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ralps

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Thu Oct 24, 2013, 09:00 PM Oct 2013

Mandatory Thursday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! There’s No Place Like Drone & a new Maru gif



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There’s No Place Like Drone
Posted on October 24, 2013
PODCAST UPDATE

Last night’s podcast will be posted soon, we apologize for the problem! And please note, tomorrow night (Friday’s) program will be an encore show, so there will be no new podcast for Friday 10/25/2013.

We have a new podcast back-up system in place so – fingers crossed – all should be well from this point onward. Again, many apologies for the inconvenience and we so appreciate your patience and understanding!

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Pakistani protesters from the United Citizen Action torch a US flag against US drone attacks in the Pakistani tribal areas during a protest in Multan on July 14, 2013. (AFP Photo / S.S. Mirza)

Slate has an update on our ever-increasing deadly drone strikes, Truthseekers, and it’s worth repeating.

Two new reports out today cast a disturbing light on America’s drone war. One by Amnesty International focuses on recent strikes in Pakistan. Another, by Human Rights Watch, assesses U.S. targeted killings in Yemen. Most discomfiting, in the Amnesty report, is the story of Mamana Bibi, a 68-year-old grandmother killed by hellfire missiles while tending her garden on Oct. 24, 2012:

“She was standing in our family fields gathering okra to cook that evening,” recalled Zubair Rehman, one of Mamana Bibi’s grandsons, who was about 119ft away also working in the fields at the time. Mamana Bibi’s three granddaughters: Nabeela (aged eight), Asma (aged seven) and Naeema (aged five) were also in the field, around 115 and 92ft away from their grandmother to the north and south respectively. Around 92ft to the south, another of Mamana Bibi’s grandsons, 15-yearold Rehman Saeed, was walking home from school with his friend, Shahidullah, also aged 15.

Accustomed to seeing drones overhead, Mamana Bibi and her grandchildren continued their daily routine. “The drone planes were flying over our village all day and night, flying in pairs sometimes three together. We had grown used to them flying over our village all the time,” Zubair Rehman continued. “I was watering our animals and my brother was harvesting maize crop,” said Nabeela.

Then, before her family’s eyes, Mamana Bibi was blown into pieces by at least two Hellfire missiles fired concurrently from a US drone aircraft.

A second strike hit the field nearby a few minutes later, badly injuring one of Mamana Bibi’s grandsons who had run to the scene of the first explosion.

And yet, despite this report, the White House is denying allegations that it’s use of drone strikes in various nations around the world constitutes war crimes.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released Tuesday a detailed 102-page report on US drone attacks and airstrikes in Yemen against militants of the Al-Qaeda wing in the country. Amnesty International (AI) released its own report simultaneously, on US drone strikes in Pakistan.

The reports outline a variety of longstanding issues and controversies surrounding the US covert drone program, including details of civilians killed by strikes in violation of the law and US policy.

“We are reviewing these reports carefully,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday.

“To the extent these reports claim that the US has acted contrary to international law, we would strongly disagree.

“The administration has repeatedly emphasized the extraordinary care that we take to make sure counterterrorism actions are in accordance with all applicable law.”

Carney insisted using unmanned drones against those the US labels terror suspects is better than sending troops or using other weapons, saying the Obama administration was “choosing the course of action least likely to result in the loss of innocent life.”

Well, Jay-Jay, it’s not working. A grandmother working in her garden, is she an enemy of America? US drones are massacring civilians every single day. 70% of drone strike victims in attacks on Yemen were civilians. Does that seem a course of action “least likely to result in the loss of innocent life” to you, Truthseeker?

The HRW report considers six drone strikes that killed civilians in Yemen, one of which took place in 2009, and other five occurring in 2012-2013. These six attacks claimed the lives of 82 people, 57 of whom – or 70 percent – were civilians.

What is a war crime, Truthseeker? Innocent children are blown to bits by hellfire missiles dropped from unmanned aircraft, how is that classified? As a humanitarian mission?

Acceptable collateral damage?

Ah, but the corporate media and right-wingers will assert that there are still evildoers lurking around, and they must be stopped at any cost. They make be hiding in elementary schools or hospitals, or wedding receptions.

Dead children. Maimed civilians. All can be justified by the “war on terror,” right? Seems more like a war of terror to me.

–KBM

Pirates, hostages, shooting deaths near another naval base – all we need are locusts and brimstone and the Rapture Right will be packing their bags . . ..

