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Three drone strikes in as many days on suspected militants have killed 27 people, Pakistani intelligence officials say. The foreign ministry called the attacks ''illegal'' and said they violated the South Asian country s sovereignty.

http://is.gd/zkwsAl



We are sleepwalking into the Drone Age, unaware of the consequences

Obama s policy of killing 'militants' in Pakistan may go down well in the US, but it is provoking an extremist backlash abroad.

http://is.gd/JvYINk



Obama Was 'Obsessed' With Killing The American Al-Awlaki

This certainly doesn t fit into the popular conservative image of a president that is diffident when it comes to the war on terror

http://is.gd/1TwbEy



From Dreams to Drones: Who Is The Real Barack Obama?

By Pankaj Mishra

As the latest US attacks kill 17 and threaten to destabilise Pakistan, the president could be the cruellest political hoax of our times.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31510.htm


From Information Clearing House

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About the Life-and-Death Decisions of Drone Warfare

Mark Karlin, Truthout: ''One poll shows that eight out of ten Americans support the use of lethal drones. That s because drones have been posed as a cheap alternative for killing our enemies that puts no American lives at risk and only hits the 'bad guys.' In reality, they are not all that cheap (especially since they are constantly crashing), they kill lots of innocent people, and while they don t put pilots at risk, they stir up anti-American sentiment and provoke new attacks against us.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9541-an-interview-with-medea-benjamin-about-the-life-and-death-decisions-of-drone-warfare



We Can Do Something About the Drone Strikes

Robert Naiman, Truthout: ''There s a conventional wisdom in Washington that there s nothing we can do politically to stop the US government from killing innocent civilians with drone strikes. But it ain t necessarily so. Speaking only for myself, I m willing to stipulate that killing 'high value terrorists,' who are known to be actively preparing to kill Americans is wildly popular, regardless of whether it is constitutional and legal. Here s what s not wildly popular: killing innocent civilians.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9572-yes-virginia-we-can-do-something-about-the-drone-strikes



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