Killing Civilians: Obama’s Drone War in Pakistan WHO IT WAS - TopicsExpress



          

Killing Civilians: Obama’s Drone War in Pakistan WHO IT WAS TARGETING AND KILLING WITH DRONE STRIKES IN PAKISTAN NOW AT LEAST 50 INNOCENT CIVILIANS ARE KILLED. ESTIMATES OF THOSE KILLED IN STRIKES BETWEEN 2004 AND EARLY 2013 RANGE FROM AROUND 4000 TO AROUND 5000; ESTIMATES OF THE PROPORTION OF CIVILIAN DEATHS VARY DRAMATICALLY. THE LATEST REPORT, “LIVING UNDER DRONES,” PREPARED BY EXPERTS FROM THE STANFORD LAW SCHOOL AND THE NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, DISCLOSED THAT THE U.S. CAMPAIGN OF DRONE “STRIKES IN PAKISTAN’S NORTHWESTERN TRIBAL BELT IS TERRORIZING CIVILIANS 24 HOURS A DAY AND BREEDING BITTER ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT. [THEY] HAVE KILLED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE…EVEN STOPPING THEIR CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL FOR FEAR OF BEING TARGETED.” BASED ON RESEARCH, THE REPORT URGED WASHINGTON TO RETHINK ITS DRONE STRATEGY, ARGUING IT WAS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE AND UNDERMINED INTERNATIONAL LAW.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:47:37 +0000

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