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3. This is just murder

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 06:37 AM

Jan 2013

It's horrible that people are cheering these assassinations.

It's outrageous that people are being killed by governments for being "accused of sending fighters".

The language in this piece is dreadful:

-- "Senior Pakistani militant leader" (What are "militants"? Were American revolutionary fighters "militants"?)

-- "...killed along with at least five fighters ..." (Were they all "fighters"? No civilians? Not one?)

Whatever happened to the right to a fair trial before being executed by the state?

Shameful!

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Pakistan militant Mullah Nazir 'killed in drone attack' [View all] alp227 Jan 2013 OP

Didn't he die toward the end of season 2? MidwestTransplant Jan 2013 #1

Go drones !!!!! n/t cosmicone Jan 2013 #2

This is just murder onwardsand upwards Jan 2013 #3

The one cheering the assassination in this thread is a known bigot who hates Pakistan ... Nihil Jan 2013 #5

'Were American revolutionary fighters "militants"?' No and it wasn't called murder when the yellowcanine Jan 2013 #6

This guy was unambiguously the enemy, if this is who they actually got. geek tragedy Jan 2013 #7

President Obama signed off on this guy? quadrature Jan 2013 #4

US waiting for blowback after drone killing of Pakistani ally Eugene Jan 2013 #8

That's a bit rich isn't it? Nihil Jan 2013 #9