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2006-01-29 Terror Networks

CIA expanding use of Predators to take out al-Qaeda leaders

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-01-29 04:28|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "I think [the] attack was a major screw-up, because so many kids died. It raises questions about the entire process," said Guiora, who now a professor at Case Western Law School and director of its Institute for Global Security Law and Policy.

Screw up? It killed 5 AQ biggies and might have taken out Zawahiri(which the jury is still out on that verdict)

Posted by Grins Sluper5274 2006-01-29 08:53|| 2006-01-29 08:53|| Front Page Top

#2 An oldie but goodie:

Jest send out your chiefs and surrender;
in person or call us by phone.
You can drive a carpool,
If you do you're a fool,
'cause you can't get away from the drones.

Jest send out your chiefs an' surrender
if not we will powder your bones
you can turn on your cell,
then you'll end up in hell,
'Cause you can't get away from the drones.

(Original posting here

Posted by Mike 2006-01-29 09:28|| 2006-01-29 09:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Lots of women and children were killed when we bombed the Messerschmidt and Focke-Wolfe plants. Fortunes of war.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-01-29 09:32|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-01-29 09:32|| Front Page Top

#4 'Targeted killing' with missile-firing Predators is a way to hit Al Qaeda in remote areas, officials say. Host nations are not always given notice.
As I see it if nations are going to harbor guys like Zaw and Atef our strikes are justified. The PAK military see this as our problem and seem to be indifferent to help us. Until countries like PAK and Yemen clean up their militaries, fat chance here, I see no other choice for us but to use precision strikes.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-01-29 09:42|| 2006-01-29 09:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Sorry, the first sentance was a quote from the LA times.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-01-29 09:43|| 2006-01-29 09:43|| Front Page Top

#6 The most stupid article I've read for a long time.
All these retired this, retired that, ex-official dummkopf, amnesty, UN, etc. etc. want to retire Generals and replace them with lawyers to make sure the US loses the WoT.

Posted by SwissTex 2006-01-29 09:47|| 2006-01-29 09:47|| Front Page Top

#7 I suppose the author wouldn't be happy unless Osama and Ayman give their consent too.

Everyone you 'consult' - especially politicians - is one more person who could blab - and certain congresscritters love to blab.

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-01-29 10:54|| 2006-01-29 10:54|| Front Page Top

#8 #3 Lots of women and children were killed when we bombed the Messerschmidt and Focke-Wolfe plants. Fortunes of war.
Posted by Jackal 2006-01-29 09:32

Or as was the case of the "Deutsch arbiters" who lived neared those plants: Misfortunes of War.

Posted by The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2006-01-29 12:06|| http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com]">[http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com] 2006-01-29 12:06|| Front Page Top

#9 BTW:

Speaking of Predators and other such flying goodies, I wrote a review of a recent issue of Popular Science which covered the advances being made in the Army's move towards semi- and fully autonomous ground vehicles, including fighting vehicles.

In all, we're about 10 to 20 years away, so the current crop of Islamo-terrs will be spared. But hey, with the exceedingly high birth rates in the Mooslim world and given the recent electoral victory of the ~~Nazis~~ Hamas Party in Gaza and the West Bank, they'll be plenty of terrs to mow down in the coming decades.

READ ARTCLE

Posted by The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2006-01-29 12:13|| http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com]">[http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com] 2006-01-29 12:13|| Front Page Top

#10 This deserves the prestigous: No shit, Sherlock award. The article is about three years late.

Posted by Captain America 2006-01-29 12:32|| 2006-01-29 12:32|| Front Page Top

#11 What a crop of cod-whollop! A bunch of people who have never been in uniform, who have never seen what war is like, want to run things "their" way.
"They won't tell us what they're doing, so it must be illegal" seems to be the meme of most of them. The idiot from Case Western is still stuck in the "it's a law enforcement issue" mindset, also held by the majority of the Dummycritter party.

These a$$Holes have, and will continue to get a lot of good soldiers killed before this war is over. I hope it weighs heavily on their conscience. If it doesn't, I hope they have an encounter with reality in their future.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-01-29 16:10|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-01-29 16:10|| Front Page Top

#12 It is not known how many militants or bystanders have been killed by Predator strikes, but anecdotal evidence suggests the number is significant.

Do I detect spin ? Perhaps anecdotal spin.

Posted by wxjames 2006-01-29 16:30|| 2006-01-29 16:30|| Front Page Top

#13 Compare & contrast. Position on the US:

Critics of the program dispute its legality under U.S. and international law, and say it is administered by the CIA with little oversight.

Position on al-Quesadilla:

Many groups of Islamic militants are believed to be operating in lawless pockets of the Middle East, Asia and Africa where it is perilous for U.S. troops to try to capture them, and difficult to discern the leaders.

Maybe I'm not as nuanced as your average internationalist, but from the tone of the article it seems okay for the terrorists to operate outside of a legal framework, yet we are bound by one.

Nope, no double standards here, everybody just move along and stop asking pesky questions...

Posted by Raj 2006-01-29 16:39|| 2006-01-29 16:39|| Front Page Top

#14 It's called "targeted assassination" it works. Those mooks hide in civilian populations which support them and must also pay the price. That is how war is. That is how it is won. Be thankful we are as targeted as we are. B52 dropping iron bombs are way more less "targeted." Have a nice cup of STFU and get out of the way.

As for those still stuck in the "international law" and "law enforcement" mindset. Thios mindset only works when both parties recognise the "law." Read the Koran and other islamo-fascist writings, they don't recognise your right to even exist let alone your laws. Only fools talk like these professor and "experts."

Posted by Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2006-01-29 17:10|| 2006-01-29 17:10|| Front Page Top

#15 Hear the buzz of the drone, feel the heat of the Hellfire. Thats what you get when you break bread with terrorists.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-01-29 21:02|| 2006-01-29 21:02|| Front Page Top

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