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| Afghanistan |
| US Targeting Rescuers, Funerals For Secondary Strikes |
| 2012-02-05 |
| There have been 260 attacks by unmanned Predators or Reapers in Pakistan by Obama’s administration – averaging one every four days. The U.S. first kills people with drones, then fires on the rescuers and others who arrive at the scene where the new corpses and injured victims lie. The CIA’s drone campaign in Pakistan has killed dozens of civilians who had gone to help rescue victims or were attending funerals. At least 50 civilians were killed in follow-up strikes when they had gone to help victims. More than 20 civilians have also been attacked in deliberate strikes on funerals and mourners. The CIA duly killed Khwaz Wali Mehsud in a drone strike that killed at least five others. Up to 5,000 people attended Khwaz Wali Mehsud’s funeral that afternoon, including not only Taliban fighters but many civilians. US drones struck again, killing up to 83 people. As many as 45 were civilians, among them reportedly ten children and four tribal leaders. Clive Stafford-Smith, the lawyer who heads the Anglo-US legal charity Reprieve, believes that such strikes “are like attacking the Red Cross on the battlefield. It’s not legitimate to attack anyone who is not a combatant.” Christof Heyns, a South African law professor who is United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extra- judicial Executions, agrees. “Allegations of repeat strikes coming back after half an hour when medical personnel are on the ground are very worrying”, he said. ‘To target civilians would be crimes of war.” Heyns is calling for an investigation into the Bureau’s findings. I'm okay with this. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #6 Now we just need to duplicate this pattern in dealing with Somali pirates. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2012-02-05 22:43 |
| #5 I'm OK with all of that too - can we keep a tally of most hits generated from a first strike? Something like, 4 Kia in first hit of car full of bad guys, 3 more in strike of first car swarm, another 6 in the second car swarm and so on. How many hellfires can be consecutively delivered? |
| Posted by: Rob06 2012-02-05 22:15 |
| #4 Rather than 'rescuers,' or 'funeral goers,' perhaps a new term, such as "terrorists to be named later" or similiar should be coined by the NewSpeak Office.( note: in this sort of situation, where even a scorecard won't identify the players, I am OK w/ this) |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2012-02-05 21:26 |
| #3 "US Targeting Rescuers, Funerals For Secondary Strikes" 'Bout damn time. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-02-05 20:40 |
| #2 Civilians had suppos already been repeatedly warned vee local Govt-Public Notices that they risk being detained + interrogated, attacked andor killed, etc. iff they participate in such activities, to which the Militants formally responded by forcing many Civies to act as "human shields" for their fighters. Not that the Militants weren't doing it anyhow, ala "People's War" tenets or precepts, or that they "didn't know" such responses would had occurred. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-02-05 20:13 |
| #1 Well, we're only following the good example demonstrated for us... |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2012-02-05 20:01 |