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Calling a Spade a Spade
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ajamali
Note: I will be filling in for Aziz Poonawalla on this site for the next couple of weeks, while he is off gallivanting around the world. These are undoubtedly big shoes to fill (even though technically I’m a size 13 and he’s a 9), but I’ll do my best. Aziz, in addition to being a…
extrajudicial killing, Batman and the Joker
By
Aziz Poonawalla
Should Batman kill the Joker? There is actually an ethical debate about this, which is quite relevant to our own national security debate over the question of extrajudicial killing. I was in favor of the targeting of radical cleric Anwar al Awlaki for the simple reason that he had 1. declared war on America, and…
Anwar al Awlaki is dead (again)
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Aziz Poonawalla
This is the third time that radicalized Al Qaeda celebrity Anwar al Awlaki has been reported killed, but this is the first time it has been confirmed by the US as well as “tribal sources”. According to NYT: In a significant and dramatic strike in the campaign against Al Qaeda, the Defense Ministry here said…
Mission Accomplished: Obama got Osama
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Aziz Poonawalla
“Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties. After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his…
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