Drones killing innocent Pakistanis, U.N. official says

[unhappycamper]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/15/world/asia/u-n-drone-objections/index.html

Drones killing innocent Pakistanis, U.N. official says
By Ben Brumfield and Mark Morgenstein, CNN
updated 11:09 AM EDT, Fri March 15, 2013

(CNN) -- Farmers are on their way to tend their crops when a missile slams into their midst, thrusting shrapnel in all directions.

A CIA drone, flying so high that the farmers can't see it, has killed most of them. None of them were militants.

Such attacks by U.S. drones are common, the United Nations' special rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights said Friday in a statement on strikes in Pakistan's tribal region of North Waziristan.

The rapporteur, Ben Emmerson, told CNN the actions are of dubious international legality, despite the United States' assertions.

[John Mckinnon]

1. Drone attacks.

Does the UN go in and make a body count? Do they get their information from our friend and ally (lol) Pakistan? Were they actual farmers? We won't believe anything our government tells us but take as gospel what Pakistan, who may or may not be supporting terrorists, and others say. Just wondering how accurate these reports are. We have to go after those who wish to harm us, but need to keep innocents out of harms way as much as possible. At least we don't consider women and children as primary targets.