Ted Rall - Friday January 3, 2014 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Heather Linebaugh was a drone intelligence analyst for U.S. air force strokes against Afghanistan from 2009 to 2012. "Whenever I read comments by politicians defending the Unmanned Aerial vehicle predator and repeat program-aka drones- I wish I could ask them a few questions. I'd start with: "how many women and children have you seen incinerated by a hellfire missile?" And: 'How many men have you seen crawl across a field, trying to make it to the nearest compound for help while bleeding out from severed legs?" The US and British militaries insist that this is an expert program but... it's curious that they feel the need to deliver faulty information, few or no statistics about civilian deaths and twisted technology reports on the capabilities of our UAVs

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