U.N. report faults prolific use of drone strikes by U.S.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 - 21:40 in Earth & Climate

U.N. rapporteur Philip Alston calls on the U.S. to put the military in charge of the targeted killings program, which is shrouded in secrecy under the CIA and has prompted accountability questions. The campaign of CIA drone strikes against suspected militants in Pakistan has made the United States "the most prolific user of targeted killings" in the world, said a United Nations official,...

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