Reports are surfacing that U.S. drone operators are firing initial missiles at targets, and then firing secondary missiles at crowds that gather. This is a tactic we’re used to seeing…from suicide bombers. On Thursday, US drones launched an attack on a compound in South Waziristan, and when locals rushed to the scene to rescue survivors, they [...]
Archive for June 23, 2009
On Becoming What You Hate
Posted: June 23, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, airstrikes, civilian casualties, drones, Pakistan
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Dead Civilians in the Spin Cycle
Posted: June 23, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, airstrikes, civilian casualties
Gareth Porter penned a great piece for IPS on the place of civilians in military thinking in Afghanistan: U.S. officials at a NATO conference in Brussels last Friday were telling reporters that “public relations” are now considered “crucial” to “turning the tide” in Afghanistan, according to an AFP story on Jun 12…. The new emphasis [...]
