This time the civilians killed by a US drone happened to be American citizens. Their families at least got an apology and an admission of responsibility from the Chief Occupant unlike the survivors of 2400 other unintended targets (including eight Americans) in the CO's five-year, covert drone war. Warren Weinstein was a development worker and Giovanni Lo Porto was an aid worker, both working in Pakistan. Both were taken hostage there by al-Qaeda. The White House said compensation would be paid to the families of the dead hostages. The raid also killed Ahmed Farouq (born in the US), an alleged al-Qaeda leader. Adam Gadahn, an American from Oregon who was once a spokesperson for the terror organization [AFP photo], was killed in a separate attack. He had a $1 million bounty on his head and was charged with treason by the US. |
| credit: Michael Ramirez, Investors Business Daily Wackydoodle sez: You betcha, it's called the "fog of war" |