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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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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
Drone-related arms control treaties fail to prevent proliferation in the Middle East
As concerns rise about increasing the domestic use of drones for surveillance or commercial purposes, risking terrorism, accidents due to inclement weather and mid-air collisions, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), an independent think tank engaged in defence and security … Continue reading
Posted in Airstrikes, Armed drones, Drone strikes, Drones proliferate, Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia., Syria, UN, US, Yemen
Tagged RUSI
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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
Google abandons three projects which could ’cause harm’
In June, Mark Bridge reported that Google software engineers refused to work on a security feature to isolate and protect Pentagon data, because of moral concerns about the company helping the US to wage war. A dozen employees resigned in … Continue reading
Posted in drones, Human rights, Pentagon, US
Tagged Google software engineers, JEDI contract, Project Maven, The Tech Workers Coalition
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British mainstrean media downplays Britain’s role in the latest Yemeni killing
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
Posted in Airstrikes, Civilian deaths, Human rights, International law, Pentagon, UK, UN, US, Yemen
Tagged Arms trade, bomb, CNN, Corporate-political nexus, Democracy undermined, Foreign policy, Government, Military matters, Pentagon, Saudi Arabia., UN, warfare, Yemen
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The Ministry of Defence 1: MPs fear Britain is violating national and international law?
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
Posted in Airstrikes, Armed drones, Civilian deaths, Drone strikes, Human rights, International law, Iraq, Legal action, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, UK, US, Yemen
Tagged combatant immunity, Professor Andrew Clarke, war crimes
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Britain’s war – denials wear thin: defence secretary now acknowledges civilian killing by RAF
Britain is at war with more than 1600 airstrikes in Syria and Iraq. Deborah Haynes, Defence Editor of the Times reports the killing of a civilian by RAF drone in Syria. The air strike was by a Reaper drone, remotely operated by … Continue reading
UK & US continue to honour and supply Saudi Arabia despite slaughter at weddings, funerals & in everyday life
Buckingham Palace 3rd August, 2017 The Duke of York this evening gave a Dinner at Buckingham Palace for Mr Yasir bin Othman Al-Rumayyan (Chief Executive, Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). Haaretz reports another airstrike on 15th … Continue reading
Posted in Airstrikes, Civilian deaths, EU, Human rights, Saudi Arabia., UK, US, US government, Yemen
Tagged Airstrikes, arms exports, cholera, European Parliament, MEP Molly Scott Cato
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