Friday, February 24, 2012

US Drone Kills 16-Year-Old Pakistani Boy After He Attends Anti-Drone Organizing Meeting

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“I think that we have to be judicious in how we use drones,” Obama said Monday [during a YouTube virtual town hall], adding that they have been used for “very precise, precision strikes against Al Qaeda and their affiliates.” (from LA Times)

Either (a) these drone strikes are not very precise or (b) they precisely targeted a minor (and his 12-year-old cousin).  If (a) is true then these drone strikes need to stop until the military can figure out how to lessen civilian casualties.  If (b) is true then this administration is sick and all of them need to be put on trial for war crimes.

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