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Since taking office, President Obama has sent U.S. troops into action on land or in the skies of seven countries on two continents. Obama’s administration has authorized Navy SEALs to kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistan and approved the fatal drone strike on an American cleric in Yemen.
Here is a look at targeted killings under the Obama administration.
Faruq Qatani | Al Qaeda
How: A precision airstrike carried out by the United States military on Oct. 23, 2016
Where: Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Qatani was a top Al Qaeda leader in the eastern part of Afghanistan and one of Al Qaeda s senior plotters of attacks against the United States, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Defense.
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Despite what seemed to be a tougher stance and a viable strategy against radicalism and Islamic fundamentalism in the United Kingdom, a British appeals court has granted political asylum to Egyptian-born terrorist Yasser Al-Sirri.
Al-Sirri won a 27-year legal battle for asylum in Britain when a three-judge panel rejected the Ministry of Home Security’s objections.
Al-Sirri was convicted in absentia by a military court in 1994 and sentenced to death for conspiring to kill Egypt’s prime minister, “a conviction which was probably secured by the use of torture,” the British appellate court ruling issued last month said.
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group s insurgent capabilities are on the rise. joining me now is our msnbc contributor and the new york times foreign correspondent who covered organizations like isis and al qaeda extensively over the years. there s always been tension and argument between people who say a group is on the rise. the issue is talking about pulling out of afghanistan, which a lot of americans would support because there s a lot of fatigue over this war and no clear understanding of what success actually looks like. at the same time the last time before we went into afghanistan, it had basically become a haven for terrorists because the taliban had invited al qaeda in. what s to say that s not going to happen again? i think it is happening right now. according to the foundation of the defense of democracies, 50% of afghanistan is still contested or controlled by the taliban. that s an enormous swath of territory. what they have done is embedded