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Kill team: Obama war chiefs widen drone death zones
Washington Times ^ | December 3, 2013 | Kristina Wong

Posted on 12/04/2013 7:10:09 AM PST by george76

The Pentagon has loosened its guidelines on avoiding civilian casualties during drone strikes, modifying instructions from requiring military personnel to “ensure” civilians are not targeted to encouraging service members to “avoid targeting” civilians.

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Despite Mr. Obama’s pledge for more transparency on drone strikes, the administration “continues to answer legitimate questions and criticisms by saying, ‘We can’t really talk about this,’”

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21 posted on 12/05/2013 5:22:02 AM PST by SJackson (the Democrats take back control, we donÂ’t make (this) kind of naked power grab, J Biden)
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> modifying instructions from requiring military personnel to “ensure” civilians are not targeted to encouraging service members to “avoid targeting” civilians.

Halfway there. Thanks george76.


22 posted on 12/09/2013 4:03:24 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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