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Drone Victims Tell Empty US House Their Story; Is America Listening?
With only five US Representatives in attendance, a Pakistani school teacher and his two children brought tears to the House this week describing the drone attack that killed his …
CIA’s Washington Post Leaks Aimed at Silencing Drone Critics
Gareth Porter: CIA leaks to the Washington Post alleging Pakistani support for drone strikes a ploy to prop up increasingly unpopular program.
A Nostalgic America, Haunted By Ghosts
The America that believed in technology as a solution to all things has become almost a century later a landscape where ghosts comfortably dwell.
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The Short Life and Drone-Delivered Death of Tariq Aziz
The reporter describes his interactions with Tariq Aziz, a schoolboy from the tribal regions of North Waziristan u2013 before and after Aziz's death by drone attack.
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Historic Acquittal of Anti-Drone Witness at Fort Hancock Air Base
This acquittal marks a major breakthrough by those who have sought to strengthen international law, and stop U.S. war crimes, including extra-judicial murder by the illegal drones.
As US Faces New Scrutiny on Drones, UN Report Finds Hundreds of Civilian Deaths in Pakistan
The Obama administrationu2019s drone and targeted killing policy will come under scrutiny at the United Nations today with a report concluding at least 400 Pakistani civilians have been killed …
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Drone Island in the East River
Here is the real danger: We're making murder in its most recognizable form acceptable.
Pakistan Drone Story Ignored Military Opposition to Strikes
The Pakistani military leadership had turned decisively against the drone war for years and has been strongly pressing in meetings with U.S. officials that Pakistan be given a veto …
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Malala
“How Do You Justify Killing a Grandmother?” Amnesty Says US Drone Strikes May Be War Crimes
Amnesty International has released a major new report on how US drone strikes kill civilians in Pakistan, where it says some deaths may amount to war crimes.