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‘Friendly fire’: US Airstrike Hits Afghan police officers & MSF appeals for protection
On July 21st, the New York Times reported that an American airstrike in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand has killed several members of the Afghan security forces. The police have been struggling since 2014 as the resurgent Taliban militants have regained territory in … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Airstrikes, Civilian deaths, Friendly fire, US, US government, USA
Tagged Helmand, Medecins Sans Frontiers, Taliban
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Armed drones: how remote-controlled, high-tech weapons are used against the poor
In 2011 David Hookes explored the ethical and legal implications of the growing use of armed, unmanned planes in the ‘war against terrorism’. The rapidly increasing use of aerial robot weapons in the so-called ‘war against terrorism’ is raising many … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Armed drones, Civilian deaths, Iraq, Legal action, Pakistan
Tagged collateral damage, David Hookes
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Legacy: “Obama scattered his drones and special forces throughout the Muslim world”
In January, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reported that President Obama embraced the US drone programme, overseeing more strikes in his first year than Bush carried out during his entire presidency. A total of 563 strikes, largely by drones, targeted Pakistan, Somalia and … Continue reading
President Trump, his predecessors and all ‘complicit by their silence’ are to blame for this insanity
Paul Gosling retweeted NYT’s report of Yemen’s anger at the civilian casualties incurred last month in the first commando raid authorized by President Trump (covered on this site here): Yemen has withdrawn permission for the United States to run Special Operations … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Airstrikes, CIA, Civilian deaths, Donald Trump, Human rights, Pentagon, US government, Yemen
Tagged Al Qaeda, AQAP, International Crisis Group, Paul Gosling, special operations
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Innocents living under drone flights: depressed, suicidal, massacred
In October last year The Intercept published an eight-piece story on the United States’ use of armed drones around the world, citing leaked documents which appeared to show that nine out of every ten people killed in a US ‘targeted killing’ … Continue reading
Barbaric US airstrikes cost $1 billion; add to this the effects of terror, injuries, killings and ruined infrastructure
Japan Times reports today that the Pentagon issued a statement about a U.S. airstrike in Syria last month killed what the Defense Department describes as a senior al-Qaida leader who once had ties to Osama bin Laden. Full details … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Airstrikes, Armed drones, Drone strikes, Syria, US government, USA, Yemen
Tagged bin Laden, Pentagon
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Drone killing of grandmother in Afghanistan leads Army chaplain to resign
. Mark Shapiro has forwarded a link to an article by Andrea Germanos reporting the resignation of an Army chaplain with the 354th Transportation Battalion at Fort Totten, New York. The Army Times relates his growing unease here. In a … Continue reading
