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World War 3 Afghanistan, 27 – 31 December 2014: Courts controlled by criminals, cops are the number 1 rapists? President fires officials connected to the oil industry! Afghans found dead in Iran! More battles involving “unknown” gunmen!

Balkh Province: German news sources have revealed that the Obama regime placed the governor of the province on its assassination list in 2010!  It’s called the Joint Prioritized Effects List (JPEL).  According to the documents released by Edward Snowden, the governor of Balkh is considered a drug lord.   He was never assassinated because he was too far down on the list (ranked 1,722nd).  But get this, the governor isn’t mad about being placed on Obama’s hit list, he’s mad that the German news media made it public!

Badghis Province: In Abkamri District, government administrators say two “illegal groups” attacked each other, four people killed.  The term illegal groups applies to people who are not known to local police as local militia personnel.

Ghazni Province: In Qarabagh District, a coalition drone strike killed four people and wounded several others.   The deputy governor admits that the U.S. led occupation of Afghanistan has resulted in governmental crime syndicates, not the Mujahideen, being in total control of the province: “The judicial department, under the pretext of being independent, has tied up our hands and we cannot take any action against them. The judicial and justice departments in Ghazni violate the laws and through their support most of the government land has been seized by the ‘land mafia’ and members of the armed opposition groups and abductor gangs are released from the jails.”-Mohammad Ali Ahmadi, deputy governor

Helmand Province: In Nad-e-Ali District, a woman and her two kids were killed when one of them stepped on a landmine.  In Gerishk District, reports that a coalition airstrike killed one woman and two children, and wounded another woman and a child.  The airstrike might have been in response to Mujahideen attacking local government forces.  In Sangin District, an artillery round impacted directly on a wedding party killing at least 26 people. As many as 60 people wounded.  Government administrators admitted that the stray arty round was the result of an intense battle with Mujahideen.

Herat Province: Local government administrators reporting that Afghans from the district of Ghoryan were found dead inside Iran.  The bodies of a woman and her two daughters were returned to Afghanistan for burial.  The only explanation given was they were killed while staying at a home inside Iran.  And the Obama regime puppet president of Afghanistan fired five government administrators in Herat Province.  Mohammad Ashraf Ghani didn’t fire the administrators because of the mystery deaths taking place in Iran, the administrators were in charge of utilities, customs-trade and  petroleum operations.  Reports say president Ghani is about to fire 15 police chiefs as well!

Jowzjan Province: Four bodyguards of the U.S. backed war criminal Abdul Rashid Dostum joined the Mujahideen.  They even had their names publicized.  Bush-Obama lackey Dostum now holds the Afghan office of 1st vice president.

Kabul Province: In Kabul City, a bomb planted in a police vehicle went off wounding at least three people.  There was a firefight that lasted for one hour, causing panic in the city.  Apparently some Mujahideen attacked the home of a Afghan National Army general.  Preliminary reports say one of the general’s sons was wounded, while another son was killed.

Kandahar Province: In Dund District, a National Directorate of Security (NDS) vehicle was destroyed by a bomb, four NDS agents were killed along with at least one civilian.  In Kandahar City, a man was shot dead by two other men. Police suspect it was a crime and not related to war.  In Shahwalikot District, police shot and killed two men they claim were attacking their police HQ.

Kapisa Province: Reports that a drone strike killed at least four people.  In Nijrab District, it’s been confirmed that six local policemen raped a 12 years old girl.  The victim has been moved to Kabul Province out of fear for her life.  Government administrators now admit that most of the rape cases across Afghanistan, in the past few months, involve cops!

Kunduz Province: In Khanabad District, local government administrators reporting a battle between two groups, at least three people killed.  Police say one group is suspected to be Mujahideen, but the those in the other group are not part of any known, or authorized, local militia and are being officially called “unknown gunmen”.  This is the second time in the past month this has happened.

Kunar Province: In Dangam District, after two weeks intense battles continue to rage between government forces and Mujahideen.  U.S. trained government forces are now blaming their lack of progress on trying to avoid civilian casualties.  In Noorgal District, local government administrators say their district is now under full invasion by Mujahideen and their insurgent allies.  Government security administrators say that the insurgents helping Afghan Mujahideen are Uzbek, Panjabi and Waziristis.

Laghman Province: In Alingar District, a farmer was killed and three other farmers wounded when they were hit by bullets.  Police say they don’t know who shot them, or why.  In the same district, a bomb exploded inside a store killing two people and wounding two.

Logar Province: In Baraki Barak District, a coalition airstrike bombed a house killing five people and wounding at least five others.

Maidan Wardak Province: In Nerkh District, an artillery round impacted near a volleyball game, killing five people and wounding three.  Nobody is saying where the arty round was fired from.  In Syedabad District, a Kamikaze car bomber attacked a government FOB.  Afghan National Army says only two soldiers were wounded, but Mujahideen say there are dozens of casualties.

