Pakistani civilian victims vent anger over US drones

Cali_Democrat

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Thu Nov-03-11 07:44 PM
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Pakistani civilian victims vent anger over US drones

Edited on Thu Nov-03-11 07:51 PM by Cali_Democrat

I encourage everyone to read the article.

Saadullah was injured in a drone attack and says he lost three relatives

By Orla Guerin BBC News, Islamabad

When tribal elders from the remote Pakistani region of North Waziristan travelled to Islamabad last week to protest against CIA drone strikes, a teenager called Tariq Khan was among them.

A BBC team caught him on camera, sitting near the front of a tribal assembly, or jirga, listening carefully.

Four days later the 16-year-old was dead - killed by one of the drones he was protesting against.

In his final days, Tariq was living in fear, according to Neil Williams from the British legal charity, Reprieve, who met him at the Jirga.

"He was really really petrified," said Mr Williams, "and so were his friends. He didn't want to go home because of the drones. They were all scared."

Read More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/15553761

This is not a video game. Real people are being killed. Pressure needs to be put on the Obama administration to end these drone attacks. As the article notes, drone attacks have soared under this President.

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Thu Nov-03-11 07:53 PM
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1. Obama should stop the murder.

Speculative benefits are not a good enough reason to do things that predictably blow up innocent people.

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Vattel

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Thu Nov-03-11 09:47 PM
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2. k and r

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woo me with science

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Thu Nov-03-11 10:15 PM
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3. K&R nt

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walerosco

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Thu Nov-03-11 11:30 PM
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4. Shame on you

for seeing the humanity in the innocent victims of our war on terror. We kill Innocent brown people over there so that we don't get any disturbance on the home front. These people are collateral dmg and nothing else.

:sarcasm: off

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Fri Nov-04-11 12:14 AM
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5. a big k&r from me, too. n/t

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Fri Nov-04-11 02:29 AM
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