Troubleshooting amazon termination

ansible output

GATHERING FACTS *************************************************************** 
<localhost> EXEC ['/bin/sh', '-c', 'mkdir -p $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1379534403.68-80673291747765 && chmod a+rx $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1379534403.68-80673291747765 && echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1379534403.68-80673291747765']
<localhost> REMOTE_MODULE setup 
<localhost> PUT /var/folders/4k/1wyf_lds3dvfy66qd11ys5m40000gp/T/tmplpcQKN TO /Users/nathan/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1379534403.68-80673291747765/setup
<localhost> EXEC ['/bin/sh', '-c', '/usr/local/bin/python /Users/nathan/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1379534403.68-80673291747765/setup; rm -rf /Users/nathan/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1379534403.68-80673291747765/ >/dev/null 2>&1']
ok: [localhost]

TASK: [show ec2 instances] **************************************************** 
ok: [localhost] => {"item": "", "msg": "Instance Ids are [u'i-e0d0f889']"}

TASK: [shutdown aws instances] ************************************************ 
<127.0.0.1> EXEC ['/bin/sh', '-c', 'mkdir -p $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1379534403.89-185516168856904 && chmod a+rx $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1379534403.89-185516168856904 && echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1379534403.89-185516168856904']
<127.0.0.1> REMOTE_MODULE ec2 region=us-east-1 state='absent' instance_ids=[u'i-e0d0f889']
<127.0.0.1> PUT /var/folders/4k/1wyf_lds3dvfy66qd11ys5m40000gp/T/tmp4rBo6a TO /Users/nathan/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1379534403.89-185516168856904/ec2
<127.0.0.1> EXEC ['/bin/sh', '-c', '/usr/local/bin/python /Users/nathan/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1379534403.89-185516168856904/ec2; rm -rf /Users/nathan/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1379534403.89-185516168856904/ >/dev/null 2>&1']
failed: [localhost] => {"failed": true, "item": "", "parsed": false}
invalid output was: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/nathan/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1379534403.89-185516168856904/ec2", line 1555, in <module>
    main()
  File "/Users/nathan/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1379534403.89-185516168856904/ec2", line 604, in main
    (changed, instance_dict_array, new_instance_ids) = terminate_instances(module, ec2, instance_ids)
  File "/Users/nathan/.ansible/tmp/ansible-1379534403.89-185516168856904/ec2", line 510, in terminate_instances
    for res in ec2.get_all_instances(instance_ids):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/boto/ec2/connection.py", line 530, in get_all_instances
    filters=filters, dry_run=dry_run)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/boto/ec2/connection.py", line 600, in get_all_reservations
    [('item', Reservation)], verb='POST')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/boto/connection.py", line 1082, in get_list
    raise self.ResponseError(response.status, response.reason, body)
boto.exception.EC2ResponseError: EC2ResponseError: 400 Bad Request
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Response><Errors><Error><Code>InvalidInstanceID.Malformed</Code><Message>Invalid id: "[ui-e0d0f889]"</Message></Error></Errors><RequestID>fc6ef435-6b77-4b69-915f-476d9fb9785b</RequestID></Response>


FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting

boto sees

{'InstanceId.1': u'i-b3b502d1'}

main.yml

- name: show ec2 instances
  local_action:
    module: debug
      msg="Instance Ids are {{ec2.instance_ids}}"


- name: shutdown aws instances
  local_action:
    module: ec2
      region={{region}}
      state='absent'
      instance_ids=ec2.instance_ids