Former Adviser to Gen. Stanley McChrystal Calls for Moratorium on US Drone Strikes in Pakistan

Democracy Now by Amy Goodman, SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS | Aug. 11, 2009 (News Report)

Andrew Exum is a former Army captain who has been openly critical of the drone attacks inside Pakistan. Exum served on active duty in the US Army from 2000 until 2004, including two years leading a platoon of Army Rangers inside Iraq and Afghanistan. He recently returned from two months in Afghanistan, where he served as part of the advisory team of the commander of US troops there, General Stanley McChrystal. Full Story »

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The ethics of state sponsored assassinations inside other nation states are discussed here, as seldom discussed elsewhere.

If they are both counterproductive and extralegal, serious debate is called for.

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