America’s Drone Dilemma
Last year, US President Barack Obama Obama promised a change of policy on American drone attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and elsewhere, indicating that he would require “near-certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured – the highest standard we can set.” Unfortunately, this promise has yet to be fulfilled.
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PRINCETON – Last month, Faisal bin Ali Jaber traveled from his home in Yemen to Washington, DC, to ask why a United States drone had fired missiles at, and killed, his brother-in-law, a cleric who had spoken out against Al Qaeda. Also killed in the attack was Jaber’s nephew, a policeman who had come to offer protection to his uncle.