Wednesday, May 18, 2011

USA - Leave us Alone - Pakistan


In the more than two years since Obama's inauguration, there have been approximately 200 drone attacks, in which a total of more than 1,000 people have died, including some civilian casualties. Here, a boy holds up a placard during a December protest against the US drone strikes in Pakistan.


An American MQ-9 "Reaper" drone. Drone attacks have become the US government's method of choice in fighting the al-Qaida and Taliban leadership.

05/17/2011

Drone Killing Debate
Germany Limits Information Exchange with US Intelligence

By Holger Stark


Angela Merkel's government has come under pressure following the deaths of German Islamists in Waziristan through American drone strikes. Berlin has responded by restricting the type of information that German intelligence agencies may pass on to their US counterparts.

Full Article spiegel.de

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