Now that the U.S. government has released parts of its We-Can-Kill-People-With-Drones memo, it's hard to miss why it was kept secret until now. By davidswanson WarIsACrime.org 23 June 2014 Liberal professors and human rights groups and the United Nations were claiming an inability to know whether drone murders were legal or not because they hadn't seen the More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/VbuHO5mNp4o] Published on Oct 25, 2013 Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch label drone strikes as indiscriminate but don't go as far as to label them as war crimes TheRealNews Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS AND ACTION ALERTS click on the tab at the top of the page and click More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/wCSJ7OcMGmo] thomhartmann Published on May 23, 2013 Thom Hartmann comments on President Obama's speech in which he calls for an end to the policies set in place by President George W. Bush in dealing with terrorism. Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS AND ACTION ALERTS click on the tab at the More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/wCSJ7OcMGmo] thomhartmann Published on May 23, 2013 Thom Hartmann comments on President Obama's speech in which he calls for an end to the policies set in place by President George W. Bush in dealing with terrorism. Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS AND ACTION ALERTS click on the tab at the More
A tribesman walks near a building damaged last year by a US drone strike targeting suspected al-Qaeda militants in Azan of the southeastern Yemeni province of Shabwa, Feb. 3, 2013. (photo by REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)By: Farea al-Muslimi for Al-Monitor Posted on April 18 via Just Foreign PolicyIf you live in Yemen, the golden rule is to expect anything any More
A tribesman walks near a building damaged last year by a US drone strike targeting suspected al-Qaeda militants in Azan of the southeastern Yemeni province of Shabwa, Feb. 3, 2013. (photo by REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)By: Farea al-Muslimi for Al-Monitor Posted on April 18 via Just Foreign PolicyIf you live in Yemen, the golden rule is to expect anything any More
Interview on Democracy Now! http://youtu.be/CdcPfeDUivg democracynow Published on Apr 25, 2013 http://www.democracynow.org - Yemeni activist and journalist Farea al-Muslimi delivered a moving plea before a Senate hearing this week for an end to U.S. drone strikes inside his country. Speaking at the first-ever public congressional hearing on Obama's secret drone and targeted killing program, al-Muslimi offered a More
Farea Al-Muslimi describes the "psychological fear and terror" imposed on drone strike victims. [youtube=http://youtu.be/JtQ_mMKx3Ck] AlterNet / By Steven Hsieh April 24, 2013 During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on drones yesterday, a Yemeni activist and writer testified about the “human costs and consequences of targeted killing by the United States in Yemen.” Farea Al-Muslimi described how his home More
Farea Al-Muslimi describes the "psychological fear and terror" imposed on drone strike victims. [youtube=http://youtu.be/JtQ_mMKx3Ck] AlterNet / By Steven Hsieh April 24, 2013 During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on drones yesterday, a Yemeni activist and writer testified about the “human costs and consequences of targeted killing by the United States in Yemen.” Farea Al-Muslimi described how his home More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks3bYcasIYQ&w=560&h=315] Published on Feb 13, 2013 To watch the full interview with Kathy Kelly on Democracy Now!, visit http://owl.li/hGkru. As President Obama announces plans to withdraw another 34,000 troops from Afghanistan, longtime peace activist Kathy Kelly says his plan will still sadle Afghans with "ongoing war." Kelly, the co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, has just More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks3bYcasIYQ&w=560&h=315] Published on Feb 13, 2013 To watch the full interview with Kathy Kelly on Democracy Now!, visit http://owl.li/hGkru. As President Obama announces plans to withdraw another 34,000 troops from Afghanistan, longtime peace activist Kathy Kelly says his plan will still sadle Afghans with "ongoing war." Kelly, the co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, has just More
Americans Press U.S. Ambassador for End to Drone Strikes in Pakistan, and the Ambassador Responds Islamabad, Pakistan — Sometimes, when some people insist that it’s impossible to put some urgent problem on the table for discussion and redress, you have no choice but to undertake flamboyant action. Call it “propaganda by nonviolent deed.” More
