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U.N. Drone Inquisitor Says It’s Time to End Robot War in Pakistan

• Wired.com
 And he raised doubts over whether Americans operating the drones can actually distinguish terrorists from average Pakistanis.

Ben Emmerson spent much of the week in Pakistan soliciting the views of senior government and elected officials about the drone strikes, part of his ongoing effort to investigate the relatively new method of targeted killing. He said in a statement on Friday that he also met with representatives of the tribal areas of western Pakistan that have borne the overwhelming brunt of the drone campaign. The officials underscored to Emmerson that Pakistan doesn’t consent to the U.S. drone effort, and denied extending the tacit consent that its military — with whom Emmerson did not consult — has previously provided.


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