Stanford-NYU Report: Drone Attacks Illegal, Counterproductive

trbdavies writes "In 'Living Under Drones,' investigators from Stanford and NYU Law Schools report on interviews with 130 people in Pakistan about U.S.-led drone attacks there, including 69 survivors and family members of victims. The report affirms Bureau of Investigative Journalism numbers that count '474 to 884 civilian deaths since 2004, including 176 children' while 'only about 2% of drone casualties are top militant leaders.' It also argues that the attacks violate international law and are counterproductive, stating: 'Evidence suggests that US strikes have facilitated recruitment to violent non-state armed groups, and motivated further violent attacks One major study shows that 74% of Pakistanis now consider the U.S. an enemy.'"

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Re:Even without the drones. Pakistanis don't like

[Type44Q]

Even in Texas, in one of the most conservative towns (where I live), people have nothing but respect for Muslims.

I live next door, in a very conservative town that only a normal person (i.e. not a Texan or an Okie) would even be able to tell apart from a "conservative Texas town" ...and you can bet your anonymous ass that people (thanks to a combination of tee-vee and closet-homosexual preachers) fear and distrust Muslims... not that they'd know the difference; these people wouldn't know a Muslim if one crawled up their ass and made ham sandwiches...

Re:Even without the drones. Pakistanis don't like

[Omestes]

I'm sick of the know-better Christian Right and of Zion Israelis, and would never think that killing them is an acceptable idea, I also think both groups are as harmful as the insane zealot Muslim minority.

The second that mass murder sounds like a good solution, you are no better than whoever you hate.