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Drone attack on wedding party in Yemen
U.S. war crimes by drone continue.
http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/02/19/us-yemen-drone-strike-may-violate-obama-policy
(New York) – A deadly US drone strike on a December 2013 wedding procession in Yemen raises serious concerns about US forces’ compliance with President Barack Obama’s targeted killing policy, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The 28-page report, “A Wedding That Became a Funeral: US Drone Attack on Marriage Procession in Yemen,” calls on the US government to investigate the strike, publish its findings, and act in the event of wrongdoing. The December 12 attack killed 12 men and wounded at least 15 other people, including the bride. US and Yemeni officials said the dead were members of the armed group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), but witnesses and relatives told Human Rights Watch the casualties were civilians. Obama said in a major address in May that US policy requires “near-certainty” that no civilians will be harmed in targeted attacks.
http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/02/19/us-yemen-drone-strike-may-violate-obama-policy
(New York) – A deadly US drone strike on a December 2013 wedding procession in Yemen raises serious concerns about US forces’ compliance with President Barack Obama’s targeted killing policy, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The 28-page report, “A Wedding That Became a Funeral: US Drone Attack on Marriage Procession in Yemen,” calls on the US government to investigate the strike, publish its findings, and act in the event of wrongdoing. The December 12 attack killed 12 men and wounded at least 15 other people, including the bride. US and Yemeni officials said the dead were members of the armed group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), but witnesses and relatives told Human Rights Watch the casualties were civilians. Obama said in a major address in May that US policy requires “near-certainty” that no civilians will be harmed in targeted attacks.
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sounds AOK to me
so "witnesses" and relatives shook down the local government for cash and guns? no way!
These people deserve no more the benefit of the doubt than does Washington, D.C. - especially if they're going to be rewarded if they lie.
Ask questions to find out if it is in distress. Maybe it has broken copter blade and needs help.
I believe Human Rights Watch before I do the U.S. government, the record of government lies in the middle east is quite clear. Jeremy Scahill is a highly respected journalist who has been reporting on drone killings of civilians for years.
We let ourselves be distracted by Iraq. We aren't the Russians. We could have won in Afghanistan if we had focused our efforts there. Now? The issue is very much in doubt. We won't be chased out or anything, but eventually we will leave. Karzai will hand the country over to medieval fanatics in the hopes of saving his own head, and Afghanistan, graveyard of empires, will once again be Fortress Al Queda.
Would you agree Sherb, that this "delusional internet warrior" has been correct all these years that U.S. foreign policy in the M.E. was and is wrong and would fail, and that you have been wrong in supporting that policy?
It's not a question of whether you believe HRW. It's whether you believe the people telling HRW.
No. I would not.
HRW says the witnesses are credible, their record of truthful reporting is much better then the U.S. government's who refuse to investigate or talk to the witnesses.
That's clear enough. From that I take it that you support the illegal hegemonic and immoral foreign policy of the U.S. government in the middle east and around the world. Correct me if I'm wrong.
You're not wrong. You think the policy is illegal and immoral (hegemonic is surplusage when talking about a superpower). I think the policy is poorly executed. World of difference there.
So'd the Lancet, which up until 2006 was completely credible.
Yemen is a foreign country, who should we send in to investigate - Scully and Mulder?
The Lancet is still credible today.
Why can we send in drones to kill citizens of a sovereign country but not investigators to determine who is being killed by our drones?
Did your drone come with a free sample of this?
Your drivin' skilz need some work!
We killed Bin Laden. That is enough for me.
I think we would have had a better chance of succeeding in Afghanistan had we been able to work with Massoud and not Karzai. I don't know how much our focus would have mattered with him as an ally.
I liked and miss haverodwilltravel. He was a character and I believe a pretty decent guy. Since you stay in touch. Will you tell him hello for me please?
Dear Hextall,
Do you really own a drone?
Yes. I actually just got another one yesterday, so now I have two. I'm coming for you Ed!
and yes... I stuck that landing!
Impressive. I like this.
Is that a junior mint on the arm of your couch?
No, they are too chewy.
No, that's the lens cap for the gopro. And the gopro is strapped to my head to film this. I suffer for my art.
Do you go out wearing it? Do your children deny you're their father? What's in the bag?
Mike