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The Drones Are Coming: New War On Civilians

category international | anti-war / imperialism | other press author Saturday May 16, 2009 19:31author by pat c Report this post to the editors

While the Taliban are certainly inficting misery on the people of Pakistan its important to remember that Obamas Drones are raining missiles on Northern Pakistan. Just like the missiles in Afghanistan these ones have a habit of hitting civilian targets.

The Drones Are Coming: New War On Civilians
By Ramzy Baroud

There are an estimated one million Pakistanis already on the run in the northern and eastern parts of the country. They are threatened by fighting, hunger and all sorts of predators, including US drones circling overhead.

Related Link: http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud150509.htm

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   'Drone attack' kills Taliban wife     pat c    Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:46 
   Some Illustrations to Explain the Above     Mark C    Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:00 
   some context     Harvey Duff    Wed Aug 05, 2009 15:06 
   Pakistan     pat c    Wed Aug 05, 2009 16:01 
   Wired for War?     New Recruit    Wed Aug 05, 2009 18:39 
   Democracy Now!     New Recruit    Wed Aug 05, 2009 19:11 
   US warned on deadly drone attacks     pat c    Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:39 
   More Coming.     Pete    Wed Oct 28, 2009 13:09 
   Pete     pat c    Wed Oct 28, 2009 15:03 
 10   The Caring Kind Taliban.     Pete.    Wed Oct 28, 2009 16:36 
 11   Taliban     pat c    Wed Oct 28, 2009 16:43 
 12   "Sons of Bitches."     Pete.    Wed Oct 28, 2009 17:14 
 13   Pete     pat c    Wed Oct 28, 2009 17:37 
 14   We Know.     pat c    Wed Oct 28, 2009 17:44 
 15   Hmmm.....     Cynical    Fri Oct 30, 2009 18:48 
 16   The Drone Surge     pat c    Mon Jan 25, 2010 20:03 
 17   Decade Of The Drone: America's Aerial Assassins     pat c    Thu Mar 11, 2010 17:29 
 18   Inevitable.     Techie.    Sun Mar 14, 2010 18:11 
 19   US reprimands six over deadly air strike in Afghanistan     pat c    Sun May 30, 2010 22:27 
 20   US Drone Strike Destroys House Full of Children in Pakistan     pat c    Wed Aug 25, 2010 13:18 
 21   Ta for that..     opus diablos    Wed Aug 25, 2010 15:33 
 22   The 21st Century.     Technologist.    Fri Aug 27, 2010 21:05 
 23   Very good, Tech..     opus diablos    Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:58 
 24   A Mentality.     Technologist.    Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:41 
 25   18 US Drone Attacks Launched This Month: North Waziristan Residents Live In Constant Fear     pat c    Tue Sep 28, 2010 18:03 
 26   As Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap.     pat c    Tue Apr 12, 2011 13:06 
 27   Techno     opus diablos    Tue Apr 12, 2011 13:51 
 28   The age of Robots has arrived.     Silicon Head.    Sat Apr 16, 2011 21:54 
 29   '..reaches the batlefield.'     opus diablos    Sun Apr 17, 2011 13:06 
 30   Pakistan: US drone raid 'kills 25' in N Waziristan     pat c    Fri Apr 22, 2011 19:32 
 31   US drone attacks escalate inside Pakistan     pat c    Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:52 


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