Suspected drone strikes kill 12 civilians in Yemen [View all]
How many more drone kills will it take before Americans say enough? 100? 1,000? 10,000? There can never be enough kills by presidential ordered drone strikes? Most Americans don't care how many innocent people are killed by American drones - those people over there, their lives, their deaths - they have no meaning - they shouldn't live in an American battle zone, they should live someplace safe.
May 15th, 2012 | by Jack Serle
Two suspected US drone strikes have killed up to 12 civilians in the south of Yemen.
Reports vary but between 14 and 15 people have been killed in a double air strike on the southern city of Jaar. Of these, as many as a dozen are being reported as civilians. Up to 21 civilians have also been reported injured.
Witnesses said the first strike targeted alleged militants meeting in a house. Civilians who had flocked to the impact site were killed in a follow-up strike. Although the attack is unconfirmed, if accurate this tactic would echo the grim hallmarks of US drone tactics in Pakistan.
Earlier this year the Bureau exposed a CIA practice of ‘follow-up’ strikes in an investigation with the Sunday Times. On at least a dozen occasions twin strikes killed at least 50 civilians. The civilians died when they rushed to help victims of an initial attack and were hit by a second, follow-up strike.
While the CIA alone is responsible for the American drone campaign in Pakistan both the Agency and US special forces launch attacks with pilotless aircraft in Yemen.
http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/05/15/suspected-drone-strikes-kill-12-civilians-in-yemen/
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