American, Italian Hostages Killed in CIA Drone Strike

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WASHINGTON — The White House acknowledged on Thursday that two hostages held by Al Qaeda were accidentally killed in an American government counterterrorism operation in January and said President Obama “takes full responsibility.”

In an extraordinary statement, the White House said intelligence agencies had confirmed that Warren Weinstein, an American held by Al Qaeda since 2011, and Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian held since 2012, died during the operation.

Full Story (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/world/asia/2-qaeda-hostages-were-accidentally-killed-in-us-raid-white-house-says.html?_r=0)

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isolated incident. Policy followed.

next.

[Ronin Truth]

What Bozo is giving drones to the CIA? DUH!

[thoughtomator]

Pakistan AKA the land of flying American death robots

[aGameOfThrones]

Prez Oba killed americans

[Anti Federalist]

President Obama “takes full responsibility.”

Soooo...you'll be turning yourself in to federal marshals for arrest and prosecution at 0600 Friday morning, correct?

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####### idiot Obama should find out who he's killing before he tries to be a hero, ####### piece of ##I#
over and over again.


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[JK/SEA]

odd that Prez Comacho was just in Italy....

[enhanced_deficit]

dDG puppet masters will soon apologize for this mistake.

But this puppetbags whole regime is filled with "mistakes".




SWC Drone King's Victims Diaries I (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?431097-U-S-drone-strikes-killed-Pakistani-grandmother&p=5277619&viewfull=1#post5277619)




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWKG6ZmgAX4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWKG6ZmgAX4

http://willyloman.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/drone-kids.jpg?w=468&h=468 (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=drone%20children&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=TcWtj3VsQDfUEM&tbnid=8pK5pO6kTF7ozM:&ved=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwillyloman.wordpress.com%2F2012%2 F12%2F22%2Fsandy-hook-shootings%2F&ei=UDjmUYfeIa_e4AOtlIGABQ&bvm=bv.49405654,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNFlD7qyQNrugbHgbuxAiakwXlaZ-Q&ust=1374128411299069)



Drone King will not publicly apologise for Afghan civilians deaths (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?434051-Breaking-SWC-%28Goldman-Sachs-funded%29-will-not-publicly-apologise-for-Afghan-civilians-deaths)

(http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?436307-While-You-Were-Debating-Obama%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98Selfie-%E2%80%99-U-S-Drones-Killed-13-Yemen-Wedding-Guests&p=5351430&viewfull=1#post5351430)Reporter Asks White House if US Airstrike that killed 11 children is ‘Terrorism’ (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?411985-Reporter-Asks-White-House-if-US-Airstrike-that-killed-11-children-is-%E2%80%98Terrorism%E2%80%99&)

While You Were Debating Obama’s ‘Selfie,’ U.S. Drones Killed 13+ Yemen Wedding Guests (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?436307-While-You-Were-Debating-Obama%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98Selfie-%E2%80%99-U-S-Drones-Killed-13-Yemen-Wedding-Guests&)

http://media2.wptv.com//photo/2013/12/10/WPTV_Obama_Selfie_20131210122944_320_240.JPG (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=K_TVYhSOkZt6gM&tbnid=3HUiUSTtSvCROM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wptv.com%2Fdpp%2Fnews%2Flocal _news%2Fwater_cooler%2Fpresident-obama-selfie-president-takes-selfie-with-prime-ministers-at-mandela-service&ei=SrW4UuCZJJOgkQeX3YCoBw&bvm=bv.58187178,d.eW0&psig=AFQjCNFA4swHIfgykm4D_TNC7Wrh1-YjdA&ust=1387923112688653)

Obama called "war criminal" & "hypocrite of the century" in Irish Parliament (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?418882-Epic-Video-Obama-called-quot-war-criminal-quot-amp-quot-hypocrite-of-the-century-quot-in-Irish-Parliament&)

The 12-Year War: 73% of U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan Occured on Obama's Watch (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?427493-The-12-Year-War-73-of-U-S-Casualties-in-Afghanistan-on-Obama-s-Watch&p=5221296#post5221296)

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isolated incident. Policy followed.

next.

This is about as isolated as was "by mistake" execution of Miriam Carey in the name of defending our domestic freedom situation.

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AP: Americans Strongly Support Different, Imaginary Drone Program

By Dan Froomkin and Jon Schwarz
Yesterday at 11:06 AM

https://prod01-cdn03.cdn.firstlook.org/wp-uploads/sites/1/2015/05/returnofdroneylinky-article-display-b.jpg
(This post is from our new blog: Unofficial Sources (https://firstlook.org/theintercept/unofficial-sources/).)
The headline on the Associated Press story is unambiguous: “AP Poll: Americans approve of drone strikes on terrorists (http://bigstory.ap.org/article/922aad9300ed4868b89e999f7cd02bf7/ap-poll-americans-approve-drone-strikes-terrorists).” And that’s true! According to the AP’s poll (http://ap-gfkpoll.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/AP-GfK_Poll_April_2015_Topline_drones.pdf), 60 percent of Americans support the use of drones to “target and kill people belonging to terrorist groups like al-Qaida.”
The problem is the U.S. drone program does much more than kill members of al-Qaida: it also kills a significant number of civilians (http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/category/projects/drones/drones-graphs/), and drone operators often don’t even know (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/world/asia/drone-strikes-reveal-uncomfortable-truth-us-is-often-unsure-about-who-will-die.html) exactly whom they’re targeting. So the AP’s own poll doesn’t show, as the story claims, “broad support among the U.S. public for a targeted killing program begun under President George W. Bush and expanded dramatically under Obama.” What it does show is broad support for a drone program that doesn’t exist.

And strangely enough, if you get all the way to the story’s ninth paragraph, you learn that the AP’s own reporters have a pretty good hunch that the previous eight paragraphs were bullshit:
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https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/01/ap-story-points-drone-poll-moronic/



FBI helped arrange failed ransom for Jewish American held by Al-Qaida

Warren Weinstein, a government contractor who was accidentally killed in a U.S. drone strike in January, had been held hostage from 2011.

By JTA | Apr. 30, 2015 | 9:41 PM

http://www.haaretz.com/polopoly_fs/1.464781.1347609354%21/image/3369998994.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_640/3369998994.jpg A screenshot of the YouTube video purporting to show U.S. hostage Warren Weinstein. Photo by YouTube

U.S. drone strike killed Al-Qaida member of Jewish ancestry (http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.653499)
By JTA | Apr. 25, 2015 | 8:34 PM | http://www.haaretz.com/images/icons/comment.png 1

Obama apologizes for the killing of two hostages in Afghan operation (http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.653292)
By Susan Heavey and Will Dunham | Apr. 23, 2015 | 5:38 PM

The FBI helped arrange a ransom payment from the family of Warren Weinstein, the Jewish-American government contractor who had been held hostage by Al-Qaida from 2011.
News of the unsuccessful ransom attempt for Weinstein, who was accidentally killed in January by a U.S. drone strike (http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.653292), was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.


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