World-News

Richard Sale, Truthout: ''With no hobbies, no fishing, no hunting, no golf, the five-foot-nine, 155-pound [Gen. David] Petraeus, who wears his brown hair neatly parted, is known as a colossal worker....Today, Petraeus heads a massive, 'secret' policy under President Barack Obama that uses drones, cell phone monitoring and night assaults by US troops to eliminate high-value targets in the war on terror.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10659-general-petraeus-and-the-drone-war



Drone on the Range

Jim Hightower, OtherWords: ''The pilotless, remote-controlled planes that the CIA uses to spy on and bomb people in Pakistan and elsewhere are headed to our local police departments.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10859-drone-on-the-range



Cover-Up of Civilian Drone Deaths Revealed by New Evidence

Gareth Porter, Truthout: ''Detailed information from the families of those killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and from local sources on strikes that have targeted mourners and rescue workers provides credible new evidence that the majority of the deaths in the drone war in Pakistan have been civilian noncombatants, not 'militants,' as the Obama administration has claimed.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10907-cover-up-of-civilian-drone-deaths-revealed-by-new-evidence



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pakistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Petraeus
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=secret+policy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Central+Intelligence+Agency
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=militants
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=drone
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=civilian+deaths
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jim+Hightower
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Gareth+Porter

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