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US judge dismisses suit challenging government's authority to kill Qaeda's Al-Awlaki | US District Court Judge John D. Bates has dismissed a
lawsuit that challenged the Obama administration's right and authority to assassinate Al Qaeda leader Anwar Al-Awlaki, who is a US citizen hiding in Yemen. Awlaki
has been linked to the attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas
day 2009, the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas by Army Maj. Nidal Hasan and the
recent seizure of bomb-making materials in the cargo of two planes. According
to ABC News, President Obama himself has authorized the targeted killing of Awlaki
in Yemen, where he is believed to be hiding. Two public interest groups, the American
Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights, had filed the
suit on behalf of Anwar al-Awlaki's father, Nasser al- Awlaki. They sought a declaration
from the court that the Constitution and international law prohibit the government
from carrying out targeted killings outside of armed conflict, except as a last
resort to protect against imminent threats of death. But Judge Bates found that
the court had no jurisdiction to hear the case because Awlaki's father instead
of Awlaki himself brought it. Furthermore, the judge agreed with the government
that the issue of whether Awlaki poses a national security threat to the United
States is best left to the political branches and not the court.
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