The Key War on Terror Propaganda Tool: Only Western Victims Are Acknowledged

Re:The Key War on Terror Propaganda Tool: Only Western Victi... by NumberSix on Saturday December 26, 2015 @01:50PM (#10794822)

I recall considerable press coverage of the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki and his son. Granted, both were US citizens but Muslims -- family originally from Yemen. Many of these issues were raised at that time (2011).

CBS News

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ron-paul-aclu-condemn-anwar-al-a...

NPR

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/09/30/140950953/...

Forbes (sort of)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/09/30/ron-paul-con...

PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/the-daily-need/aclu-cri...

The Atlantic

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/how-team...

The New York Times carried an editorial by Nasser al-Awlaki, Anwar al-Awlaki's father, on July 17, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/opinion/the-drone-that-kil...

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Re:The Key War on Terror Propaganda Tool: Only Western Victi... by furfish on Saturday December 26, 2015 @02:17PM (#10794908)

Would it have received that attention of they weren't US citizens?

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Re:The Key War on Terror Propaganda Tool: Only Western Victi... by thephyber on Saturday December 26, 2015 @05:56PM (#10795581)

The killing of his son did bring some mild attention to the fact that US drone strike announcements call all combat age males "militants" or "combatants", even if there is no proof they are anything but civilians[1], but that news cycle was dominated with the fact that this was an unprecedented attack on a US civilian put on the kill list.

[1] http://www.salon.com/2012/05/29/militants_media_propaganda/

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