A US drone attacked a highway in Yemen’s southeastern Bayda Province, killing at least 21 people, including a number of civilian bystanders, and wounding many more.
The strike targeted a pickup truck carrying 16 people, and was apparently a “signature strike” on the assumption the truck was carrying al-Qaeda. Though none of the slain were identified, reports dubbed all 16 “suspected militants.”
The other five slain and six wounded in the strike were in other nearby cars, and there wasn’t even a pretext of suspicion about any of them, all labeled civilian bystanders who just happened to be in the line of US fire.
Yemen’s government reported the attack as targeting unnamed “senior al-Qaeda fighters,” but offered no additional details. It is the seventh US drone strike against Yemen in two months.
We have totally lost our moral compass. Obama is one of the biggest terrorists around. Shame on us.
There can be absolutely no justification for this kind of destruction. The person who provided the "signature" and their advisors and the "drones" who sit in the Nevada desert piloting these machines of death are all criminals and should be awarded the penalties of those who commit crimes against humanity.
On a geopolitical level, I fail to see the upside of murdering civilians and "suspected militants" – oh, wait…there is no upside…unless the plan is to create generations of people who hate and despise the US and will do whatever it takes to strike back, however long it takes. If the US plan is to create endless enemies to fight, well, they're all getting "A's." Idiots.
Gotta to have SOME rational for spending 60% of our treasure on the "Protection" racket………….
fear…or megalomania
{US Drone Strike Kills 21 in Yemen, Including Civilians}
The title is MISLEADING. It should read US DRONE STRIKE KILLS 21 CIVILIANS IN YEMEN.
These war criminals should be arrested immediately and put on trial to receive the same sentence as they have given to their victims. Down with the war criminals who have killed millions of Muslism around the world for world hegemony. You will be destroyed before destroying the planet.
Just working off a series of hissy fits.
Not being able to invade Syria and the cock-up in Ukraine meant that some cat somewhere was going to be kicked hard.
Let's hope everyone is now feeling better now.
Except, of course, the families of the BGTT (best-guess-they're-terrorists) and bystanders. That might take a bit longer.
Just working off a series of hissy fits.
Not being able to invade Syria and the cock-up in Ukraine meant that some cat somewhere was going to be kicked hard.
Let's hope everyone is feeling better now.
Except, of course, the families of the BGTT (best-guess-they're-terrorists) and bystanders. That might take a bit longer.
Its time to kill yanks indiscriminately
It used to be that the US took into account collateral damage and respected non-combatants…
nah…
I must be suffering delusions (or indigestion) – assigning honorable actions to those who don't deserve them.