Inside Story Americas: Are US Drones Killing Bad Guys or Terrorizing Civilians?

September 27, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

The US says drone strikes are precise and successful in targeting terrorists ,but a new report says it is causing great harm to civilians and to US national security. So what are the consequences of the US drone program? Guests Omar Shakir, Christine Fair, and Robert Grenier discuss.

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Civilian casualties

Civilian casualties is a military term describing civilian or non-combatant persons killed, injured, or imprisoned by military action. The description of civilian casualties includes any form of military action regardless of whether civilians were targeted directly. This diffe... Explore this topic

Drone attacks in Pakistan

The United States government has made hundreds of attacks on targets in northwest Pakistan since 2004 using drones controlled by the American Central Intelligence Agency's Special Activities Division. These attacks are part of the United States' War on Terror campaign, seeking... Explore this topic

US-Pakistan relations

Pakistan – United States relations or Pakistan-American relations, refers to the international, historical, and cultural bilateral relationship between the State of Pakistan and the United States, with both countries first establishing diplomatic relations on October 20, 1947,... Explore this topic

Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a sovereign country in South Asia. With a population exceeding 180 million people, it is the sixth most populous country in the world. Located at the crossroads of the strategically important regions of South Asia, Cent... Explore this topic

War on Terror

The War on Terror is a term commonly applied to an international military campaign which started as a result of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. This resulted in an international military campaign to eliminate al-Qaeda and other militant organizati... Explore this topic

Drone

An unmanned aerial vehicle, commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot on board. Its flight is controlled either autonomously by computers in the vehicle, or under the remote control of a pilot on the ground or in another vehicle. There are a wide variety ... Explore this topic

War in North-West Pakistan

The War in North-West Pakistan is an armed conflict between the United States, the Pakistan Armed Forces and armed militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Islam, TNSM, Al-Qaeda, regional armed movements, and elements of organized crime. The armed confl... Explore this topic

CIA

The Central Intelligence Agency is one of the principal intelligence-gathering agencies of the United States federal government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, with responsibility for providing national security intelli... Explore this topic

Pakistani Taliban

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, alternatively referred to as the Pakistani Taliban, is an umbrella organization of various Islamist militant groups based in the northwestern Federally Administered Tribal Areas along the Afghan border in Pakistan. Most, but not all, Pakistani Taliba... Explore this topic

Predator drone

The General Atomics MQ-1 Predator is an unmanned aerial vehicle built by General Atomics and used primarily by the United States Air Force and Central Intelligence Agency. Initially conceived in the early 1990s for reconnaissance and forward observation roles, the Predator car... Explore this topic

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