Freewill
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Do we really trust a guy that didn't tell us the truth about HIS signature legislation?
Do we really trust an agency that didn't give us ample warning about 9/11 or Benghazi?
When in the hell did the law change that we could kill folks posing no direct threat or maybe no threat at all? We don't know if they were a threat or not because the rule of law was never applied. We have to hear this from foreign news services which should have not axe to grind.
The Guardian reported:
UN: Obama?s Drone Program Violates International Law | The Gateway Pundit
A United Nations investigation has so far identified 33 drone strikes around the world that have resulted in civilian casualties and may have violated international humanitarian law.
The report by the UNs special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, Ben Emmerson QC, calls on the US to declassify information about operations co-ordinated by the CIA and clarify its positon on the legality of unmanned aerial attacks.
Published ahead of a debate on the use of remotely piloted aircraft, at the UN general assembly in New York next Friday, the 22-page document examines incidents in Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Pakistan and Gaza.
It has been published to coincide with a related report released earlier on Thursday by Professor Christof Heyns, the UNs special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, which warned that the technology was being misused as a form of global policing.
Emmerson, who travelled to Islamabad for his investigation, said the Pakistan ministry of foreign affairs has records of as many as 330 drone strikes in the countrys north-western tribal areas since 2004. Up to 2,200 people have been killed of whom at least 400 were civilians according to the Pakistan government.
In Yemen, Emmersons report says that as many as 58 civilians are thought to have been killed in attacks by UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). While the fact that civilians have been killed or injured does not necessarily point to a violation of international humanitarian law, it undoubtedly raises issues of accountability and transparency, the study notes.
Do we really trust an agency that didn't give us ample warning about 9/11 or Benghazi?
When in the hell did the law change that we could kill folks posing no direct threat or maybe no threat at all? We don't know if they were a threat or not because the rule of law was never applied. We have to hear this from foreign news services which should have not axe to grind.
The Guardian reported:
UN: Obama?s Drone Program Violates International Law | The Gateway Pundit
A United Nations investigation has so far identified 33 drone strikes around the world that have resulted in civilian casualties and may have violated international humanitarian law.
The report by the UNs special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, Ben Emmerson QC, calls on the US to declassify information about operations co-ordinated by the CIA and clarify its positon on the legality of unmanned aerial attacks.
Published ahead of a debate on the use of remotely piloted aircraft, at the UN general assembly in New York next Friday, the 22-page document examines incidents in Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Pakistan and Gaza.
It has been published to coincide with a related report released earlier on Thursday by Professor Christof Heyns, the UNs special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, which warned that the technology was being misused as a form of global policing.
Emmerson, who travelled to Islamabad for his investigation, said the Pakistan ministry of foreign affairs has records of as many as 330 drone strikes in the countrys north-western tribal areas since 2004. Up to 2,200 people have been killed of whom at least 400 were civilians according to the Pakistan government.
In Yemen, Emmersons report says that as many as 58 civilians are thought to have been killed in attacks by UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). While the fact that civilians have been killed or injured does not necessarily point to a violation of international humanitarian law, it undoubtedly raises issues of accountability and transparency, the study notes.
Sadly the republicans have to score political points with our troops lives. See they believe every plane needs a pilot to be blown out of the sky with.
