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Today there are more than 7,000 drones and 12,000 ground robots in use by all branches of the military. These systems mean less ''American'' deaths and also less political risk for the US when it takes acts of lethal force, often outside of official war zones.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30418.htm



Obama: Not Cool, Just Cold-Blooded

By Glen Ford

''When the U.S. president arrogates to himself the right to bomb and kill at will, he makes himself an outlaw.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30425.htm



US to expand network of secret bases

THE Pentagon plans to expand its global network of drones and special-operations bases in a fundamental military realignment designed to project US power even as it cuts back conventional forces.

http://bit.ly/ws4OUZ



ACLU sues to force release of drone attack records

The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal court Wednesday to force the Obama administration to release legal and intelligence records related to the killing of three U.S. citizens in drone attacks in Yemen last year.

http://wapo.st/y1mu9O


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=ACLU
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=lethal+force
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