DN! Drone Attacks Under Obama (1) May Violate International Law

UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings, Philip Alston: Record AfPak Drone Attacks Under Obama May Violate International Law

Investigative reporter Jane Mayer of The New Yorker magazine revealed last week that the number of US drone strikes in Pakistan has risen dramatically under President Obama. During his first nine-and-a-half months in office, Obama authorized at least forty-one CIA missile strikes in Pakistan—a rate of approximately one bombing a week. We speak to one of the most high-profile critics of the US drone program: Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. Alston says the US governments use of Predator drones may violate international law.

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[2jeremyable]

janes drones

[shellius]

Of course these drone strikes are illegal. They are extra-judicial assassinations, which is against American law. It's un-American to carry them out. Literally.

[janealston]

thought Obama was a good guy???? Obviuosly wrong, just good PR. Or vote rigging. Or someting else. Jane Alston.

[plusaf]

what a bunch of crap.... the drones are controlled by people, just not IN the aircraft. targeting is virtually the same as when there's a pilot in the plane above the target...

the "rules" they're bitching about are the same "rules" we've followed with prior technologies.

bitching about "legal basis" for our counterstrike measures???

how about bitching about the "rules" that the fundamentalists operated under on 9/11/01

what a load of anti-american UN crap.

[vashguud]

Violates US law too. No decleration of war or it's politically correct term "use of force authorization". Another constitutional violation.

[iTellYouNoLie]

well DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHH