How our named allies and others look at US Drones:
Photo of large crowd: Over 100,000 Pakistanis rallied in Karachi Friday afternoon end of January to protest US drone strikes on their country...also see the Common Dreams headline: here There have been many other such protests in Pakistan before and since.
US Drones Make Peace With Pakistan Less Likely here
JI Holds Protest March Against NATO Supply here
Pakistan Spymaster to Talk Drones in US here
A US Predator drone firing a Hellfire missile below (file photo--PressTV)
Plz see the UP-to-the-MOMENT items on Drone concerns in the post just below...
ReplyDeleteCurrent News
ReplyDelete7/18, Joshua Hersh, Huffington Post, Drone Wars: Civil Liberties Groups Sue CIA, Pentagon Over Targeted Killings
7/18, Nat Parry, Consortium News, Reviving the Rendition Debate
7/18, Jennifer Valentino-Devries, Wall Street Journal, Covert FBI Power to Obtain Phone Data Faces Rare Test
7/18, Charlie Savage, New York
JUST IN Wednesday afternoon EST
July 18, 2012
GO to http://bordc.org (Bill of Rights Defense Committee) for these:
Times, Relatives Sue Officials Over
U.S. Citizens Killed in Yemen
7/18, Jordan Michael-Smith, Salon, Franken’s torture smackdown
7/17, Tony Romm, Politico, Cybersecurity bill shows signs of life in Senate
7/17, Aaron Sankin, Huffington Post, San Francisco Stop-And-Frisk: Mayor Lee Still Considering Controversial Policy Despite Growing Opposition
http://www.reprieve.org.uk/press/2012_07_23_peshawar_order/Court orders Pakistan Government to release names of drone strike victims
ReplyDeleteWhether or not the full set of names are eventually released, this request itself and post is quite revealing of the tip of the iceberg of the victims hidden from public view.