UNMANNED DRONES WILL BRING MANY MORE LIBYAN CIVILIAN DEATHS

Anyone following the reports of the results of unmanned drone attacks in Pakistan will no doubt tremble at the news that unmanned drones are now to be used in Libya with the publicly stated permission of Noble Peace War Prize winner Barak Obomber.

In Pakistan, hundreds if not thousands of innocent men, women and children have been blown to bits by these allegedly highly accurate drones. Large protests have been held against them. And yet the trigger happy occupant of the White House has now expanded their use in the illegal war on Libya.

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From http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/21/nato-wants-drones-target-misrata


Drones can be used by Nato forces in Libya, says Obama

Senior Nato military commanders have been pressing for the unmanned US planes to strike Gaddafi forces in besieged Misrata

* Nick Hopkins
* guardian.co.uk, Thursday 21 April 2011 22.52 BST

The White House has approved the use of missile-armed Predator drones to help Nato target Colonel Gaddafi's forces in Libya.

Coalition commanders have been privately urging the Americans to provide the specialist unmanned aircraft, which have become a favoured – if controversial – weapon in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Their ability to hone in on targets using powerful night-vision cameras is considered to be one way of helping rebels in the besieged city of Misrata, where a humanitarian crisis has unfolded in the last week.

The US defence secretary, Robert Gates, said Barack Obama had approved the use of the Predators which are armed with Hellfire missiles, signalling a marked growth in the US contribution to the Nato effort.