No opportunity to show the people the reality.”Ībdul Kareem denies he has any link with or membership in al-Qaeda or similar group and rejects accusations of being an “al-Qaeda apologist.” Moreover, Abdul Kareem said he has not received any money from any U.S.-designated “terrorist” groups. government is pinging him as an al-Qaeda affiliate, Abdul Kareem said, “I have no idea and never had any idea.” He added, “My point is this: I have no idea what the US Government saw or didn’t see, but now there is no legal recourse for me. When asked about the possibility that the U.S. This is similar to how the late British journalist Robert Fisk was able to interview Osama bin Laden three times. In an interview with journalist CJ Werleman, Abdul Kareem says he is able to move freely among these openly anti-American militant groups because he has been able to establish “mutual respect.” War reporting often puts journalists in situations where they interview or come into contact with unsavory groups and individuals to get their stories. intelligence agencies most likely pinged Abdul Kareem as an affiliate with al-Qaeda-linked militant groups - essentially, guilt by association. Because of his ability to move around Syria and directly speak to al-Qaeda-linked militant groups, U.S. He has provided on-the-ground commentary for major networks like CNN. Abdul Kareem and his lawyers are currently appealing this decision.Ībdul Kareem is a New York City native, former stand-up comic, and a Black Muslim who, for nearly a decade, has been a freelance reporter working in the opposition-held territory in Syria. Government prosecutors claimed that disclosing whether Abdul Kareem is on the kill list would reveal or compromise intelligence sources and methods and allow him to escape any possible U.S. authorities broke down, the government tapped the rarely invoked state secrets authority, saying Abdul Kareem sought information revealing ‘the existence and operational details of alleged military and intelligence activities directed at combating the terrorist threat to the United States.’” The invocation of state secrets authority was enough to make Collyer acquiesce to the U.S. The Washington Post reported, “fter talks between Abdul Kareem’s lawyers and U.S. government’s invoking of state secrets authority to protect its assassination program. In 2019, Collyer changed her mind and dismissed Abdul Kareem’s case.
Justice Department attorneys “argued that if Abdul Kareem’s near miss experiences were true as alleged, they were more likely due to his choice to work as a journalist amid Syria’s brutal, multisided civil war, or actions by other combatants,” The Post reported. The federal government did not confirm or deny that Abdul Kareem was designated a national security threat. airstrikes in Syria after he was mistaken for a militant because of his frequent contact with al-Qaeda-linked militants.” When government lawyers asked her to dismiss the lawsuit, Collyer argued that while Abdul Kareem could not challenge the assassination program as arbitrary or illegal, he had “birthright” as a citizen to assert his constitutional right to due process. According to The Washington Post, Collyer’s ruling in 2018 allowed Abdul Kareem “to seek answers and try to clear his name after what he claims were five near-misses by U.S. This is the complete opposite of her most recent judgment on Abdul Kareem’s case. The year prior, in June 2018, Judge Collyer actually refused to dismiss Abdul Kareem’s lawsuit, which allowed his legal challenge to move forward. airstrikes while he was working in Syria. Abdul Kareem had already survived and escaped five U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer of the District of Columbia, dismissed Abdul Kareem’s lawsuit challenging his alleged placement on a U.S. In late September 2019, a federal judge, U.S. This person is a freelance journalist named Bilal Abdul Kareem.
That list is now in Trump’s hands and U.S. The “kill list” inevitably wound up in a Republicans’ hands. The war powers established by one president are transferred to their successor. government, under Obama, accused of being a terrorist and assassinated with no due process in 2011 - killing his teenage son afterward? At that time, progressive and civil libertarian critics of Obama’s assassinations warned that this program would not remain in the hands of an ostensibly benevolent, liberal constitutional lawyer like Obama. Bush and greatly expanded by Barack Obama.
But the reality is that Trump continued the perpetual war machine, especially the targeted killing program created by George W. troops from Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia, some may imagine Trump is a less militaristic president than his predecessors. Yet, there still needs to be reckoning with his record on drone strikes, assassination and militarism. President Donald Trump is (almost) out of office.
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