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Peshawar -
The Chief Justice of the Pakistan High Court in Peshawar, Dost Muhammad Khan, issued a ruling that the US drone strikes in Pakistan are illegal under international law, and adds that when innocent people are killed this amounts to a war crime.
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Washington -
Five House Democrats signed a letter today demanding President Barack Obama release the legal basis for the government's right to drone strikes, including those against American civilians.
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How long will it be, before Americans are targeted by American drones on American soil, without judicial review, trial or a jury of their peers?
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Washington -
In response to Republican Senator Rand Paul, US Attorney General Eric Holder has written that carrying out drone strikes against American citizens on US soil is a possibility, under an 'extraordinary circumstance'.
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Washington -
The idea is that a secret court would consider evidence that a suspect should be on a targeted killing list and hence could be attacked by a drone. The court would issue what might be called a "death warrant".
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Washington -
The process of confirming John Brennan as director of the CIA has brought forth a number of leaks and revelations that may help or hinder his confirmation.
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Washington -
The US Justice Department (DOJ) released a White Paper that justifies killing Americans abroad if they pose an imminent threat. Yet, when the Obama administration replaced George W. Bush in 2008, it and its supporters depicted water boarding as torture.
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Islamabad -
Noor Khan's father was killed in a drone strike along with dozens of others at a tribal council meeting in North Waziristan in 2011. Now Noor has filed suits against some of those involved including Pakistan, the US, and the UK.
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London -
Ben Emmerson, is not out to ban the use of attack drones by the US or Israel but the British lawyer does hope to do a detailed analysis into 25 specific drone strikes that encompass a wide geographic area and several countries.
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Washington -
Maisto Fresh Metal Tailwinds 1:97 Scale Die Cast United States Military Aircraft has garnered the attention of those who are opposed to President Barack Obama's drone strikes against innocent civilians in the Middle East.
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