MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Suit Over Targeted Killings Is Thrown Out
By artappraiser on Wed, 12/08/2010 - 2:12pm |By Charlie Savage, New York Times, December 7, 2010
A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit that had sought to block the American government from trying to kill Anwar al-Awlaki, a United States citizen and Muslim cleric in hiding overseas who is accused of helping to plan attacks by Al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen.
The ruling, which clears the way for the Obama administration to continue to try to kill Mr. Awlaki, represents a victory in its efforts to shield from judicial review so-called targeted killings, one of its most striking counterterrorism policies.....
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/world/middleeast/08killing.html?ref=todayspaper
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