David Hambling at Wired’s Danger Room blog ventures a guess as to why so many people died in the newest drone-strike embarrasment. According to eye-witnesses, the drones dropped bombs instead of firing missiles, fueling Hambling’s hunch: …the Predator has now been joined by the much larger MQ-9 Reaper, which can carry a heavier payload, around [...]
Archive for June 24, 2009
Mechanics of a Slaughter
Posted: June 24, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, airstrikes, civilian casualties, drones, Pakistan
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Drone Attack Kills more than 60 in Pakistan
Posted: June 24, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, airstrikes, civilian casualties, drones, Paksitan
U.S. drone attacks in support of a pending Pakistani offensive against Taliban leader Baitullah Meshud has likely caused another major civilian casualty event–by using tactics similar to those used by suicide bombers. Democracy Now! reports: At least 60 people have reportedly died in the South Waziristan region of western Pakistan after a US drone attack [...]
For the People of Iran
Posted: June 24, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Albert Einstein Institution, Iran, nonviolence, nonviolent struggle
Here’s something that might help: a library of material on nonviolent struggle from the Albert Einstein Institution. None of it is in Persian, but there are translations in multiple languages, including Azeri and Arabic, so hopefully someone can speak one of the languages and put it to use. Good luck. P.S. For the regressive shouting-heads [...]
