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Originally posted by *Smokey The Bear*
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/...in528396.shtml
Heres a better article that explains how the international community criticised it and likened it to ISREAL tactics funny enough 
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Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh called the strike "a summary execution that violates human rights."
"Even terrorists must be treated according to international law. Otherwise, any country can start executing those whom they consider terrorists," she said.
The airstrike on al-Harethi's car was reminiscent of Israeli airstrikes that target vehicles of suspected members of the radical Islamic groups. The U.S. government has criticized that practice, most recently on Tuesday.
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The point was...and is...the US executed what it perceived to be its enemies...in other strikes in Afghanistan...the target did not always prove to be al Qaeda. This is not the first period of time that the US has executed its enemies and will not be the last. The Phoenix Program in Vietnam (a covert operation...lengthy in term) was used to summarily execute thousands. I understand that you think killing enemies without trial is wrong...not a unique idea...and is seldom applied.