• gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    Who was with his terrorist father in Yemen at the time

    According to the United States government, Abdulrahman al-Awlaki’s father, Anwar al-Awlaki, was a leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.[2] Anwar al-Awlaki was killed by a CIA drone strike several days before his son’s death.[3]

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      5 months ago

      You could try not being disingenuous and read a couple more sentences.

      the target of the October 14, 2011, airstrike was Ibrahim al-Banna, an Egyptian believed to be a senior operative in al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.[7] Another U.S. administration official speaking on condition of anonymity described Abdulrahman al-Awlaki as a bystander who was “in the wrong place at the wrong time”, stating that “the U.S. government did not know that Mr. Awlaki’s son was there” before the airstrike was ordered.[

      He was there because his father brought him there. Nobody was aiming for him.

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        5 months ago

        You could try not being disingenuous

        Right back atcha.

        What you said:

        Who was with his terrorist father in Yemen at the time

        Which is blatantly untrue

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          5 months ago

          Oh for shit’s sake taking refuge in semantics when you know damn well the word could mean either thing is ridiculous. I’m not going to waste ten comments explaining the exact meaning of the word “time” in this specific case while you just keep throwing No True Scotsman at it.

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            5 months ago

            the word could mean either thing

            it can literally only mean the one thing. His father had been dead for days, you claimed otherwise as thought it justified what happened.

            No True Scotsman at it.

            Showing how intelligent you are with random fallacy name dropping.