U.S. Al Qaeda Suspect Facing Drone Strike Is In Pakistan: Source -- NBC
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is mulling whether to use a drone strike to kill a U.S. citizen in Pakistan, senior U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Reports that CIA drones were watching an American member of al Qaeda allegedly planning terrorist attacks were first published by The Associated Press on Monday. But the press agency did not say the country in which the target was located.
Speaking to NBC News on Tuesday, the officials would not give any details of the target but said it was in a tribal region of western Pakistan.
Two U.S. intelligence officials -- one current, one former -- told NBC News that the U.S. citizen who may be targeted for a drone attack is a member of al Qaeda Central, the core terrorist group headed by Ayman al-Zawahiri, the successor to Osama bin Laden.
Some experts had suggested the U.S. citizen was part of one of several al Qaeda affiliates, operating along the Afghanistan - Pakistan border. It is not, said the former official. "He's standard al Qaeda operating in Pakistan," he said.
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My Comment: Peter Bergen's commentary on this is issue is a must read. As to what is my take .... these American citizens are at war with the U.S., and if they are in a warzone it is fair game.
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