アメリカ合衆国の無線殺人飛行機のdroneは、議会でその秘密主義に物議を醸す。2011年にはアフガニスタンでは294件の爆弾攻撃で3131人の民間人が殺害され、2012年には506件の爆弾攻撃で2754人の無実の市民が虐殺.パキスタンではオバマ政権の間に1507人ー2438人が殺害され、うち無実の市民が148人ー309人虐殺される
Crece la polémica en EE UU por el uso secreto de los ‘drones’
Las críticas han sido mayores entre la oposición conservadora, pero algunos demócratas protestan por el secretismo de las operaciones
La guerra teledirigida
Antonio Caño Washington 16 MAR 2013 - 23:38 CET
Increasing debate in the U.S. for secret use of 'drones'
The reviews have been greater among the conservative opposition, but some Democrats protesting the secrecy of operations
Remote Control War
Antonio Cano Washington 16 MAR 2013 - 23:38 CET
On Friday a federal appeals court ruled that the Obama administration has no justification for keeping secret the drone attacks and demanded to give detailed response to the lawsuit filed in inquiry. That does not end the legal battle, which is still a long way from the labyrinths of justice, but gives new legitimacy to those who believe that the president is abusing its power with the use of this new weapon, currently the main instrument show of force by the United States abroad.
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Jameel Jaffer, head of the Association of Legal American Civil Liberties (ACLU), the group that demands access to that data, later stated that this ruling supports that "the public is entitled to know who is killing the Government, why, in which countries and under whose orders. "
A pressure of human rights organizations have joined in the last week, after several years of silence, some members of Congress, especially the Republican right and the mainstream media, who have now conceded that they knew for months the existence of a drone base in Saudi Arabia and silenced for national security reasons.
The confirmation last week in the Senate of the new CIA director, Paul Brennan, has been the highlight of this debate, with a startling scene near the Tea Party senator, Rand Paul, who spoke for thirteen consecutive hours shows Shocking his desire to block the nomination until the White House give explanations about the drone program.
A federal appeals court ruled that the Obama administration lacks justification to keep secret drone attacks
The Administration has provided some answers. Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Congress asserting that the president is not authorized to use that weapon to kill U.S. citizens within the U.S. territory, and remembered that its use outside the borders of this country is backed by a Justice Department document that laid the legal foundation necessary.
So far, the reviews have been higher among the conservative opposition, which means that the program continues drones and methods justify the war against terrorism launched by the George W. Bush, although there have been some protests in the Democratic ranks, not because the drones but by the secrecy of the operations.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, supported by several congressmen, has circulated the idea that a special court that exists to authorize covert actions of the intelligence services, assume the authority to hear and punishing drone attacks. But the proposal, which has not openly opposed the White House still comes up against various obstacles of a legal and political.
Rand Paul spoke for thirteen consecutive hours shocking sign of their desire to block the appointment of the director of the CIA until the White House did not give explanations about the drone program
First, because it is not clear that the use of drones, despite the appearance that is cruel and dehumanizing fire missiles from an office without even seeing the face of the enemy, necessarily mean a retreat from the current weapons. Although its use has grown tremendously during this administration and increased therefore the number of civilians killed in Pakistan and Afghanistan for these devices, some lawmakers and experts estimate that replacing conventional aircraft drones has improved the accuracy of the attacks and has reduced the total number of innocent victims.
Sen. John McCain, among others, his colleague Paul rebuked their ignorance and striking attitude of protest, and several Democratic members have stressed that, with the drones, have prevented many of the abuses generated by the presence of troops in abroad.
A recent United Nations last year showed that nearly doubled the number of bombs dropped from drones in Afghanistan over the previous year, from 294 to 506 - and that civilian deaths rose from 1 to 16. But that same report said that the total number of innocents killed in 2012 in Afghanistan fell from 3131-2754, which seems to show that the drones, even with the risks involved, are replacing other weapons whose effects on the civilian population are still much more lethal.
Last year nearly doubled the number of bombs dropped from drones in Afghanistan over the previous year, from 294 to 506 - and that civilian deaths rose from 1-16
The use of drones in Afghanistan is better controlled because most operations are under the command of the Pentagon, where transparency is greater. There are, however, similar figures for the other major front in the war with these robots, Pakistan, where most of the flights are run by the CIA, which also deals with the attacks in Yemen. The Pakistani government estimates that for every militant killed by drone Al Qaeda, 140 civilians are killed. U.S. denies those figures. A study by the independent institute New America Foundation has stated that during the Obama Administration, have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan between 1507 and 2438 people, of which between 148 and 309 were civilians.
Even though the drones they supposed, ultimately, reduce the number of innocent victims, the debate about the limits of presidential powers is still open, especially since the death in 2011 of an American citizen, Anwar Awlaki, one of the most prominent leaders of Al Qaeda in Yemen.
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