Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have issued a joint report accusing the United States of indiscriminately carrying out targeted killings in violation of international human rights law. "Between a Drone and al-Qaeda" documents six strikes in Yemen from between 2009 and 2013, showing a pattern of recklessly endangering civilians and going beyond President Barack Obama's stated rules for extrajudicial attacks, possibly violating the laws of war and killing dozens of people with no ties to terrorism.
One of the problems with analyzing and criticizing the targeted killing program is that the Obama administration has been slow to release information about it, with much of our knowledge coming from leaked documents and later...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/22/4865672/human-rights-advocates-say-us-drone-strikes-could-violate-laws-of-war
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