Warlord
02-28-2014, 10:37 AM
WASHINGTON — He is known as Abdullah al-Shami, an Arabic name meaning Abdullah the Syrian. But his nom de guerre masks a reality: He was born in the United States, and the United States is now deciding whether to kill him.
Mr. Shami, a militant who American officials say is living in the barren mountains of northwestern Pakistan (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/pakistan/index.html?inline=nyt-geo), is at the center of a debate inside the government over whether President Obama (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html?inline=nyt-per) should once again take the extraordinary step of authorizing the killing of an American citizen overseas.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/world/asia/us-militant-hidden-spurs-drone-debate.html
Mr. Shami, a militant who American officials say is living in the barren mountains of northwestern Pakistan (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/pakistan/index.html?inline=nyt-geo), is at the center of a debate inside the government over whether President Obama (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html?inline=nyt-per) should once again take the extraordinary step of authorizing the killing of an American citizen overseas.
More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/world/asia/us-militant-hidden-spurs-drone-debate.html