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US drone strikes may break international law: UN
AFP
Wednesday, Oct 28th, 2009
US drone strikes against suspected terrorists
in Afghanistan and Pakistan could be breaking international
laws against summary executions, the UN's top investigator of
such crimes said.
"The problem with the United States is that it is making
an increased use of drones/Predators (which are) particularly
prominently used now in relation to Pakistan and Afghanistan,"
UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions Philip Alston
told a press conference.
"My concern is that drones/Predators are being operated
in a framework which may well violate international humanitarian
law and international human rights law," he said.
US strikes with remote-controlled aircraft against Al-Qaeda
and Taliban targets in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan
have often resulted in civilian deaths and drawn bitter criticism
from local populations.
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