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(9,253 posts)you could send a fuck you to those responsible for this:
Doctor: Children 'Traumatized and Re-Traumatized by Drones' in Yemen
Children dream of 'dead people, planes and people running around scared'
- Andrea Germanos, staff writer
A report from a clinical and forensic psychologist just back from Yemen offers a disturbing picture of the horror drones have inflicted on children, who are "traumatized and re-traumatized" by the strikes whose use "amounts to a form of psychological torture and collective punishment."
"Entire communities including young children who are the next generation of Yemenis are being traumatised and re-traumatised by drones," said Dr. Peter Schaapveld. (Photo: kate_griffin13 / flickr) The findings come from clinical and forensic psychologist Dr. Peter Schaapveld, just back from a week-long visit to Yemen, who presented at a press conference on Monday his evidence of a 'psychological emergency' in the country as a result of drone strikes, and of the particularly heavy toll they have on the mental health of children, plagued with PTSD as the mental anguish from the deadly strikes lasts long after the sound of the unmanned aircraft above.
London-based human rights charity Reprieve reports that Schaapveld said:
What I saw in Yemen was deeply disturbing. Entire communities including young children who are the next generation of Yemenis are being traumatised and re-traumatised by drones. Not only is this having truly awful immediate effects but the psychological damage done will outlast any counter programme and surely outweigh any possible benefits.
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