Showing posts with label Pakistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pakistan. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

FLASHBACK: A List of Children Killed By Drone Strikes in Pakistan and Yemen

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"While it is ultimately impossible to get exact numbers, this means that for every 'terrorist' killed by a drone strike, anywhere between 10 and 50 civilians are killed."

Also keep in mind while looking at these statistics that the Obama administration redefined a "militant to be any military aged male.


Friday, November 9, 2012

Obama Victory Infuriates Pakistani Drone Victims

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"Analysts say anger over the unmanned aircraft may have helped the Taliban gain recruits, complicating efforts to stabilize the unruly border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan. That could also hinder Obama's plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan in 2014."

I get it - Americans don't care about brown people half way around the world, but can we at least demand a stop to unmanned drone attacks (that have a success rate of 2%) so that we can keep our soldiers out of harm's way?

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Why Losing Indefinite Detention Powers Would Be a Disaster for Obama

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"It could have such a set of ripple consequences: we could see people in the Bush administration, Obama administration and security agencies be investigated for how they have applied the AUMF. Obama could finally be forced to release all the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay who have been cleared for years. It's an incredible headache for him."

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Saturday, August 11, 2012

A Cruel and Unusual Record

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"At a time when popular revolutions are sweeping the globe, the United States should be strengthening, not weakening, basic rules of law and principles of justice enumerated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But instead of making the world safer, America’s violation of international human rights abets our enemies and alienates our friends."

Monday, April 16, 2012

Pakistan Demands an End to CIA Drone Strikes

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It is an act of war to enter a country with weapons and without its government's permission.

Friday, January 6, 2012

CIA Agent Exposes How Al-Qaeda Doesn't Exist

Ex-CIA Agent says al-Qaeda is a made up enemy, D.C. is provoking Syrians to rebel against their government, Iranian assassination plot is a "comic opera," al-Qaeda controls Libya...why isn't Fox or CNN interviewing this guy?