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Mandatory Thursday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! There’s No Place Like Drone & a new Maru gif (Original Post) ralps Oct 2013 OP
It's Malloy Time!! Liberal_Dog Oct 2013 #1
Hi Liberal_Dog! smokey nj Oct 2013 #3
Hi Liberal_Dog, You're 1st ralps Oct 2013 #8
Hi ralps and my fellow truthseekers! smokey nj Oct 2013 #2
Hi smokey nj Liberal_Dog Oct 2013 #7
Hey Liberal_Dog! smokey nj Oct 2013 #10
Hi smokey nj!, Crook & I are doing good, How are you all doing? Hugs! & Thanks! ralps Oct 2013 #11
Hey ralps! smokey nj Oct 2013 #13
I sure will! & please give your kitties Lots of scritches & tummy rubs from me! ralps Oct 2013 #17
Will do, ralps! smokey nj Oct 2013 #20
good evening, everyone niyad Oct 2013 #4
Hi niyad! smokey nj Oct 2013 #5
hi, smokey nj. my furry sends the same back to you and yours, wishing you a wonderful evening. niyad Oct 2013 #15
Hi niyad Liberal_Dog Oct 2013 #9
hi liberal dog niyad Oct 2013 #16
Hi niyad! ralps Oct 2013 #12
Here's tonight's LOL Kittehs & a video of 5 week old lion cubs ralps Oct 2013 #6
Thanks ralps! smokey nj Oct 2013 #14
You're welcome smokey nj! Crook usually doesn't want me to carry him to his food! ralps Oct 2013 #19
good evening, ralps. love the maru gif. recognize that first pic far too well, and the others are niyad Oct 2013 #24
Thanks niyad! & Crook & I say thanks. ralps Oct 2013 #37
love the lion cub video, although tinged with sadness--the zoo here lost a lioness last week, who niyad Oct 2013 #26
That's so sad! smokey nj Oct 2013 #28
Oh No!! ralps Oct 2013 #38
I'm checking in, Truthseekers! MrMickeysMom Oct 2013 #18
Hi MrMickeysMom Liberal_Dog Oct 2013 #21
LD! MrMickeysMom Oct 2013 #30
Hi MrMickeysMom! smokey nj Oct 2013 #22
How ya doin smokey nj? MrMickeysMom Oct 2013 #31
Hangin' in there. How have you been? smokey nj Oct 2013 #32
Hi MrMickeysMom! Crook & I are doing good, How are you? ralps Oct 2013 #23
Hi ralps! We're all doing well here, Mr. Mickey, too... MrMickeysMom Oct 2013 #27
hi, mrmickeysmom niyad Oct 2013 #25
Hiya niyad! MrMickeysMom Oct 2013 #29
love that pic niyad Oct 2013 #34
Cool Photo MrMickeysMom! Is that Mr Mickey? ralps Oct 2013 #35
Oh, no... I'd never be that good with photography... MrMickeysMom Oct 2013 #50
Rejoice all you Chappie KLINGENSCHMITT Fans! He's running for the Colorado legislature ralps Oct 2013 #33
He seems nice. smokey nj Oct 2013 #36
Nice & Crazy smokey nj! ralps Oct 2013 #39
You know he was called Clingin' shit when he was growing up and that's why he turned out the way he smokey nj Oct 2013 #40
Yep!! LOL ralps Oct 2013 #41
Hi folks. spiderpig Oct 2013 #42
Hi spiderpig! smokey nj Oct 2013 #43
Long time no see smokey! spiderpig Oct 2013 #48
Hi spiderpig!, Crook & I are doing good, How are you all doing? Hugs!! Hi Darth, & Phyllis! ralps Oct 2013 #45
Hi spiderpig Liberal_Dog Oct 2013 #47
hi spiderpig. hope your evening is going better than it was yesterday. my furry sends greetings niyad Oct 2013 #52
Good night truthseekers, have a great one tomorrow! smokey nj Oct 2013 #44
Good Night smokey nj, Have a great day tomorrow, Take Care & Keep It Lit! ralps Oct 2013 #46
Kick ralps Oct 2013 #49
Kick ralps Oct 2013 #51
Kick ralps Oct 2013 #53
Good Night Everyone, Have a great day tomorrow, Take Care & Keep It Lit!! ralps Oct 2013 #54

smokey nj

(43,853 posts)
13. Hey ralps!
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 09:04 PM
Oct 2013

We're fine, thanks! Big s for you and my fuzzy buddy Crook! Please give him lots of ear scratches and tummy rubs from me and the NJ catz!

niyad

(113,323 posts)
24. good evening, ralps. love the maru gif. recognize that first pic far too well, and the others are
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 09:08 PM
Oct 2013

just adorable, as always. my furry waves a sleepy little paw to you and crook, wishing you both a wonderful and peaceful evening.

niyad

(113,323 posts)
26. love the lion cub video, although tinged with sadness--the zoo here lost a lioness last week, who
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 09:11 PM
Oct 2013

had gotten into a fight with a male that the zoo was hoping would mate with the females. very sad.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
27. Hi ralps! We're all doing well here, Mr. Mickey, too...
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 09:12 PM
Oct 2013

Look what I just found from "Zen Master Cat" Facebook page...

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
50. Oh, no... I'd never be that good with photography...
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 10:35 PM
Oct 2013

... however, I'd love to capture Mr. Mickey's love of vacuum cleaners!

smokey nj

(43,853 posts)
40. You know he was called Clingin' shit when he was growing up and that's why he turned out the way he
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 09:26 PM
Oct 2013

did.

smokey nj

(43,853 posts)
43. Hi spiderpig!
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 09:33 PM
Oct 2013

How are you, Mr. pig and the fuzzies doing tonight? Big s and lots of ear scratches and tummy rubs for everybody from me and the NJ catz!

niyad

(113,323 posts)
52. hi spiderpig. hope your evening is going better than it was yesterday. my furry sends greetings
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 11:08 PM
Oct 2013

to phyllis and darth, and hopes they are behaving themselves well.

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