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MI6agent
Joined: 16 Apr 2016 Posts: 87 Location: Dark Web
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Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 9:37 pm Post subject: The Assassination Complex |
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Authors uncovered documents that undermine government claims that drone strikes have been precise.
As the Obama administration prepares to release for the first time the number of people it believes it has killed in drone strikes in countries that lie outside of conventional war zones, we look at a new book out today that paints a very different picture of the U.S. drone program. "The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government’s Secret Drone Warfare Program" is written by Jeremy Scahill and the staff of The Intercept, and based on leaked government documents provided by a whistleblower. The documents undermine government claims that drone strikes have been precise.
Part of the book looks at a program called Operation Haymaker in northeastern Afghanistan. During one five-month period, nearly 90 percent of the people killed in airstrikes were not the intended targets. The book is based on articles published by The Intercept last year. It also includes new contributions from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and The Intercept’s Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald. We speak with Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald.
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/assassination-complex-jeremy-scahill-and-glenn-greenwald-probe-secret-us-drone-wars
Secret drones warfare will be one of the deadly legacies of the Obama era ...... |
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plumpy nut
Joined: 12 Mar 2011 Posts: 1652
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Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 12:41 am Post subject: |
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If we stop with the bug spray, the more invasive methods may kill just as many including US soldiers. |
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