OscailtImperialist War Rages On.Civilian deaths have risen by 28% in Afghanistan, In Yemen and Pakistan Drone attacks increase, not just Al Qaeda and Taliban die, many civilians perish in these far from surgical strikes. Ironically the miltants killed by the US in Pakistan, Yemen and Afghanistan hold the exact same beliefs as the Jihadists backed by the US in Syria, Egypt and across North Africa. Even more bizarrely the US arm Jihadists in Iranian Baluchistan while they fight another branch of the same organisation in Pakistani Baluchistan! Did it ever cross the minds of the CIA that weapons supplied in Iran work just as well in Pakistan?
In the US, Obama has signed into law the bill which continues the operation of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and allows for indefinite Military internment without charge for US citizens.
Time for the good news: The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has awarded damages to a CIA torture victim who was subject to extraordinary rendition.
Breaking news: Italian MP, Sgarbi denounces the Statistical Fraud on COVID-19. The speech of the Member of Parliament Vittorio Sgarbi in the session of the Italian Camera, Meeting no. 331 of Friday 24, April, 2020. Vittorio Sgarbi, denounces the closure of 60% of the businesses for 25,000 COVID-19 Deaths, of which the National Institute of Health says 96.3% died NOT of COVID-19 but of other pathologies. That means only 925 have died of the virus. 24,075 have died of other things.2013-01-06T19:20:02+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=103063http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gif.http://www.indymedia.ie/article/103063#comment2940252013-01-06T19:20:02+00:00BobbyUnreal. Thanks for the update/exposure. Unreal. Thanks for the update/exposure. More info on drone strikes....http://www.indymedia.ie/article/103063#comment2940262013-01-06T22:43:02+00:00TThere appears to be documentation on a long list of drone strikes here: http://w...There appears to be documentation on a long list of drone strikes here: <a href="http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/01/11/obama-2012-strikes/" title="http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/01/11/obama-2012-strikes/">http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/01/11/obama-2...ikes/</a><br />
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From the same site there is a report at <a href="http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/02/04/obama-terror-drones-cia-tactics-in-pakistan-include-targeting-rescuers-and-funerals/" title="http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/02/04/obama-terror-drones-cia-tactics-in-pakistan-include-targeting-rescuers-and-funerals/">http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/02/04/obama-t...rals/</a> titled: "Covert Drone War Obama terror drones: CIA tactics in Pakistan include targeting rescuers and funerals" and this was reported in the Sunday Times earlier in 2012 and it goes on to say:<br />
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<em>The CIA’s drone campaign in Pakistan has killed dozens of civilians who had gone to help rescue victims or were attending funerals, an investigation by the Bureau for the Sunday Times has revealed.<br />
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The findings are published just days after President Obama claimed that the drone campaign in Pakistan was a ‘targeted, focused effort’ that ‘has not caused a huge number of civilian casualties.’<br />
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Speaking publicly for the first time on the controversial CIA drone strikes, Obama claimed last week they are used strictly to target terrorists, rejecting what he called ‘this perception we’re just sending in a whole bunch of strikes willy-nilly’.<br />
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‘Drones have not caused a huge number of civilian casualties’, he told a questioner at an on-line forum. ‘This is a targeted, focused effort at people who are on a list of active terrorists trying to go in and harm Americans’.<br />
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But research by the Bureau has found that since Obama took office three years ago, between 282 and 535 civilians have been credibly reported as killed including more than 60 children. <b>A three month investigation including eye witness reports has found evidence that at least 50 civilians were killed in follow-up strikes when they had gone to help victims. More than 20 civilians have also been attacked in deliberate strikes on funerals and mourners.</b></em><br />
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More info on drone strikes can be found at the link below and their direct and indirect effects can be found at the link below. <br />
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Drone strikes in Yemenhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/103063#comment2940272013-01-06T22:45:59+00:00TAnd the key info for Yemen is:
US Covert Action in Yemen 2002–2013
Total conf...And the key info for Yemen is: <br />
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<strong>US Covert Action in Yemen 2002–2013 </strong><br />
Total confirmed US operations (all): <strong>54-64</strong><br />
Total confirmed US drone strikes: <strong>43-53</strong><br />
Possible extra US operations: <strong>128-150</strong><br />
Possible extra US drone strikes: <strong>70-86</strong><br />
Total reported killed (all): <strong>374-1,077</strong><br />
Total civilians killed (all): <strong>72-171</strong><br />
Children killed (all): <strong>27-35</strong><br />
Series of bombings kill 115 in Pakistanhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/103063#comment2940622013-01-11T10:44:20+00:00ElricAmong the attacks was one by the United Baluch Army. I wonder if the explosives ...Among the attacks was one by the United Baluch Army. I wonder if the explosives were supplied by the CIA for use in Iran?<br />
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<em>Pakistani paramilitary soldiers were also targeted Thursday as a bomb hit a commercial area in Quetta. The blast killed twelve people and wounded 40 more, police said. Insurgent separatist group United Baluch Army told local journalists that they were behind the attack. </em>