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New multi-nation poll finds that, more people disapprove of Obama s drone strikes than approve. Indeed, ''the policy is unpopular in majority Muslim nations, but also in Europe and other regions as well''; specifically, ''at least three-in-four [are opposed] in a diverse set of countries: Greece (90%), Egypt (89%), Jordan (85%), Turkey (81%), Spain (76%), Brazil (76%) and Japan (75%).''

http://is.gd/0hAe5Y



A drones are attacking funeral processions and civilian and Taliban rescue teams in Pakistan.

Video

A staggering report exposing the practice has outraged NGOs and legal experts, who are demanding international laws to govern drone warfare.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCQLTMmFIso


From Information Clearing House

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US Drone Program Fuels Global Dismay with Obama Presidency
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/06/13-3

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Game of drones

Cato Institute
by Gene Healy

06/12/12

Technology forged for gathering battlefield intelligence and waging war against terrorists is coming home and the powers that be seem pretty blithe about it. ... That's a problem. Drone technology dramatically enhances the government s ability to monitor citizens in public places and on their own property and privacy law hasn t kept pace with technological change...

http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/game-drones


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pakistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=warfare
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Taliban
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=drone
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=intelligence
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Glenn+Greenwald
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Gene+Healy
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