[Cheburashka]

Al-Qaeda considers itself to be a part of the new Islamist Califate, a foreign state in the Islamists' minds. Al-Qaeda considers itself at war with the United States. States and their political subdivisions make war.

"Any person who commits or performs, or who has committed or performed, any act of expatriation under the provisions of this chapter or any other Act shall be presumed to have done so voluntarily,..." By pledging loyalty to Al-Qaeda he denationalized himself.

He voluntarily gave up his U.S. citizenship. I hope he enjoyed the results.

[TigersEye]

You’re playing the same kind of word games with legal principles as 0bama did.