The
world is becoming a more dangerous place because of Washington's use of drones.
That's according to Debra Sweet, the Director of The World Can't Wait who says
"everything the U.S. is doing with these drones is making the world more
dangerous."
In
an interview with Press TV's U.S. Desk on Monday, Sweet said "the U.S. military
is increasingly using drones in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and possibly
Sudan." She pointed out that unmanned drones are also being used on the
U.S.-Mexico border for
surveillance.
Sweet
criticized the U.S for its "unjust occupation of Afghanistan" and stressed that
the use of drones that "kill from a long distance" will only spell into more
civilian casualties.
According
to a July 2009 report by the Brookings institution, the drone attacks in
Pakistan have killed ten civilians for every militant killed. The
Obama administration has intensified drone attacks in Pakistani territory. The
unsanctioned attacks by U.S. unmanned planes on Pakistan's border with
Afghanistan almost claimed the lives of 1,200 people last year. Many of the
victims are innocent people among them women and children.
A
report found that new strategy for securing the United States' southern border
will now depend on commercially available surveillance technology, including
unmanned drones, thermal imaging and other equipment. governmentvideo.com According
to WikiLeaks documents, the Yemeni government covered up U.S. drone strikes in
the country and claimed the bombs were its own. telegraph.co.uk Several
reports have emerged suggesting that the United States has deployed a number of
Predator drones to Yemen in the hopes of launching attacks across the country,
as they have in Pakistan's tribal areas. antiwar.com RS/SM/DB