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Kill List

 

"In the name of counterterrorism, U.S. presidents have for two decades authorized unlawful, secretive, and unaccountable killing abroad," the ACLU's Hina Shamsi said on Thursday, March 4, 2021. (Photo: Isaac Brekken/Getty Images)

ACLU to Biden: Do Not 'Review' Drone Killing Program—End It Once and for All

"Tinkering with the bureaucracy of this extrajudicial killing program will only entrench American abuses," said the group's national security expert.

Kenny Stancil ·

Bilal Abdul Kareem, an American journalist, believes he may be on the U.S. government's "kill list." (Photo: Bilal Abdul Kareem/Twitter)

About to Have His Day in Court, This American Journalist Wants to Know If He's on the US 'Kill List'

Award-winning war reporter Bilal Abdul Kareem, who says he has been the target of numerous U.S.-led airstrikes, was also wounded by Syrian tank fire while covering the country's civil war.

Brett Wilkins ·

Reprieve

US Journalist Demands to Know: “Am I on the Kill List?”

"An American global killing machine (quite literally so, given that growing force of drones) is now at the beck and call of a single, unaccountable individual. This is the nightmare the founding fathers tried to protect us from." (Photo: U.S. Air Force/Lt Col Leslie Pratt/Public Domain)

Droning the World: The Assassination Complex From Bush to Obama to Trump

How the U.S. presidency became a killing machine.

Allegra Harpootlian ·

A demonstrator holds a banner during a rally named "No War With Iran" in Foley Square on January 9, 2020 in New York City. The House adopted a war powers resolution Thursday with the aim of limiting President Donald Trumps military actions against Iran. (Photo: Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

The Assassin's Creed in the Age of Endless War and Trump

This is the world in which we now live, one of endless war, where victory is not only impossible but undesirable, and where a mad king can run amok, and we the people just nod and go about our day. It will remain so until the American public decides that we have had enough

Robert Edwards ·

Major General Qasem Soleimani, pictured here on April 11, 2016, was killed Friday in Iraq by a U.S. drone attack ordered by President Donald Trump. (Photo: Khamenei.ir/cc)

Soleimani Strike Marks a Novel Shift in Targeted Killing, Dangerous to the Global Order

This new development shows how the influence of the open-ended military campaign against al-Qaeda and the Islamic State is washing back into the inter-state realm, imperiling the line between war and peace.

Anthony Dworkin ·

US Government's Refusal to Confirm or Deny It Put American Journalist on Drone Kill List Called 'Chilling'

"The government seeks to shield itself from all inquiry into the process by which it acts as prosecutor, judge, jury, and executioner."

Julia Conley ·

Reprieve

COURT TO RULE ON WHETHER U.S. GOVERNMENT CAN KILL AN AMERICAN WITHOUT DUE PROCESS

Can US Government 'Secretly Plot to Assassinate' Americans Without Due Process? Judge Says No, Allowing Case Against 'Kill List' to Proceed

"For too long, the U.S. Government has sentenced people to death in secret, including American citizens, denying them their constitutionally-guaranteed right to walk through the courthouse doors and defend themselves."

Jake Johnson ·

Trump Plans to Make It Easier to Kill Civilians with Drones. Sadly, We Can Thank Obama for That.

As the war on terror enters its 17th year, it's clear that abuses of power by one administration lead to abuses by the next.

Maha Hilal ·

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