Obama Discusses Targeted Killing of U.S. Citizens During Google+ Hangout

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47. Yes, Al-Awlaki's American son was targeted and killed by a drone-launched missile. He was 16.

It seems that at least half a dozen others died along with him when the CIA targeted the restaurant where he was eating with his 17 year old cousin.
From the Wiki:

Abdulrahman Anwar al-Aulaqi (also spelled al-Awlaki; August 26, 1995[1] – October 14, 2011) was a 16-year-old American citizen who was killed while eating dinner at an outdoor restaurant[2][3][4][5] in an airstrike by an armed C.I.A. drone in Yemen on October 14, 2011. Abdulrahman Al-Aulaqi was the son of Anwar al-Aulaqi, a dual Yemeni-American citizen who worked as a propagandist for al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.[citation needed] Anwar al-Aulaqi was killed by an airstrike by an armed C.I.A. drone[6] two weeks prior to the death of Abdulrahman al-Aulaqi.

Human rights groups have raised questions as to why Abdulrahman al-Aulaqi, an American teenager, was killed by the U.S. in a country with which the United States is not at war. Jameel Jaffer, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, stated "If the government is going to be firing Predator missiles at American citizens, surely the American public has a right to know who’s being targeted, and why."[7]

Two U.S. officials speaking on condition of anonymity stated that the target of the October 14, 2011 airstrike was Ibrahim al-Banna, an Egyptian believed to be a senior operative in Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.[7] Another U.S. administration official described Abdulrahman al-Aulaqi as a bystander who was "in the wrong place at the wrong time", stating that "the U.S. government did not know that Mr. Awlaki’s son was there" before the airstrike was ordered.[7]

In the days following the strike that killed Abdulrahman al-Aulaqi, U.S. officials suggested that Abdulrahman al-Aulaqi was not a teenager, but rather a "military-age male" in his 20s.[8] The claim that Abdulrahman al-Aulaqi was a "military-age male" was used as justification for his killing.[citation needed] However, Aulaqi’s family refuted the U.S.'s claim that Abdulrahman al-Aulaqi was of military age by releasing a copy of his U.S. birth certificate showing that he was born on August 26, 1995 and was aged 16 at the time of his death.[1]

Oh, yes, you may argue that Abdulrahman was not "targeted", it was al-Banna who they were really after. But, it seems there is a problem with that claim, as well:

It was initially reported that an Al Qaeda leader named Ibrahim al-Banna was among those killed, but then it was reported that al-Banna is still alive to this day. http://www.esquire.com/features/obama-lethal-presidency-0812-5#ixzz2LsaMaN2f