Nangarhar Province: In Chaparhar District, a U.S. drone strike killed at least six people.  In Ghanikhil District, a U.S. drone strike killed four people.  In Bati Kot District, a battle resulted in two people killed, five wounded.

Nuristan Province: In Wanat Wigal District, a “coalition” drone strike killed at least four people.

Paktika Province: In Yahiya Khel District, reports that government forces demolished a school, and evicted the teachers from their homes and then demolished the homes.  Apparently the school was not sanctioned by the U.S. backed government.

Uruzgan Province: In Tarinkot District, two 13 years old boys went missing.  15 days later their bodies were found next to a guard tower near a U.S. backed government base.  Witnesses say they saw the guards shooting in the direction of the area where the bodies were found.  Did the guards mistake the teenagers as attackers?  In Dehrawad District, a cop turned his gun on fellow cops killing five of them.  The renegade cop escaped.

Pakistan has arrested dozens of Afghans in relation to the attack on the army run grade school, that left at least 140 people dead.  Pakistani police say they’ve traced cell phone data regarding the attack to many Afghans that were working in the school cafeteria.  Police also arrested at least 41 Afghans living in the city of Peshawar.

The U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) is now demanding the U.S. Congress cooperate in trying to retrieve the wasted and even stolen U.S. tax dollars paid to mainly U.S. contractors.  Don’t hold your breath.

At least 50 militia-personnel of the Air National Guard’s 155th Air Refueling Wing (Nebraska U.S.A.) deploying to several Middle East locations in support of the new Operation Resolute Support in Afghanistan.

22-26 december 2014: Iran bans Afghans?

International

World War 3 Afghanistan, 25 – 28 October 2014: More Afghan government personnel attacking their own government? More mystery deaths of U.S. personnel! More proof Islamic State is in Afghanistan!

Badakhshan Province: Afghan police claim they’ve captured 220kg (485 pounds) of refined opium.  In Wardoj District, Mujahideen attacked several police checkpoints.  Government officials report that 17 cops are MIA, believed to now be POWs.  Four cops were killed.  Apparently the district was liberated by Mujahideen, as government officials launched an offensive to retake the area.  Government officials claim they killed 15 Mujahideen in the offensive, and discovered that many of the ‘Mujahideen’ are from Chechnya and Uzbekistan.  The offensive involved U.S.-NATO airstrikes, many civilians claim they were targeted by the airstrikes, with three villagers being wounded.

Helmand Province: In Marja District, Afghan police claim they’ve captured 420kg (925 pounds) of refined opium.  In Nad Ali District, a U.S.-NATO drone airstrike killed two men on a motorcycle.  Villagers say the men were car mechanics on their their way to work.

Herat Province: Mujahideen attacked a police base, killing two cops and wounded dozens more.  Police say the attackers are now holed up in a house, which is surrounded.

Kabul Province: In Kabul City, reports of three artillery rounds impacting the area that is home to embassies and diplomatic missions.  Police say the only casualty was a single tree.   In demonstrations held at Kabul University students were seen waving Islamic State flags.

Khost Province: In Yaqoobi area, an Afghan National Army soldier killed by explosion.

Kunduz Province: At least three men wearing Afghan National Police uniforms attacked a security base, killing six government attorneys and cops, and wounding ten others.  Police say all of the attackers were killed.  Mujahideen admit the men wearing police uniforms were  infiltrators, Mujahideen also report they’ve attacked responding police units using a Kamikaze car bomber.  Mujahideen say their attacks resulted in at least 24 deaths.

Laghman Province: In Qarghayee District, a villager was detained by government security personnel. Witnesses say the villager made a break for it, and the national government cops blasted away at him with machine guns.  The result was that one grade school student was killed, another student and two villagers were wounded by stray bullets.  Apparently the detained villager got away.

Nangarhar Province: In Khogiyani District, witnesses say government contracted security forces (Arbaki) machine gunned a taxi carrying six people.  Four of the passengers were killed, the driver and one other passenger might not survive their wounds.

Parwan Province: In Bagram District, reports that a Kamikaze bomber attacked a government dismounted patrol.  Mujahideen claim it was a U.S. patrol and that eight were killed, six wounded.  No comment from government or U.S.-NATO officials.

Saripul Province: In Kohistan District, at least 25 government contracted security personnel (Arbaki) switched sides and became Mujahideen.

A Washington Post report says the democrat dominated U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee is recommending that U.S. taxpayers be raped for even more money to give away to Afghanistan, “tens of billions” more!

A U.S. Navy Reserve pilot was found dead at the U.S. base in Qatar.  He is the second U.S. officer to die at the base in October.  Qatar is U.S. CentCom’s jumping off point for operations in Afghanistan.  The USNR officer was a couple of years away from retirement, his death is under investigation.

