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US lawmaker demands accountability in drone attack
Washington: A US lawmaker on Thursday demanded accountability and transparency in drone strikes in countries like Pakistan, saying that such attacks undermine the morals, values and the strategic goals of the United States.
"The fact that they are conducted with complete impunity and with no accountability threatens to set a dangerous precedent that could unravel the very laws and international standards the US helped to create," Congressman Dennis Kucinich said.
In a statement, Kucinich said when Congress passed the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, it did not authorise endless war against countries the US is not at war with.
He said the use of drones must be subject to the same legal constrains and oversight as any other weapon.
"These drone strikes are being conducted in the name of our national security and yet Congress and the American people have not been provided with the legal justification for such strikes," he said.
"The fact that they are conducted with complete impunity and with no accountability threatens to set a dangerous precedent that could unravel the very laws and international standards the US helped to create," Congressman Dennis Kucinich said.
In a statement, Kucinich said when Congress passed the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, it did not authorise endless war against countries the US is not at war with.
He said the use of drones must be subject to the same legal constrains and oversight as any other weapon.
"These drone strikes are being conducted in the name of our national security and yet Congress and the American people have not been provided with the legal justification for such strikes," he said.
Read more: http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/us-lawmaker-demands-accountability-in-drone-attack_779045.html
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