{"id":19324,"date":"2013-04-16T18:17:08","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T02:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=19324"},"modified":"2013-04-16T18:18:28","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T02:18:28","slug":"obama-any-time-bombs-are-used-to-target-civilians-it-is-an-act-of-terror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/16\/obama-any-time-bombs-are-used-to-target-civilians-it-is-an-act-of-terror\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama: &#8216;Any Time Bombs Are Used to Target Civilians It Is an Act of Terror&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In condemnation of the Boston Marathon bombings today, Obama said, &#8220;any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"player1\" width=\"560\" height=\"310\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"file=http:\/\/cnsnews-test.s3.amazonaws.com\/sites\/default\/files\/videos\/converted\/Obama 4-16.mp4&amp;image=sites\/default\/files\/video_thumbs\/312443\/no-thumb.png&amp;dock=false&amp;controlbar=over&amp;skin=http:\/\/cnsnews.com\/jwplayer\/skins\/modieus\/modieus.zip&amp;logo.file=http:\/\/cnsnews.com\/sites\/all\/themes\/cns960\/img\/watermark.png&amp;logo.link=http:\/\/cnsnews.com&amp;logo.hide=false&amp;logo.over=0.9&amp;logo.out=0.5&amp;logo.timeout=10&amp;logo.margin=5&amp;logo.position=top-left&amp;plugins=sharing-2&amp;sharing.link=\/video\/national\/obama-any-time-bombs-are-used-target-civilians-it-act-terror&amp;autostart=false\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/cnsnews.com\/jwplayer\/player.swf\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Embarrassingly, Obama inadvertently described his own drone war as terrorism, given that he &#8220;counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/05\/29\/world\/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=3\">according to several administration officials<\/a>,&#8221; and has <a href=\"http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/10\/the-laws-obama-is-breaking-in-his-relentless-drone-war\/\">rejected<\/a> the stipulation of disrupting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2013\/02\/04\/leaked-justice-department-memo-reveals-legal-case-for-targeted-killings-of-us-citizens\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ei=bgVuUZfcKY-64APnzoEw&amp;ved=0CAcQFjAA&amp;client=internal-uds-cse&amp;usg=AFQjCNGaC2SJBjvVwGRVlBXrCLPW7pNMsw\">an imminent threat<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/08\/drone-targets-reflect-local-animosities-not-threats-to-us\/\">attack<\/a> as a prerequisite to dropping bombs on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebureauinvestigates.com\/2012\/04\/24\/british-legal-case-shines-fesh-light-on-civilian-drone-deaths\/\">large groups<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/04\/26\/obama-approves-cia-request-to-kill-unidentified-individuals-in-yemen-drone-war\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ei=8wVuUcnQFuG_0AG2loDIDw&amp;ved=0CAcQFjAA&amp;client=internal-uds-cse&amp;usg=AFQjCNHApHOu-J0X0c4FUmQDHFBhC_mkLA\">unidentified<\/a> individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In condemnation of the Boston Marathon bombings today, Obama said, &#8220;any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror.&#8221; 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