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Growing opposition to the allied airstrikes in Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq
The UK is supporting US airstrikes in Yemen, Syria and Iraq which are killing civilians. The Saudi-led coalition appears to be responsible for 67% of reported civilian casualties in the war in Yemen. ReliefWeb reports that Saudi-led coalition airstrikes, assisted by … Continue reading
Britain’s shame: supplying components enabling Turkey to bomb its own citizens
Posted in Airstrikes, Civilian deaths, Drone strikes, Human rights, Syria, UK
Tagged BAE Systems, Turkey
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Britain’s role in the death & injury of Yemeni civilians
Above: typical of the destruction wrought by coalition air strikes July – December 2020 After taking the UK government to court over its arms sales to the Saudis, the latest CAAT newsletter (Issue 258 Winter 2020) recalls that in July … Continue reading
Posted in Airstrikes, Civilian deaths, Human rights, International law, Saudi Arabia., UK, UN, US government, Yemen
Tagged Arms trade, Bill Nighy, CAAT, Defence, Exports, Finance, Foreign policy, G20, Government 2020, Houthi militia, Houthis, Manufacturing, Military matters, Saudi Arabia., Taxpayers' money, UN Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen, UN Security Council, United Nations report, war crimes, warfare
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The Drone Wars website
Whereas this Airstrikes site has just reported on drone killings and latterly on airstrikes, the Drone Wars site analyses in detail the impact and (im)morality of the use of armed drones. Summarised here are some of the points made in … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Airstrikes, Armed drones, CIA, Civilian deaths, Drone strikes, Human rights, International law, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, UK, UN, US, US-led coalition
Tagged . US law professor Rosa Brooks, defence industry, Diplomacy, global peace and security, mediation, permanent warfare”, targeted killing
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Sign of hope? Senate’s Iran War Powers resolution ‘sends a shot’ across Trump’s bow
The New European asks: “What might Trump do with a new generation of autonomous drones in a second term, with no fear of censure by voters or sanction by other arms of the US government?” Its journalists, Fred Harter and … Continue reading
Seek accountability for the deaths of service personnel AND of the innocent men, women and children unwittingly caught up in wars the west has chosen to fight
For many years, ordinary men, women and children, at work at home and at school or in hospital are being killed in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Libya and other countries, ignored by the mainstream ‘news’ media which prefers to feed … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Airstrikes, Armed drones, Civilian deaths, Drone strikes, Human rights, Iraq, Libya, NATO, Somalia, Syria, US, US-led coalition, Yemen
Tagged atrocities, executed, immunity from prosecution, insurgents, Steve Beauchampé
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A German court has taken the first step to ensure a degree of accountability for unlawful US drone strikes
Will UK, Italy, and the Netherlands follow suit? In March 2019, the Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia in Münster heard lawyers representing Faisal bin ali Jaber (right), a Yemeni engineer and two relatives in their case against the Federal Republic of … Continue reading
The Syrian war is not over: there are attacks by Israel & the US-led coalition – ‘a new trajectory’ ?
Middle East Monitor reports, on April 15th, that an Israeli intelligence firm, ImageSat International has released satellite images claiming to show “the complete destruction of a possible Iranian surface-to-surface missile factory” in Syria’s Masyaf District, allegedly struck by Israel on … Continue reading
Posted in Airstrikes, Civilian deaths, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, US government, US-led coalition
Tagged Israeli intelligence, Middle East Monitor
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Under the spotlight: European assistance to the ‘War on Terror’ drone strikes
President Donald Trump, who has stepped up the use of drones in Somalia and other areas, recently revoked a requirement for U.S. intelligence officials to give public reports listing the number of civilians killed in drone strikes and other attacks … Continue reading
