When drone strikes kill people, rarely do news media bother to name those dead from the attack if they are not alleged by some official to be an al Qaeda leader. The others who are killed in addition to the al Qaeda leader that is believed to be dead are reported as “militants.” Any more [...]
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Obama Administration’s Unremitting Indifference to Pakistan’s Drone Opposition |
| By: Kevin Gosztola Friday April 13, 2012 7:28 pm |
(update) The government of Pakistan has presented the United States government with a list of demands that includes ending CIA drone strikes in the country immediately. The New York Times reports the government has also called on the Obama administration to apologize for “air strikes in November that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.” But, based on the [...]
Ideological Exclusion: US Government Refuses to Grant Outspoken Pakistani Lawyer a Visa |
| By: Kevin Gosztola Monday April 9, 2012 9:06 pm |
Pakistani lawyer Shahzad Akbar, who sued the United States government over family members of civilian victims of US drone attacks, was invited to participate in an upcoming International Drone Summit in Washington, DC, on April 28, but, the peace group CODEPINK reports the US is refusing to grant him a visa. The refusal by the [...]
