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In a country where we are not at war, however, drones become part of our foreign policy, dominating it altogether, to the detriment of both our security and political goals.

http://rt.com/usa/drone-strikes-create-militants-678/



Armed ground drones to take over battlefields in 5 years

The United States Army is one-step closer to deploying weaponized robots to the front lines of battlefields following a recent demonstration that s being largely considered a success.

http://rt.com/usa/robotics-rodeo-ground-drones-512/



Confessions of a Drone "Warrior"

By Matthew Power
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36647.htm



US defends drone strikes as 'necessary and just' in face of UN criticism

Brazil, China and Venezuela sharply critical of 'illegal' program but US says it has taken steps to introduce new guidelines.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/25/un-drones-us-policy-debate



Living Under Drones

Video

Since 2004, up to 884 innocent civilians, including at least 176 children, have died from US drone strikes in the North Waziristan region of Pakistan. A new report from the Stanford and New York University law schools finds drone use has caused widespread post-tramatic stress disorder and an overall breakdown of functional society in North Waziristan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yMOzvmgVhc



Consensus grows among UN states for greater transparency on drone civilian deaths

Key members of the United Nations,including some of Washington s closest allies, broke with a decade of tradition on Friday when they endorsed calls for greater transparency over drone civilian deaths.

http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2013/10/26/consensus-grows-among-un-states-for-greater-transparency-on-drone-civilian-deaths/



Women and children murdered on the orders of President Obama

Barack Obama has personally ordered mass murder in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and beyond, in his policy of illegal and immoral assassination which far outstrips that of the George W Bush administration, and which has slaughtered hundreds of innocent civilians, including many women and children.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeIkpr88H4E


From Information Clearing House

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US Diplomat: Each US Drone Attack Creates '40 to 60' New Enemies
https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/24

Rafiq ur Rehman: Please Tell Me, Mr. President, Why a US Drone Assassinated My Mother
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/25-7

Congressional No-Show at 'Heart-Breaking' Drone Survivor Hearing
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/29-3

'Wounds of Waziristan': Exclusive Broadcast of New Film on Pakistanis Haunted by U.S. Drone War
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/11/04-0

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Will Domestic Drone Privacy Bills Fall Short Because of ALEC, Defense Industry Influence?

Candice Bernd, Truthout: In a few years, commercialized domestic drone technology may be able to capture your private information and share it with law enforcement agencies. And ALEC and defense industry contractors may have a hand in shaping civilian drone privacy policy.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/19594-will-domestic-drone-privacy-bills-fall-short-due-to-alec-defense-industry-influence



Drones: A New Death From Above

Staff, Making Contact National Radio Project: Unmanned military drones are wreaking havoc in Pakistan, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Making Contact brings you voices from families destroyed by drone strikes as well as interviews with Medea Benjamin and other activists who are working to build a global movement against this controversial military technology.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/19641-drones-a-new-death-from-above



Drone Victims Tell Empty US House Their Story; Is America Listening?

Rania Khalek, Truthout: With only five US Representatives in attendance, a Pakistani school teacher and his two children brought tears to the House this week describing the drone attack that killed his mother and injured and traumatized his children.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/19751-drone-strike-victims-tell-their-story-but-is-america-listening



"These Drones Attack Us and the Whole World Is Silent": New Film Exposes Secret US War

Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!: Democracy Now! airs extended clips from the new documentary, "Unmanned: America s Drone Wars," and speaks to filmmaker Robert Greenwald. The film looks at the impact of US drone strikes through more than 70 interviews with attack survivors in Pakistan, a former US drone operator and military officials.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/19761-these-drones-attack-us-and-the-whole-world-is-silent-new-film-exposes-secret-us-war



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