After a few months of deployment, 115 militia-personnel of the Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company (New York) returned to the U.S. from Afghanistan.   While in Afghanistan 40 of the militiamen qualified for Germany’s Armed Forces Badge for Weapons Proficiency (aka Schützenschnur).

After several months of deployment, 208 militia-personnel of the Army National Guard’s 108th Sustainment Brigade (Illinois U.S.A.) returned from Kuwait, where they supported the Afghan occupation.

Militia-personnel of the Army National Guard’s 195th Forward Support Company (Nebraska U.S.A.) will deploy to Afghanistan.

U.S.

Martial Law U.S.A.: USAF to begin flying armed drones over New York!

01 October 2014 (20:40 UTC-07 Tango 30 September 2014)/06 Dhu l-Hijja 1435/09 Mehr 1393/08 Jia-Xu 4712

“We are transitioning from the C-130, which we’ve been flying since 2008 and have become comfortable with, having deployed with it to Iraq and Afghanistan. However, we look to the future with excitement as we take on the MQ-9 mission.”-Colonel John J. Higgins, 107th Airlift Wing USAFR

The U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 107th Airlift Wing flew their C-130 transports for the last time, and now they’re trading in their seats in a cockpit in the sky for seats in a control room on the ground.

The USAFR unit is based in the state of New York, and they will soon be flying MQ-9 Reaper combat UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, aka drone).  The military also calls them RPAs (Remotely Piloted Aircraft, which actually the more accurate nomenclature).

The USAF describes the MQ-9 as “…an armed, multi-mission, medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft that is employed primarily as an intelligence-collection asset and secondarily against dynamic execution targets.”

Federal Reserve….makes the rich richer, and everyone else poor! 

First they ban guns….Now vacuums! 

cops summarily execute mentally handicapped man, with three point-blank shots in the back! 

“Kill The Police” becoming the new battle cry

Obama regime using DoD gun registry system

International, U.S.

World War 3: Israel halts military cooperation with Russia, over Ukraine! Or, is it in exchange for all that extra money U.S. taxpayers just gave Israel?

04 August 2014 (14:37 UTC-07 Tango)/07 Shawwal 1435/13 Mordad 1393/09 Ren-Shen 4712

A report out of Tel Aviv (in Flightglobal) says Israel has ordered a halt to all new drone (UAV) contracts with Russia.  The report also said the Obama regime was upset that Israel is still doing business with Russian military contractors, despite U.S. and EU sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine fiasco.

Isn’t it interesting that the Monday after the Friday in which the U.S. Senate approved $225-million USD in extra money for the Israeli warmachine, that Israeli officials decide to sanction Russia?

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 29 November-01 December 2013: Toyota car of the year in Afghanistan, again! U.S. forces kill Mother and Child! Shadow governor assassinated! U.S. stops fuel supply for ANA! U.S. military personnel are drug addicts!

Helmand Province: An explosion at the local National Security Directorate (NDS) compound killed one NDS agent, and wounded two others.   In Faqiran village, a U.S.-NATO drone blew up a house, killing a child and two women, one was the mother of the child.  President Hamid Karzai says this is proof the United States has “no respect” for others. Officials with U.S. led ISAF claims they were trying to target a “…known insurgent riding a motorbike…”  USMC General Dunford officially apologized to Karzai.  In Musa Qala District, five people were killed when the vehicle they were in ran over a landmine.

Herat Province: In Shindand District, Afghan National Army forces claim they assassinated a “shadow governor”, along with seven other Mujahideen.  ANA says the Mujahideen are running a shadow government in Shindand.

Jowzjan Province: In Aqcha District, villagers claim the local Madrasa was raided by U.S. backed government troops.  Three students kidnapped.

Kabul Province: In Kabul City, a political representative was wounded after a suicide bomber ran into the politician’s house and blew up.  Two others were wounded.  The politician representing Zabul Province is in critical condition.

Kandahar Province: In Daman District, a suicide bomber attacked a dismounted patrol of U.S.-ISAF and ANA personnel. Government officials say the only people killed were the attacker and a child.  Two people wounded.  Mujahideen say at least 15 people killed.

Kunar Province: In Shegal District, reports that Pakistani artillery fired 20 rounds into the province.  Villagers claim property damage, but no casualties.

Nangarhar Province: In Chaparahar District, provincial officials confirm a U.S. drone crashed.  Mujahideen confirm they watched the drone crash, but did not claim they shot it down.

Uruzgan Province: Army National Guard 184th Security Force Assistance Team, from the U.S. state of California, claims they’ve properly trained up the provincial police forces.

Afghan defense and interior officials claim the United States has stopped fuel supply and other support for ANA and Afghan National Police forces.

More evil committed by the U.S. Obama regime: The Guardian news source reporting that Afghan men, who marry female U.S. military personnel, are being denied by the U.S. government travel rights to the United States to be with their wives and children.

