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The Northerner

(5,040 posts)
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 04:28 PM Aug 2012

TYT: What If Trayvon Had Died in a Drone Strike?



"Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric who was placed on a CIA "kill list" last year, died in a targeted strike in Yemen on 30 September that also killed Samir Khan, an alleged propagandist for al-Qaida, in the Arabian Pensinsula. Al-Awlaki's teenage son, Abdulrahman, was killed in a separate strike 200 miles away in which six others died two weeks later...".* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur ties this in to President Obama's reaction to the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin at the hands of George Zimmerman.

*Read more here from Karen McVeigh in The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/18/us-citizens-drone-strike-deaths
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TYT: What If Trayvon Had Died in a Drone Strike? (Original Post) The Northerner Aug 2012 OP
Have no moral comps at All !!!!!!!!!!!!!! chille1 Aug 2012 #1
there is no one named Simone in my family Enrique Aug 2012 #4
good question phantom power Aug 2012 #2
Shark, meet hoop. nt MrScorpio Aug 2012 #3
we are all George Zimmerman Enrique Aug 2012 #5
That kid so doesn't look dangerous. pam4water Aug 2012 #6
"What If Trayvon Had Died in a Drone Strike?" Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2012 #7

chille1

(73 posts)
1. Have no moral comps at All !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 04:38 PM
Aug 2012

This is the most ridiculous comparison on the Internet have you know clue how much pain is caused by Simone in your
family being murdered,and to use this tragedy to spark conversation about another death or deaths you know nothing about.is why this country is on the brink of implosion think before you write!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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