Photo exhibit shows alleged US drone strike deaths

[xchrom]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN_BRITAIN_DRONE_EXHIBIT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-07-19-05-24-19

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A London gallery opened a photo exhibit Tuesday that allegedly shows innocent civilians killed by U.S. drone missile strikes in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border.

U.S. officials do not publicly acknowledge the CIA's covert drone program, but they have said privately that the strikes harm very few innocents and are key to weakening al-Qaida and other militants.

"I have tried covering the important but uncovered and unreported truth about drone strikes in Pakistan: that far more civilians are being injured and killed than the Americans and Pakistanis admit," said Noor Behram, a 39-year-old photographer who has worked with several international news agencies.


In this Feb. 14, 2009 photo provided by photographer Noor Behram, an eight-year-old boy killed by a missile strike in Makeen, South Waziristan, Pakistan. A gallery in London is staging an exhibit of photographs taken by a Pakistani photographer allegedly showing innocent civilians killed by U.S. drone missile strikes in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border, the organizers said Monday July 18, 2011. Noor Behram, a 39-year-old photographer who has worked with several international news agencies, has spent the last three years photographing the aftermath of drone strikes in North and South Waziristan, important sanctuaries for al-Qaida and Taliban militants in Pakistan. He said he has managed to reach around 60 attack sites, and the exhibit that opens Tuesday at the Beaconsfield gallery in London features photographs from 28 of those strikes. (AP Photo/Noor Behram,HO)

[tekisui]

1. A sad knr. It is so easy to forget that innocents are being killed in our

name. For what?

Who the fuck knows anymore.

[Bonobo]

2. Americans should be stopping this. nt

[xchrom]

3. seems obvious, doesn't it? nt

[mdmc]

4. I sure wouldn't want my loved ones termed

collateral damage

[chill_wind]

5. An eight year old child. There is a very special place in Hell

for all the "grown-ups" in Washington DC responsible for these missile drone policies.

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. Der Spiegel is converging this story in a big way

This is where AP got the story... you can read the story
and avoid the pictures but you need to see/read
both...The AP story just covers a little of the real story.

Its in english BTW.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,775131,00.html