@FranklyFrantic If CIA killed Abu Yahya (they did), that makes them (illegal) combatants, and therefore targets. @Ali_Gharib
@Ali_Gharib If they knew CIA has become an assassination outfit? @FranklyFrantic
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@emptywheel *And* they knew/suspected that these operations were being run out of the consulate.@FranklyFrantic -
@Ali_Gharib They weren't run out of the "consulate" (AKA mission), they were run out of the Annex. -
@emptywheel Right, sorry, 'mission' - wrong terminology. But the important part is *intent* in attacking the mission, no? -
@Ali_Gharib Why? Has the CIA not become a combatant Agency? There's no rule that US soldiers may only be attacked in some countries. -
@emptywheel legal targets. -
@Ali_Gharib Except that we maintain entire world is battlefield. We maintain we can kill any of "them," incl messengers & cooks anywhere -
@emptywheel@Ali_Gharib Indeed. See Emmerson's remark about law of war reciprocity the other day at Brookings.
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@emptywheel Linking those ops to the consulate merely by the logic that they're USG ops is not really enuf.@FranklyFrantic - 1 more reply
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@emptywheel@ali_gharib Killing Chris Stephens is terrorism, whether or not the CIA had anything to do with it does not change THAT point -
@FranklyFrantic Of course it does. If they were knowingly attacking a CIA station involved in ops and Stevens died as a restult@emptywheel
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