Pakistani High Court Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan has issued a ruling today declaring the ongoing US drone strikes against the tribal areas illegal under international law, adding that they amount to a “war crime” when they kill innocents.
Khan said that the government was obliged to ensure that no future drone strikes take place against Pakistani territory, and ordered the Foreign Ministry to bring a resolution to the UN Security Council demanding their halt. He added that if the US vetoed the resolution the government ought to consider severing diplomatic ties with them.
The ruling came as the result of a case filed by an Islamabad legal aid charity on behalf of victims of the March 2011 attack on government officials and tribal elders in North Waziristan.
It is unclear if the ruling will have any immediate impact on government policy, but with Pakistan’s elections just two days away, it could give the front-running PML-N a legal basis for its campaign promises to put an end to the drone attacks.
These words needs to come out of a USA court…, telling it to Barack Hussein Obama and state department that all their wars are illegal.
The weight of evidence of the illegality of drone strikes and the case for the USA to be refered to the Human Rights Commission as a war criminal grows AND GROWS.
two hundred m$ reward needed
If the court is serious about trying to enforce this, then I sense another military coup coming in Pakistan. That's been the US answer to any interference with the military in Pakistan for at least 40 years now.
US has sloppy little nutjob conspiracy theorists running star chambers, black sites, 'detention facilities,' etc. … and that's just for who it wants alive! Now think of the freaks who get to whack their defendants…'suspects…' …no burden of proof at all!
…no one ever asks ('cause most think they already know something): did Adam Lanza think the local first-graders were 'terrorists?' …sure woulda sucked for him to 'prove' it while folks can still hear 'em talking. James Holmes sure looked puzzled that he didn't get treated like a hero for whacking all those terrorists… Hey, what kind of antidepressants is Brennan on?
" Hey, what kind of antidepressants is Brennan on?"
It's called "full spectrum dominance"……. It's most prominent symptom is the belief that the world can be conquered with digital zeros for money and killing those who do not kneel before their paper currency god.
I suppose that Pakistan could always shoot the bloody things down!, Its not like they are hard to see or that they fly at the speed of sound or anything! They Loiter!
As for the need to have the US Supreme Court make a ruling, Pakistan can under the Constitution petition the US Supreme Court Directly under original Jurisdiction, without it going through any other Court, I believe!
The U.S. owns the U.N.. No help will cum from them…… (us) …. It legitimizes our every crime. That's why it was built on a sewer…… The UN is a crime spree… High Class Exploitation.. It should be demolished and be converted into a mausoleum for the remains of all the victims of their corrupt actions, edicts and obstructions. The UN is responsible for the death and displacement of millions………
The velvet glove of the nwo death machine………
worst murderers on the planet get to veto any salvation
I think drones are a violation of very important rights and they should be removed right away. I do not agree with their use and I think they are dangerous.