Cohn: Heyns warned the U.N. General Assembly that the use of armed drones by law enforcement could threaten human rights. “An armed drone, controlled by a human from a distance, can hardly do what police officers are supposed to do—use the minimum force required by the circumstances,” he said.
Bernish: Ironically, this news comes on the heels of a report that — because of what amounts to sibling rivalry — around $500 million has been wasted in attempts to bring the Air Force and Army into a combined drone purchasing program of the same Predator drones whose flights are now to be increased.
From the article: Between 2010 and 2014, the organization’s data shows, 439 drones passed through international hands, compared with 322 in the previous five years. Israel delivered 165 units. The U.S. came in second with 132...
Former Air Force pilot Brandon Bryant worked in the U.S. Predator program for four and a half years. truthdig.com January 21, 2015 BBC During that time, he was told, he aided in killing 1,626 people in Afghanistan and other countries through the use of drones. In the BBC’s video interview with Bryant below, he recalls More
Support by the White House and DHS for the use of military-grade drones persists even as criticism of the program mounts.
An excellent article re drones. Summarizes "the true cost of remote control war." It is so much like a video game it is frightening.
Tomgram: The True Costs of Remote Control War By Pratap Chatterjee TomDispatch.com May 11, 2014 Read Tom Engelhardt's introduction here. Enemies, innocent victims, and soldiers have always made up the three faces of war. With war growing more distant, with drones capable of performing on the battlefield while their “pilots” remain thousands of miles away, two More
U.S. drone attacks are imprecise, counterproductive Posted on October 26, 2012 at 3:18 pm By Coleen Rowley, Guest Columnist, Morrison County Record Camp Ripley Commander Col. Scott A. St. Sauver made some valid points in his opinion piece, “Unmanned Aircraft Systems save lives, money” (Sept. 28). He also put some spin on the lethal and counterproductive aspects. More
U.S. drone attacks are imprecise, counterproductive Posted on October 26, 2012 at 3:18 pm By Coleen Rowley, Guest Columnist, Morrison County Record Camp Ripley Commander Col. Scott A. St. Sauver made some valid points in his opinion piece, “Unmanned Aircraft Systems save lives, money” (Sept. 28). He also put some spin on the lethal and counterproductive aspects. More
Are Drones Keeping Us in a Losing Cause Longer? William Astore Posted: 09/26/2012 11:22 am Huffington Post There's little question that unmanned aerial vehicles or drones are helping to save the lives of U.S. and NATO troops in places like Afghanistan while aiding in the killing of terrorist suspects in regions largely inaccessible to ground troops. But the More
Are Drones Keeping Us in a Losing Cause Longer? William Astore Posted: 09/26/2012 11:22 am Huffington Post There's little question that unmanned aerial vehicles or drones are helping to save the lives of U.S. and NATO troops in places like Afghanistan while aiding in the killing of terrorist suspects in regions largely inaccessible to ground troops. But the More
“Santa’s Sleigh” Over Venezuela? Drones Over the Americas by ED KINANE September 7-9, 2012 Counterpunch Syracuse, New York. Like the School of the Americas, the weaponized drone perpetrates terrorism. As Predator drones come to Ft. Benning, some SOA Watch activists are applying our SOAW experience to “outing” the Predator and Reaper drones already in our More
