Evidence suggests that targeting decisions for armed drones may be plagued by misperception and misinterpretation of the targeting data.
Armed drones may be prone to targeting errors
Tag Archives: Civilian casualties
Invisible wars in the Age of Trump
Lack of media scrutiny of western coalition activities against ISIL will increase the democratic deficit in the age of Trump.
The devastating toll from coalition bombing
Are we following the discredited Viet Nam war strategy of destroying cities to “save” them?
41 men targeted but 1,147 people killed
A study done by the human rights group Reprieve indiactes that US drone strikes against 41 targeted individuals in Pakistan and Yemen resulted in the deaths of over a thousand people.
No justice for Afghan civilians: Amnesty report
A new report by Amnesty International documents the inability of Afghan civilians to obtain justice for family members killed in attacks by NATO forces. “None of the cases that we looked into – involving more than 140 civilian deaths – were prosecuted by the US military. Evidence of possible war crimes and unlawful killings has […]
Killing sleeping children a ‘universal shame’: UNRWA
“Last night, children were killed as they slept next to their parents on the floor of a classroom in a UN designated shelter in Gaza,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl reports.