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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS drone strikes publicly criticised by Yemeni cabinet minister
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/22/us-drone-strikes-criticised-yemen-ministerYemen has witnessed an increase of US missile strikes in recent weeks. Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA
A Yemeni cabinet minister has criticised the use of unmanned US drones against suspected al-Qaida militants in Yemen, a tactic that has outraged communities in targeted areas, and urged a move to ground operations to avoid hurting civilians.
Yemen, a country plagued by lawlessness that has been exploited by al-Qaida to launch attacks on Arab and western targets, has witnessed a rising tempo of US missile strikes in recent weeks.
"To have an innocent person fall, this is a major breach," Yemeni human rights minister Hooria Mashhour told Reuters on a visit to the United Arab Emirates, voicing rare public opposition to drones by a member of the cabinet.
The comments by Mashhour, formerly a top activist in the mass unrest that ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh a year ago, reflect growing public unease about the strikes and amounted to rare criticism from within the government.
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xchrom
Jan 2013
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malaise
(267,808 posts)1. The slaughter of innocents must stop
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truth2power
(8,219 posts)4. I can't get past this (slaughter of innocents). Nor should I....
I thought about it all during the inaugural ceremonies.
A beautiful and intelligent wife. Lovely children who are the exemplars of class, and put those Bush brats to shame. But he murders others' wives and children.
I guess that's supposed to be seen as inconsequential. <sigh>
it definitely must stop...but it will not.
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)3. Ha, try that at the inauguration and burly thugs will drag you off stage. nt
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)5. Or maybe they'll let you do it for only 30 minutes...nt
Sid