The missile strike on Sept. 30, 2011, that killed Mr. Awlaki
— a terrorist leader whose death lawyers in the Obama administration believed
to be justifiable — also killed Mr. Khan, though officials had judged he was
not a significant enough threat to warrant being specifically targeted. The
next month, another drone strike mistakenly killed Mr. Awlaki’s 16-year-old
son, Abdulrahman, who had set off into the Yemeni desert in search of his
father. Within just two weeks, the American government had killed three of its
own citizens in Yemen. Only one had been killed on purpose.
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