The Assassination of an American Teenager
Where do we draw the line? When do we stand up and say enough is enough? When will we see the world through the eyes of those whose lands we forcefully manipulate, invade, and occupy?
On October 14, 2011, Abdulrahman Al-awlaki was killed by U.S. airstrikes in Yemen. Al-awlaki was a 16 year old American citizen who was eating dinner with a group of his teenage friends when U.S. airstrikes took their lives. Al-awlaki, born in Denver, Colorado, was the son of Anwar al-Awlaki. Anwar al-Awlaki, of course, was the U.S. citizen suspected (but never prosecuted) of working with Al Qaeda; Awlaki was assassinated by the U.S. on September 30, 2011.
In the days before a CIA drone strike killed al-Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki last month, his 16-year-old son ran away from the family home in Yemen’s capital of Sanaa to try to find him, relatives say. When he, too, was killed in a U.S. airstrike Friday, the Awlaki family decided to speak out for the first time since the attacks.
“To kill a teenager is just unbelievable, really, and they claim that he is an al-Qaeda militant. It’s nonsense,” said Nasser al-Awlaki, a former Yemeni agriculture minister who was Anwar al-Awlaki’s father and the boy’s grandfather, speaking in a phone interview from Sanaa on Monday. “They want to justify his killing, that’s all.”
Abdulrahman Al-awlaki ran away from home to try to find his dad. That’s it. This is a human tragedy, regardless of whether you think the U.S.’s military efforts in the Middle East are justified or not. A society that disregards human life cannot possibly expect to uphold individual liberty.
Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize is drenched in blood. Has Obama so much as issued an apology for killing an innocent American teenager and his friends? Nope. Nada.
This is an American teenage kid that we’re talking about, just three years younger than me. He had a Facebook profile. He listened to Akon, Eminem, 50 Cent, and Snoop Dogg. His favorite books were Harry Potter and Twilight. He loved Spongebob Squarepants, Prison Break, Lost, The Simpsons, and the BBC “Planet Earth” series. His favorite movies were Harry Potter, Braveheart, Troy, and Gladiator. In other words, he was a human being.
Have our minds been so numbed by war that we casually brush off the deaths of innocent lives, even an American teenager, taken by the U.S.? Will people continue to defend these political psychopaths who ignore the destruction of innocent life the U.S. has caused around the world? I pray not.
Abdulrahman Al-awlaki (Assassinated October 14, 2011)
Abdulrahman Al-awlaki's U.S. Birth Certificate
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GLORY TO GOD-ALLAH!
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O! M! G! WHEN will America wake? WILL America wake? I pray so and soon!
Thank you for sharing. I hope Americans will open their eyes to the criminal actions of our government.
Good work, David.
I hope one day you will provide leadership for Americans to have humane post-racist foreign policy.
Ruhul
just another bit of evidence our defense department and cia are out of control!…ron paul would close all foriegn bases as commander in chiefs direct order..elect him and its done..maybe jessie ventura for vp so if they kill ron paul jessie finishes it…then cut defense by 50percent…its a start.since 60s and even korea we have been pleading for no more policeman of the world justification of killing our kids and hording over 55percent of our budget!
Let us not forget those who have been unjustly killed. Let us not forget, lest we neglect the preciousness of human life. Let us not forget, lest we become ignorant of liberty. No, we will remember. We will always remember.
Thank you, all, for your comments. We cannot let this incident slip through the crevices of history. In the name of all those who have been the victim of aggressive military action, we must remember.
http://www.petition2congress.com/5410/investigate-death-abdulrahman-anwar-alawlaki/ sign the petition, demand answers! Also awesome article man!
Thank you, Kaiser! I appreciate it. I’ve signed the petition and will pass it on to as many people as I can. Keep up the great work!
Hey David,
I’ve seen some of your videos from even back in 2009 and wanted to say “bless you Patriot”!
I was an Obamabot until a couple of years back and even though I’m late to the party, I’m glad to be fighting alongside you. This story in particular made me very angry. My eyes are open and I will never support this administration again.
John
Hi John,
Thank you for your kind words, I am very grateful! It takes a great deal of courage to admit that you were once wrong; I had to acknowledge that I was wrong to have defended and supported George W. Bush when I first became interested in politics. Liberty is timeless, so it’s never too late to join the party!
Keep up the great work, and let’s do everything we can to help people wake up to the truth.
Best,
David
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