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<div id="Outline"><p id="BlogTitle"><b>Obama Bombs Yemen Hours After Winning Reelection</b></p><p id="BlogDate">Posted By <u>John Glaser</u> On November 7, 2012 @ 3:04 pm In <u>News</u> | <u><a href="http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/11/07/obama-bombs-yemen-hours-after-winning-reelection/print/#comments_controls">10 Comments</a></u></p>
<div id="BlogContent"><p>Not even a full day had passed before newly reelected President Obama ordered another drone strike in Yemen. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/obama-drone-strikes_n_2089836.html?1352326649&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008" rel="external">Huffington Post</a> <sup>[1]</sup>:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/11/07/obama-bombs-yemen-hours-after-winning-reelection/p091812ps-0756/" rel="external"></a>On
Wednesday morning, as many Americans sifted through the voter data and
exit poll numbers of President Barack Obama’s reelection the night
before, the <a href="https://twitter.com/gregorydjohnsen/status/266243528600997889" target="_hplink">Twitter feeds</a> <sup>[2]</sup> of
close watchers of Yemen lit up with reports of another sort of
presidential event: an apparent U.S. drone strike had killed several
individuals in that country.</p><p>There was no way of being certain if the strike was indeed American,
or for that matter if it was a drone strike at all, although it had all
the markings of one.</p><p>“All signs (after dark, suspicions of locals, target) point to Sanhan
strike being a US drone,” Yemen-based freelance journalist <a href="https://twitter.com/adammbaron/status/266253675259887616" rel="external">Adam Baron wrote</a> <sup>[3]</sup> on Twitter.</p><p>Several other analysts <a href="https://twitter.com/ionacraig/status/266251295084662785" rel="external">concurred</a> <sup>[4]</sup>.</p><p>A White House spokesman did not respond to a request for comment. If it were a American strike, of course, it would have <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.html?pagewanted=all" rel="external">to have been authorized by Obama</a> <sup>[5]</sup>.</p></blockquote><p>The drone war violates both <a href="http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/09/10/the-laws-obama-is-breaking-in-his-relentless-drone-war/" rel="external">domestic</a> <sup>[6]</sup> and <a href="http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/10/31/drones-my-lai-and-prosecuting-the-powerful/" rel="external">international law</a> <sup>[7]</sup>,
and the Obama administration’s vehement disdain for transparency in
government is the only thing keeping it from public and legal scrutiny.
Beyond the law, <a href="http://news.antiwar.com/2012/09/25/study-counterproductive-drone-war-terrorizes-civilians-in-pakistna/" rel="external">it’s terrorism</a> <sup>[8]</sup>.</p>
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<hr class="Divider" style="text-align: center;"><p>Article printed from <a href="http://Antiwar.com">Antiwar.com</a> Blog: <strong dir="ltr"><a href="http://antiwar.com/blog">http://antiwar.com/blog</a></strong></p><p>URL to article: <strong dir="ltr"><a href="http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/11/07/obama-bombs-yemen-hours-after-winning-reelection/">http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/11/07/obama-bombs-yemen-hours-after-winning-reelection/</a></strong></p><p>URLs in this post:</p><p style="margin: 2px 0;">[1] Huffington Post: <b><span dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/obama-drone-strikes_n_2089836.html?1352326649&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/obama-drone-strikes_n_2089836.html?1352326649&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008</a></span></b></p><p style="margin: 2px 0;">[2]
On Wednesday morning, as many Americans sifted through the voter data
and exit poll numbers of President Barack Obama’s reelection the night
before, the <a href="https://twitter.com/gregorydjohnsen/status/266243528600997889" target="_hplink">Twitter feeds: <b><span dir="ltr">http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/11/07/obama-bombs-yemen-hours-after-winning-reelection/p091812ps-0756/</span></b></a></p><p style="margin: 2px 0;"><a href="https://twitter.com/gregorydjohnsen/status/266243528600997889" target="_hplink">[3] Adam Baron wrote: <b><span dir="ltr">https://twitter.com/adammbaron/status/266253675259887616</span></b></a></p><p style="margin: 2px 0;"><a href="https://twitter.com/gregorydjohnsen/status/266243528600997889" target="_hplink">[4] concurred: <b><span dir="ltr">https://twitter.com/ionacraig/status/266251295084662785</span></b></a></p><p style="margin: 2px 0;"><a href="https://twitter.com/gregorydjohnsen/status/266243528600997889" target="_hplink">[5] to have been authorized by Obama: <b><span dir="ltr">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.html?pagewanted=all</span></b></a></p><p style="margin: 2px 0;"><a href="https://twitter.com/gregorydjohnsen/status/266243528600997889" target="_hplink">[6] domestic: <b><span dir="ltr">http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/09/10/the-laws-obama-is-breaking-in-his-relentless-drone-war/</span></b></a></p><p style="margin: 2px 0;"><a href="https://twitter.com/gregorydjohnsen/status/266243528600997889" target="_hplink">[7] international law: <b><span dir="ltr">http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/10/31/drones-my-lai-and-prosecuting-the-powerful/</span></b></a></p><p style="margin: 2px 0;"><a href="https://twitter.com/gregorydjohnsen/status/266243528600997889" target="_hplink">[8] it’s terrorism: <b><span dir="ltr">http://news.antiwar.com/2012/09/25/study-counterproductive-drone-war-terrorizes-civilians-in-pakistna/</span></b></a></p><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><a href="https://twitter.com/gregorydjohnsen/status/266243528600997889" target="_hplink">
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