Anwar al-Awlaki was seen as an astute communicator and linked to several plots. BBC
Relatives Sue Officials Over U.S. Citizens Killed by Drone Strikes In Yemen -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — Relatives of three American citizens killed in drone strikes in Yemen last year filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against four senior national security officials on Wednesday. The suit, in the Federal District Court here, opened a new chapter in the legal wrangling over the Obama administration’s use of drones in pursuit of terrorism suspects away from traditional “hot” battlefields like Afghanistan.
The first strike, on Sept. 30, killed a group of people including Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric who was born in New Mexico, and Samir Khan, a naturalized American citizen who lived at times in Queens, Long Island and North Carolina. The second, on Oct. 14, killed a group of people including Mr. Awlaki’s 16-year-old son, Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, who was born in Colorado.
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Families of US citizens killed in drone strike file wrongful death lawsuit -- The Guardian
Families sue US for killing three citizens in Yemen drone strikes -- Christian Science Monitor
Awlaki family files suit against US government over drone strikes -- FOX News
Killing of Al Qaeda cleric Awlaki unconstitutional, suit charges -- L.A. Times
Families of Americans killed by drones file suit -- Washington Post
Civil rights groups sue U.S. for killing of Americans tied to al Qaeda -- CNN
ACLU suing U.S. over drone killings of citizens in Yemen -- New York Daily News
CIA sued over targeted-kill drone strikes -- RT
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