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| US State Dep Offers Parents Condolences on Death of Al-Qaida Propagandist Samir Khan |
| 2011-10-08 |
 H/T Jawa ReportAn official from the U.S. State Department has called the Charlotte family of al-Qaida propagandist Samir Khan to offer the government's condolences on his death in a U.S. drone attack last week in Yemen, according to a family spokesman. "They were very apologetic (for not calling the family sooner) and offered condolences," Jibril Hough said about the Thursday call from the State Department to Khan's father, Zafar. |
| Posted by:Angens Glitch3166 |
| #9 Anyone have their contact info? I'd like to send my thoughts too. |
| Posted by: HellFish 2011-10-08 22:10 |
| #8 Never heard the US State Department comment or forward condolences on the death of a soldier or Marine. Strange, very strange, but it is generally a very strange bunch, those State and foreign service types. Many years ago while in D.C. a colleague and I had an appointment with a fellow at State whom I had previously served with when he was on on active duty. Traffic was especially bad that day and we ended up being delayed. Can't remember how long, wasn't too bad for D.C. He was pretty high up in the LA section. Upon arriving his office...intro's and apologies, he replied, "not much on punctuality are you." I nearly got up and left right then, but ignored it instead. Walking out his office in that manner would not have went over with my boss. Wrote my AAR, sent it to the boss, and never talked with the man again. That was nearly 25 years ago. Still don't plan to talk to him. The old Harry Truman axiom, "If you want a friend in D.C., buy a dog" comes to find. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-10-08 20:16 |
| #7 Thereby leaving the US wide open to a successful lawsuit for wrongful death. |
| Posted by: KBK 2011-10-08 18:52 |
| #6 Ashes to ashes, And dust to dust, son. He'd better get used To eternal combustion. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-10-08 16:30 |
| #5 Send them a bill for the hellfire missile and the fuel used by the UCAV |
| Posted by: john frum 2011-10-08 16:16 |
| #4 from AOSHQ Facebook group: Buzz Bannister: I'd like to send them a card saying "Glad to hear your son finally quit smokin' " . |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-10-08 12:18 |
| #3 And it's damn hard not to smile whule doing it. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-10-08 11:09 |
| #2 Gee, we're so sorry that your scum ball son was a traitorous, evil bastard that got wacked. You have our sincere condolences that it took so long. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2011-10-08 08:46 |
| #1 I wonder if the Allied Powers sent condolences to the family of Julius Streicher. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-10-08 07:34 |