Drone attacks – death by Metadata 10-19-2015

19, October 2015        Drone attacks – death by Metadata

One of the most secretive military campaigns in U.S. history has come under intense scrutiny by investigative reporters of the Intercept. “The Drone Papers” has documented the highly flawed U.S. military assassination program in Yemen, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The intended targets are based on unreliable “signals intelligence” – signals from cell phones. The Taliban are well aware of this flawed strategy and often plant cell phones on their enemies with predictable results. A staggering 90% of these drone assassination miss their intended targets and kill innocent civilians. The rage of the victims’ families have served to be excellent recruitment for the Taliban. Another broad brush approach is being used to increase the kill count. For example, all foreign males in a target zone are regarded as militants and blown apart by stealth drones contrary to official accounts of “surgical strikes”. This should be a final wakeup calls for all Americans to demand an immediate halt to this madness. Amnesty International is calling for an independent Congressional inquiry to determine “whether the USA has systematically violated international law by classifying unidentified people as 'combatants' to justify their killings.”