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A New York court orders the US government to reveal secret papers justifying drone attacks against suspected terrorists. The case was brought by The New York Times and two of its journalists in a Freedom of Information Act case following the 2011 drone attacks in Yemen that killed three victims: Anwar al-Awlaki, his son Abdul Rahman, and Samir Khan. All three were United States citizens either by birth or naturalization. The court’s decision reverses a January 2013 ruling which sided with the US government. Human rights groups said the drone strike program lacks clear legal limits, but US officials defended the strikes saying the campaigns weakened Al-Qaeda’s core leadership and reduced the threat of an attack on US soil.
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