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President Barack Obama | |
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| Born | August 4, 1961 Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Being the 44th president of the USA |
Barack Hussein Obama II was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. Despite being a war criminal, he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.[1]
War Crimes
In 2010, Obama ordered the CIA to assassinate an American citizen living in Yemen. He was killed in September 2011 and his son was killed two weeks later.[2] In 2015, he killed a 13-year-old child with another drone strike.[3]
On October 3, 2015, US forces bombed a hospital in Afghanistan, killing 42 people.[4]
In 2016 alone, Obama dropped 26,171 bombs on seven countries.[5] He also authorized 10 times as many drone strikes as previous president George W. Bush.
References
- ↑ "Nobel secretary regrets Obama peace prize" (2015-09-17). BBC. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
- ↑ "Anwar al-Awlaki killed in Yemen - as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
- ↑ Chavala Madlena (2015-02-10). "We dream about drones, said 13-year-old Yemeni before his death in a CIA strike" The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
- ↑ Chris Johnston (2015-12-12). "MSF Afghanistan hospital airstrike death toll reaches 42" The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
- ↑ Harriet Agerholm (2017-01-19). "Map shows where President Barack Obama dropped his 20,000 bombs" Independent. Retrieved 2022-01-08.