"It was Anwar al-Awlaki who financed me."

[arely staircase]

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/terror-suspects-spoke-to-media-before-death-we-were-sent-by-al-qaeda/

He won't be financing anyone else. Obama fixed the Awlaki glitch.

[Cha]

1. Thanks arely :(

[arely staircase]

3. more than a few had a real problem with President Obama removing that particular enemy from the

battlefield. Frankly, smoking Awlaki was probably one of the president's best calls.

[Cha]

5. Yes, I know.. poor Awiaki.. ******* monster.

[zappaman]

14. I'll just leave this here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026055227#post98

[arely staircase]

35. I never figured out if the naive bit was an act with thar one nt

[zappaman]

36. Hard to tell, ain't it?

[JI7]

2. check out this thread

earlier info showing connection

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026052385

[arely staircase]

4. I had forgotten how shrill Greenwald's defense of that terrorist was.

gag

[Cha]

7. Thanks for the link back to that, JI7.. I just posted arely's update on Anwar al-Awlaki on there.

[earthside]

6. These guys were undoubtedly liars, poseurs.

Anwar al-Awlaki has been dead since September 2011.

I think they were trying to inflate themselves into 'mythical' status for other extremist jihadist murderers.

I doubt al-Awlaki had anything to do with planning or financing what happened in France in the past couple of days.

[arely staircase]

9. cnn reporting it is believed one of the brothers Said (sp?) went to Yemen and met with al-Aelaki

shortly before Obama droned him.

[MohRokTah]

12. Too bad the brother wasn't with him when the drone strike happened.

Of course, then he'd be numbered amongst the "innocents murdered" along with the terrorist.

[arely staircase]

13. yes. and

yes

[geek tragedy]

10. They trained years ago. nt

[msanthrope]

19. Kouachi went to Yemen in the summer of 2011, meeting Awlaki then. nt

[geek tragedy]

8. Al awlaki was obviously a terrorist operative to

anyone who didn't have their head in the sand or between their own butt cheeks.

Offing him was the right call. That is what happens to enemies.

[msanthrope]

25. Well, that would be Glenn Greenwald, who apparently relied on the Bush Administration's assessment

of Awlaki in 2001 to judge his status as a non-violent cleric.

[MohRokTah]

11. I think if Obama had it all to do over again, he;d have killed al-Awlaki sooner if possible.

There was absolutely nothing at all wrong with the targeted killing of that terrorist.

[msanthrope]

26. The FBI tried arresting him in 2002....but the Bush Admin didn't move fast enough, and he got to the

UK, then Yemen.

[msanthrope]

15. I can't get the OP of this thread to even admit Awlaki was a terrorist.....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026055227

[zappaman]

16. Some people inhabit a different reality...

[msanthrope]

17. No shit. It's a yes or no question---"Is Awlaki a terrorist?" And I get some blither about Bush's

Imperial Presidency back.

[zappaman]

18. Can't say I blame the poster.

If they were honest, their answer would not go over well.

[msanthrope]

20. I think I'm just going to ask the question every single time they ask a question of me. nt

[arely staircase]

21. that one thinks 3.2 billion Americans watch rt. nt

[msanthrope]

22. Okay...that made me laugh....but on a serious note, I'm getting tired of terror-apologia. nt

[arely staircase]

23. I hope we can put the al-Awaki was murdered business away

The guy was an enemy fighter actively engaged in asymmetrical warfare with the US. Obama smoked his sorry ass with a drone. He put out a hit list with the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists on it years ago. He got what was coming tob him. Fuck him and his apologists like Glenn Greenwald.

[msanthrope]

24. Check out this truthtopower.

On Sat Jan 10, 2015, 12:55 AM an alert was sent on the following post:

I can't get the OP of this thread to even admit Awlaki was a terrorist.....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6065350

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Is calling out of another DUer against the rules?

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Sat Jan 10, 2015, 01:12 AM, and the Jury voted 2-5 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: It used to be frowned on, back when we had rules around here. Msanthrope is taking her chances to make a point about Sabrina. That point is well taken, but it'd be nice if this community could get back to more reasonable, civil behavior. DU is sliding down into a free-for-all when even long time members make petty jabs and reduce a serious discussion into Meta malarkey.
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Explanation: wait...don't posters like the one featured in the link call something like this "truthtopower"?
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[arely staircase]

28. the Awlaki apologists are as thin skinned as the Putin apologists

probably because they are the same people. I can't believe someone alerted...... well, yeah I can.

[msanthrope]

31. TODS

Tertiary ODS.

[zappaman]

39. #5 made me laugh.

[Renew Deal]

27. I think the claim is strange too

If true, does that mean that there is terrorist seed money out there? Are people taking years to patiently prepare attacks?

[gratuitous]

29. Yes, summary execution is so efficient

That whole "due process" concept is sooo overrated. And the winds that now blow with the laws cut down are easily weathered by those who have wielded the scythe. The rest of us? Well, ask the guys at Charlie Hebdo.

[KingCharlemagne]

30. Serious props to you for the allusion to Sir Thomas More's speech (in Bolt's "A Man

for All Seasons&quot :

Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law!
More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that!
More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you — where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast — man's laws, not God's — and if you cut them down — and you're just the man to do it — d'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.

~Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons

[msanthrope]

32. Why do you think Awlaki didn't get due process? The mistake of law and fact I see most on this

board is the presumption that the due process that Awlaki was entitled to involved an Article III court process while he was a fugitive.

Nothing could be further from the law, and the truth.

As a non-custodial active member of AlQaeda, Awlaki deserved kill or capture. Had he turned himself in (and let's not forget the Yemeni murder conviction) he would have been entitled to all the protections outlined in Boumediene v. Bush.

Let me ask you something---when you get a parking ticket, does your due process rights mean you get an attorney? A grand jury? Or, is your means for redress---your due process--- different than if you commit a felony?

[arely staircase]

33. or in al-Awlaki's case, death on the field of battle he himself chose.

Despite that advantage (see Sun Tzu on choosing the field of battle) Obama's advantage of superior technology and communications won the day. Very simple really.

[Octafish]

34. Certainly stopped terrorism not.

Thanks to the War On Terror™, there are more terrorists than ever.

As for Civil Liberties, due process and the U.S. Constitution: Haven't you heard? All that is Old School. Get with the Program or you'll be reported.

[Renew Deal]

41. The terrorists in France had no problem with it

[Enrique]

37. i'd like to point out

that the assassination of Awlaki did not prevent this attack.

[arely staircase]

38. unfortunately not

But he has shuffled off this mortal coil and that is nice.

[Cha]

42. No, it did not.. but the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki was certainly justified.

[m-lekktor]

40. boy they held onto that money for a looong time. how many years ago

did Obama have Alwaki executed? anyway blame the dead man who isn't around to stick up for himself!