http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/03/american-jihadists-haven-may-be-u-s-courtroom/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/03/american-jihadists-haven-may-be-u-s-courtroom/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:11:04 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71124 writing at Bloomberg: "Known for English-language Internet sermons urging jihad on Americans, [Anwar al-Awlaki] has crossed the line from propagandist to become a leading al-Qaeda operative, authorities say . . . President Barack Obama’s administration earlier this year authorized his killing . . . Does an American abroad, who isn’t on a battlefield fighting fellow Americans, have the same protection as he does at home not to be killed by the government? Under what circumstances would such a killing be legal? Who gets to draw up the rules? Those are the questions posed by a lawsuit filed this week by two civil liberties group on behalf of the cleric’s father against Obama and other administration officials." | ACLU Press Release; Complaint in Al-Aulaqi v. Obama, No. 10cv10-1469 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/03/american-jihadists-haven-may-be-u-s-courtroom/feed/ 0