Warren Weinstein, an American hostage being held in Pakistan was ‘accidentally’ killed by an Obama drone strike back in January. An Italian man being held hostage was also ‘accidentally’ killed by Obama’s drone strike.
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Weinstein, an American relief worker who was 73 when he was accidentally killed in a U.S. drone strike operation in January, was originally taken hostage by Al Qaeda in August, 2011. He was snatched by terrorist gunmen at his Lahore, Pakistan, home while working as an economic development adviser for USAID, following a stint in the Peace Corps.
“Warren spent his entire life working to benefit people across the globe and loved the work that he did to make people’s lives better,” Weinstein’s family said in a written statement released on Thursday, after President Obama announced with regret that Weinstein and an Italian hostage had been killed in strikes that also killed two key American Al Qaeda leaders.
“In Pakistan, where he was working before he was abducted, he loved and respected the Pakistani people and their culture,” Obama said. “He learned to speak Urdu and did everything he could to show his utmost and profound respect for the region.”