When Will Obama Apologize for All the Other Innocent Victims of Drone Strikes?

In the fall of 2013, Rafiq ur Rehman, a school teacher from the remote tribal region of North Waziristan, in Pakistan, stood with his 12-year-old son, Zubair, and 9-year-old daughter, Nabila, in Washington, D.C., preparing to challenge one of the U.S. government’s most secretive means of killing.

The Rehmans say a missile fired from a U.S. drone killed 68-year-old Momina Bibi — Rehman’s mother, and grandmother to the two young children — in an October 2012 airstrike. Both Zubair and Nabila were present when the attack happened and suffered injuries. The missile had struck their grandmother straight on, obliterating her completely. There were no others killed in the attack and no substantiated reports of terrorists at the scene.

According to the family’s account, Bibi was killed tending okra while her grandkids played nearby.

The family came to the U.S. to demand answers. They were treated as honored guests among the human rights community in New York City, but when they met with lawmakers on October 20, 2013, a total of five members of Congress showed up.

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Kommentar: RE: 20150427 Obama hat Großmutter "gezielt" getötet

Sascha Lobo schreibt: Handydaten verraten die Position von Terroristen, die dann per Drohne gezielt ausgeschaltet werden - das klingt effektiv. Tatsächlich irren die Algorithmen, die Drohnen morden auch Unschuldige. Und die Bundesregierung sieht weg. http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/sascha-lobo-die-voelkerrechtswidrige-praxis-des-drohnenkrieges-a-1029935.html

oder "Wie die Regierung Parlament und Bürger täuscht"
Deutschland hilft den USA bei ihrem völkerrechtswidrigen Drohnenkrieg. Die Bundesregierung will sich dieser Verantwortung nicht stellen. Also leugnet sie – seit Jahren. http://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2015-04/drohnen-krieg-ramstein-toetung-bundesregierung/seite-2

Jochen, 29.04.2015 09.51

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