Category Archives: Pakistan

Can Donald Trump really believe this slaughter will “make America great again”?

Posted on October 10, 2017 by

Britain’s special friend: NATO Watch’s grim update of US ‘defence’ developments The emphasis on air power by the Trump administration has led to an unprecedented 20,650 bombs being dropped on seven countries (Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia and Syria) during his … Continue reading →

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Sikander Ahmed Shah: first objective, halting drone strikes – the second, reparation

Posted on June 14, 2017 by

For years the legality of using armed drones has been challenged by individuals and organisations – as a search on this website will reveal. Another analyst, Sikander Ahmed Shah of Lahore University of Management Sciences, Department of Law and Policy reflected … Continue reading →

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Armed drones: how remote-controlled, high-tech weapons are used against the poor

Posted on March 31, 2017 by

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 →

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Legacy: “Obama scattered his drones and special forces throughout the Muslim world”

Posted on March 13, 2017 by

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 →

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Innocents living under drone flights: depressed, suicidal, massacred

Posted on November 28, 2016 by

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 →

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Drone killing of grandmother in Afghanistan leads Army chaplain to resign

Posted on May 19, 2016 by

. 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 →

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FT: “A part of the civilisation process” – air-strikes kill over 148* in Pakistan/Afghanistan last month, Cameron undeterred

Posted on March 4, 2016 by

Incredibly, “the steady withdrawal of actual human flesh from the battle zone” is described as being a part of the civilisation process According to the un-named writer of FT view, a part of the civilisation process “is the steady withdrawal … Continue reading →

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