Kamal Derwish (Arabic: كمال درويش; 1973 – November 3, 2002)[1] was an American citizen killed by the CIA as part of a covert targeted killing mission in Yemen on November 3, 2002. The CIA used an RQ-1 Predator drone to shoot a Hellfire missile, destroying the vehicle in which he was driving with five others.[2]
Derwish had been closely linked to the growing religious fundamentalism of the Lackawanna Six, a group of Muslim-Americans who had attended lectures in his apartment near Buffalo, New York.[3][4]
That an American citizen had been killed by the CIA without trial drew criticism.[5] American authorities quickly back-pedaled on their stories celebrating the death of Derwish, instead noting they had been unaware he was in the car which they said had been targeted for its other occupants, including Abu Ali al-Harithi, believed to have played some role in the USS Cole bombing.[5] According to former FBI agent Ali Soufan, Derwish was al-Harithi's main assistant.[6]
^James Sandler (October 16, 2003). "Chasing the Sleeper Cell". PBS. Archived from the original on 2015-04-11. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
^"U.S. Citizen Among Those Killed In Yemen Predator Missile Strike". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
^"U.S. confirms death of man linked to alleged Buffalo terror cell". CNN. November 12, 2002. Archived from the original on 2008-02-05. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
^"'Lackawanna 6' Link To Yemen Killings?". CBS News. Archived from the original on 2005-04-05. Retrieved 2005-03-31.
^ abTemple-Raston, Dina. "The Jihad Next Door: The Lackawanna Six and Rough Justice in the Age of Terror", 2007
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