Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré
U.N. Drone Inquisitor Says It’s Time to End Robot War in Pakistan -- Danger Room
After days of meeting with Pakistani officials, the United Nations official investigating Washington’s global campaign of drone strikes attacked the legal and strategic basis for the robotic war in its biggest battlefield. And he raised doubts over whether Americans operating the drones can actually distinguish terrorists from average Pakistanis.
Ben Emmerson spent much of the week in Pakistan soliciting the views of senior government and elected officials about the drone strikes, part of his ongoing effort to investigate the relatively new method of targeted killing. He said in a statement on Friday that he also met with representatives of the tribal areas of western Pakistan that have borne the overwhelming brunt of the drone campaign.
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Drones killing innocent Pakistanis, U.N. official says -- CNN
UN: Pakistan 'does not sanction' US drone strikes -- BBC
U.N.: U.S. drone strikes violate Pakistan's sovereignty -- USA Today/AP
U.N.: U.S. drone strikes violate Pakistan sovereignty -- Washington Post
U.N.: U.S. drones violate Pakistan’s sovereignty -- Washington Times
US drone strikes in Pakistan
Ben Emmerson spent much of the week in Pakistan soliciting the views of senior government and elected officials about the drone strikes, part of his ongoing effort to investigate the relatively new method of targeted killing. He said in a statement on Friday that he also met with representatives of the tribal areas of western Pakistan that have borne the overwhelming brunt of the drone campaign.
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More News On The UN's Report On U.S. Drone Strikes In Pakistan
Drones killing innocent Pakistanis, U.N. official says -- CNN
UN: Pakistan 'does not sanction' US drone strikes -- BBC
U.N.: U.S. drone strikes violate Pakistan's sovereignty -- USA Today/AP
U.N.: U.S. drone strikes violate Pakistan sovereignty -- Washington Post
U.N.: U.S. drones violate Pakistan’s sovereignty -- Washington Times
US drone strikes in Pakistan
More News On The UN's Report On U.S. Drone Strikes In Pakistan
Drones killing innocent Pakistanis, U.N. official says -- CNN
UN: Pakistan 'does not sanction' US drone strikes -- BBC
U.N.: U.S. drone strikes violate Pakistan's sovereignty -- USA Today/AP
U.N.: U.S. drone strikes violate Pakistan sovereignty -- Washington Post
U.N.: U.S. drones violate Pakistan’s sovereignty -- Washington Times
US drone strikes in Pakistan 'carried out without government's consent' -- The Guardian
US drone strikes violate Pakistan sovereignty: UN -- AFP
UN Blasts US Drone Strikes in Pakistan -- RIA Novosti
US drone attacks violate Pakistani sovereignty – UN -- RT
International community must heed Pakistan’s concerns over drones, says UN expert -- UN News Centre