Category Archives: Civilian deaths

Enabling RAF chaplains to provide guidance to drone pilots

Posted on December 20, 2018 by

See our 2014 post The Times and the Commercial Drone Professional reported recently that the Church of England has announced a programme helping RAF chaplains to offer pastoral care and support to drone pilots. They will spend a year studying … Continue reading →

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Should we focus on autonomous weapons or the human agencies directing them?

Posted on November 25, 2018 by

A member of Scientists for Global Responsibility has drawn attention to a report by Peter Burt: Off the Leash: The Development of Autonomous Military Drones in the UK. In a Guardian article*, Jamie Doward points out that though the government insists … Continue reading →

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Imran Khan: “American drone strikes in Pakistan must stop. It’s butchery, and the true horror of it is hidden from the West”

Posted on October 4, 2018 by

. Since 2004, the US government has attacked thousands of targets in tribal areas along the Afghan border in Northwest Pakistan. It used unmanned aerial vehicles operated by the US Air Force under the operational control of the CIA’s Special Activities … Continue reading →

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British mainstrean media downplays Britain’s role in the latest Yemeni killing

Posted on August 28, 2018 by

Today, the BBC reports that UN Group of Regional and International Eminent Experts on Yemen will present a report to the UN Human Rights Council next month. It says that the experts believe war crimes may have been committed by … Continue reading →

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For the record: BAE Chair – like Pontius Pilate – failed to clean his hands

Posted on August 8, 2018 by

A reader draws attention to an article in the latest CAAT magazine, which opens: “Like any company chairperson, the Chair of BAE System, Roger Carr (right), likes to use the AGM as an opportunity to celebrate the year’s achievements.” Lizzie … Continue reading →

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The Ministry of Defence 1: MPs fear Britain is violating national and international law?

Posted on August 2, 2018 by

Lizzie Dearden reported (17th July) that a two-year probe by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Drones, chaired by Professor Michael Clarke, the former director-general of the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi), revealed: • that the number of operations facilitated … Continue reading →

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Harry Patch: ‘organised murder’ – civilian slaughter by our special friend, with our help

Posted on July 2, 2018 by

June 1st The Pentagon has told Congress it estimates that nearly 500 civilians were killed as a result of US military actions in the first year of the Trump administration. According to CNN: “(The Department of Defense) assesses that there … Continue reading →

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