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Last week Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spent three days in Pakistan defending U.S. policy before a variety of groups. Some of the audiences were blunt and combative, reflecting the dramatic decline in popularity of U. S. policy. The Pakistani criticisms include U.S. interference in Pakistan's internal affairs, U....
KHYBER AGENCY: At least four persons were killed and five others wounded in a suspected US drone missile strike in North Waziristan Agency (NWA), the Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border.The attack took place in Shanakhora village of NWA, an area where Washington says insurgent fighters are hiding out and planning attacks on ...
As President Barack Obama simultaneously escalates and crafts a new strategy for the US and NATO led-counterinsurgency war and occupation in Afghanistan, critics say that the likely "surge" will send the country toward an 'unmitigated disaster', the brunt of which will be borne by the civilian population.
During his presidential campaign, Obama ...
During his first nine-and-a-half months in office, Obama authorized at least 41 CIA missile strikes in Pakistan–a rate of approximately one bombing a week. We speak to one of one of the most high-profile critics of the US drone program has been the...
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A U.N. human rights investigator warned the United States Tuesday that its use of unmanned warplanes to carry out targeted executions may violate international law. Philip Alston said that unless the Obama administration explains the legal basis for...
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A U.N. human rights investigator is warning the United States that its use of unmanned warplanes to carry out targeted executions may violate international law. Philip Alston says the U.S. will increasingly be perceived as carrying out indiscriminate...
The United States must demonstrate that it is not randomly killing people in violation of international law through its use of unmanned drones on the Afghan border, a U.N. rights investigator said on Tuesday. Philip Alston, a U.N. special rapporteur...
A UN human rights investigator warned the United States Tuesday that its use of unmanned warplanes to carry out targeted executions may violate international law.Philip Alston said that unless the Obama administration explains the legal ...
Alston, a law professor at New York University, said that while there may be circumstances where the use of drones "to carry out targeted executions" is consistent with international law, this can only be determined in light of ...
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