed.<\/p>\n

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