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US drone raids could land CIA officers in court: expert
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US government’s refusal to offer a legal rationale for using unmanned drones to kill suspected militants in Pakistan could result in CIA officers facing prosecution for war crimes in foreign courts, a legal expert has told lawmakers. “Prominent voices in the international legal community” were increasingly…
One in three killed by US drone strikes is a civilian
The percentage of civilians killed by drones in Pakistan is at about 32 percent, or one out of three, the report states, and the strikes themselves have little effect in deterring terrorist activities in either Pakistan or Afghanistan. Researchers do not believe any of the reported strikes targeted Osama bin…
Mystery shrouds Pakistan Taliban chief’s ‘death’
aMystery deepened over the fate of Pakistan Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud on Monday following fresh reports of his death as his militant faction promised he would appear alive in a video. US missile attacks have repeatedly targeted Mehsud, the head of Pakistan’s powerful Taliban group and involved in a December…
US forces had ‘boots on the ground’ in Pakistan: report
That US forces regularly use unmanned drones to attack terrorist targets in Pakistan is nothing new, but a report at the Guardian suggests that US special forces repeatedly put “boots on the ground” inside the country as part of the war against insurgents. Citing a “former NATO officer” with “detailed…
US considering drone attacks on Pakistani city of 850,000: report
Senior US officials are pushing to expand CIA drone strikes beyond Pakistan’s tribal region and into a major city in an attempt to pressure the Pakistani government to pursue Taliban leaders based in the city of Quetta — a city with some 850,000 people, according to a report Monday. The…
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