The more things change...

[inibo]

The more we have a murderer in the White House...

Blood on the Tracks: The Continuing Lessons of Terror and Tyranny
Written by Chris Floyd
Wednesday, 16 September 2009 14:19

At some point earlier this month, Barack Obama took a moment out of his busy day to sign an "execute order." That is, he ordered American agents to kill a man without any

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[reality_hammer]

I'm all in favor of this.

You don't fight a war with lawyers waving search warrants at the enemy.

[inibo]

Have you ever met a war you didn't like?

Oh, and when did Congress declare war on Somalia?

People

[shepjoe]

Only
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All Presidents believe in murder.

[ellie_kay]

well, was this man subject to the legal procedure of the united states or of somalia?

[inibo]

I'm not sure what you mean.

If you mean where the legal procedures of either country applied? I can't say about Somalia because I don't know anything about their law, but, if the basic narrative of that article is true, he certainly was not granted due process by the United States.

If you mean who had jurisdiction? I'd say no one had jurisdiction to murder him. If, as the U.S. government claims, he was involved in earlier attacks against U.S. facilities, they were entitled to seek extradition from Somalia so that he could be tried in the U.S. Given there isn't really anybody in Somalia to seek extradition from I suppose this would be a case where rendition--to the U.S. for trial--could arguably be justified.

But why go through all the trouble when you can just sign a piece of paper and dispatch a death squad?