{"id":4517,"date":"2011-10-01T14:46:16","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T18:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/?p=4517"},"modified":"2014-11-14T14:46:48","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T19:46:48","slug":"u-s-drone-strike-kills-al-aulaqi-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/2011\/10\/u-s-drone-strike-kills-al-aulaqi-2\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Drone Strike Kills Al-Aulaqi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On September 30, a United States drone strike in northern Yemen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle-east\/anwar-al-aulaqi-us-born-cleric-linked-to-al-qaeda-killed-yemen-says\/2011\/09\/30\/gIQAsoWO9K_story.html\">killed Anwar al-Aulaqi<\/a>, an influential and American-born member of al-Qaeda. Al-Aulaqi is believed to have inspired several successful and attempted terrorist attacks, including the Fort Hood shooting in 2009 and the Times Square bomb attempt in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>There is a great deal of debate about the legal and policy implications of the strike. Some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignpolicy.com\/articles\/2011\/09\/30\/more_than_a_feeling\">have argued<\/a> that killing al-Aulaqi significantly increased American security, while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/news_and_politics\/foreigners\/2011\/09\/anwar_alal_awlaki_obama_s_drone_strike_makes_america_safer_for_n.html\">others argue<\/a> that it will have little long-term effect because it does nothing to address the growing radicalization in Yemen. Similarly, while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/blog\/national-security\/aclu-lens-american-citizen-anwar-al-aulaqi-killed-without-judicial-process\">some argue<\/a> that President Obama did not have the Constitutional authority to kill al-Aulaqi or that the strike <a href=\"http:\/\/opiniojuris.org\/2011\/10\/01\/the-folly-of-comparing-al-awlaki-to-admiral-yamamoto\/\">violated international law<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/01\/opinion\/a-just-act-of-war.html?_r=1&amp;ref=opinion\">others<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawfareblog.com\/2011\/09\/guest-post-from-mike-lewis-on-awlaki-and-neutrality-law\/\">argue<\/a> that the strike was both legal and justified.<\/p>\n<p>Please visit our sister site, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawfareblog.com\/\">Lawfare,<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawfareblog.com\/2011\/10\/war-and-the-killing-of-al-awlaki\/\">many<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawfareblog.com\/2011\/10\/on-due-process-and-targeting-citizens\/\">fascinating<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawfareblog.com\/2011\/10\/mary-ellen-oconnell-is-at-it-again\/\">discussions<\/a> of the legal and policy issues surrounding the strike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 30, a United States drone strike in northern Yemen killed Anwar al-Aulaqi, an influential and American-born member of al-Qaeda. Al-Aulaqi is believed to have inspired several successful and attempted terrorist attacks, including the Fort Hood shooting in 2009 and the Times Square bomb attempt in 2010. There is a great deal of debate about the legal and policy implications of the strike. Some have argued that killing al-Aulaqi significantly increased American security, while others argue that it will have little long-term effect because it does nothing to address the growing radicalization in Yemen. 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