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By Glenn Greenwald

Attacking rescuers, a tactic long deemed by the US a hallmark of terrorism, is now routinely used by the Obama administration.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32235.htm



US kills ten people in Pakistan

American drones fired a series of missiles in a Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan yesterday, killing a total of ten ''suspected militants'', Pakistani officials said.

http://is.gd/bF3NQR



US 'should hand over footage of drone strikes or face UN inquiry'

UN special rapporteur: The US must open itself to an independent investigation into its use of drone strikes or the United Nations will be forced to step in, Ben Emmerson QC said yesterday.

http://is.gd/tcDX3Q


From Information Clearing House

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End 'Conspiracy of Silence' on Drones
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/08/20

'US Droning a Mockery of Human Rights'
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/08/20-0

Civilian Deaths from US Drone Attacks Much Higher than Reported
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/08/22-0



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