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October 18, 2011

U.S. Accused of Killing 16-Year-Old American Citizen in Yemen Drone Strike 
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In news from Yemen, the U.S. government is being accused of killing a
16-year-old U.S. citizen in a drone strike last week. The teenager —
Abdulrahman al-Awlaki — become the third American killed in Yemen in a
U.S. drone strike in the past three weeks. He was the son of Anwar
al-Awlaki, the U.S.-born cleric assassinated in a separate drone strike
last month. Initial news accounts reported Abdulrahman al-Awlaki was 21
years-old, but his family says he was only 16. They said he was born in
Denver in 1995. Nasser al-Awlaki, the boy's grandfather said, “To kill
a teenager is just unbelievable, really, and they claim that he is an
al-Qaeda militant. It’s nonsense. They want to justify his killing,
that’s all.”



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