Undated file photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy shows a RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle conducting tests over Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. (Reuters/U.S. Navy/Erik Hildebrandt/Northrop Grumman/Handout)
Drone Strikes Threaten 50 Years Of International Law, Says UN Rapporteur -- The Guardian
US policy of using drone strikes to carry out targeted killings 'may encourage other states to flout international law'
The US policy of using aerial drones to carry out targeted killings presents a major challenge to the system of international law that has endured since the second world war, a United Nations investigator has said.
Christof Heyns, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, summary or arbitrary executions, told a conference in Geneva that President Obama's attacks in Pakistan, Yemen and elsewhere, carried out by the CIA, would encourage other states to flout long-established human rights standards.
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More News On The Debate Over US Drone Strikes
Some U.S. drone attacks may be war crimes -- UPI
War crimes warning on American air strikes -- Sydney Morning Herald
UN calls for U.S. to justify deaths by drone attacks -- National Post/Reuters
UN urges answers on US drone attacks, targeted killings -- DAWN/AFP
US drone strikes ‘could be war crimes’ and set risky precedent - UN -- RT
Analysis: Oversight failures help oil Obama’s killing machine -- Bureau Of Investigative Journalism
My Comment: If I was the occupant the White House .... I would now be really steamed about those intelligence leaks (from two weeks ago) that have now led the international community to this debate on my Presidency and my direct linkage to these drone strikes.
On a side note .... kudos to the anti-war left who are now finally waking up and openly questioning this President`s war policies .... at least on this issue.
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