UN report calls for independent investigations of drone attacks

by Ewen MacAskill and Owen Bowcott on 19-03-2014

Special rapporteur on human rights says states have obligation to launch inquiries into attacks that kill civilians


Drone strikes under Obama’s presidency have killed nearly six times as many people as were killed under Bush.


The US can subject its leaders to the same standards it demands of others


My view is that any of these attacks are completely illegal. It's not about who they're targeting or whether it's a civilian or whether it's a so-called combatant. It's incredible to me that they're being used at all.


Nouri plans to ask for drones

by The Common Ills on 27-10-2013

Nouri plans to insist upon the US government supplying him with drones.

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