In the U.S. state of Ohio, the family of a National Guard militia man began a campaign to raise awareness of the massive problem of military personnel being addicted to opiates and opiate related pain killers (opium, heroin, morphine, codeine, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone,  oxymorphone).  Their militia man son killed himself with heroin.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Afghanistan, India and Iran have agreed to create a trilateral transportation deal to boost their economies.

The Health Ministry reports that there has been a 38% increase in AIDS cases from 2012 to 2013, under U.S. occupation.

Once again, the Toyota Corolla was picked as the favorite car in Afghanistan.  The reason why are: Price, practicality, availability of parts, reliability and fuel economy.

Technology

World War 3, Asian Front: China builds copy of U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel, that was shot down by Iran!

23 November 2013 (03:26 UTC-07 Tango)/19 Muharram 1435/02 Azar 1392/21 Gui-Hai (10th month) 4711

In December 2011 Iran captured a very expensive U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel stealth UAV (drone), which was illegally flying in Iranian air space.  Today, China has released pics of their new stealth drone and it looks a lot like the RQ-170.

China calls their version the Sharp Sword.  The Sharp Sword stealth UAV is said to be a combat drone.

After Iran captured the RQ-170 they reversed engineered it and shared the info with Russia and China.

Iran decodes all data from stealth drone

Iran copies Stealth Drone shares info with Russia & China 

Iran…sends Obama a smaller hot pink version

Iranians are expert reverse engineers

Iran shoots down U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

British Empire Owns the United States: Church of England owns stake in baby killer General Electric!

08 September 2013 (15:08 UTC-07 Tango)/03 Dhu ‘l-Qa’da 1434/17 Shahrivar 1391/04 Xin-You (8th month) 4711

“We’re going to end up with problems. This means we have a stake in wanting there to be war.”-Keith Hebden, Anglican priest who snuck onto a RAF base where assassination drones are being remote controlled

The Christian God is behind the deaths of thousands of innocent adults, children and babies (despite the Obama regime officially labeling anybody killed by a drone as a “militant”), because the “Supreme Governor” Queen of England controlled Church of England owns $15-million USD worth of assassination drone (UAV) maker General Electric!

GE makes other weapons and subsystems as well (like the F101 turbine engine used on the USAF B-1B bomber).

 

 

Business/Economics, International, Technology, U.S.

World War 3: Terror Drone update, 04 June – 17 June. UAV War an attempt to save U.S. economy? Using drones like doing drugs! U.S. mainstream media lies; drones will be used to spy on ‘mericans! Space Drone succesful. Drone war expanding!

17 June 2012

“After consultation with the Taliban Shura, servant of Mujahideen in North Waziristan Agency Hafiz Gul Bahadur has decided that there will be a ban on polio campaign as long as drone strikes are not stopped.”-public statement by the people of 17 towns in Pakistan’s North Waziristan

People living in North Waziristan refusing to let international medical personnel in to administer vaccines until U.S. drone strikes stop. The people also claim the medical personnel are spying for the United States. Apparently the doctor who got DNA samples from Osama bin Laden did so under the pretext that he was administering vaccine.

Some people believe the vaccination program is meant to sterilize them.

According to a Stars & Stripes article, President Obama’s increased use of terror drones has saved hundreds of jobs for one National Guard unit. The Springfield Air National Guard Base (Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport), in Ohio, retained 804 local jobs by becoming a dedicated terror drone base. However, ironically, current budget proposals from the Obama administration are threatening as many as 1,000 Ohio Guard jobs, including 47 positions at the terror drone base.

According to the Swiss Basler Zeitung, the U.S. is expanding their fleet of UAVs by buying more drones, and drone engines, made by Switzerland’s Pilatus Aircraft Ltd.   The Swiss newspaper also said U.S. drone operations in Africa are being conducted from Swiss made Pilatus PC-12 manned aircraft.

Covert U.S. air bases are reportedly in countries such as Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya, and Seychelles.

Afghan Mujahideen claim to have shot down a U.S. drone in Afghanistan’s Paktia Province.  U.S. led ISAF/NATO claim the drone crashed due to technical problems.

16 June 2012

“These [drone] strikes will ultimately fail to influence the outcome of an Afghan settlement, but they have already succeeded in making the United States more hated in Pakistan than India.”-Michael Krepon, South Asian Program at the Stimson Center

People living in Garbaherey town, in Somalia’s Gedo region, claim the U.S. launched drone strikes, killing at least 35 people.

Despite several articles and reports by the main stream U.S. news media, downplaying concerns over the use of drones to spy on U.S. citizens (several said outright that it was not true), here’s what the Christian Science Monitor said: “By some government estimates, as many as 30,000 drones could be part of intelligence gathering and law enforcement here in the United States within the next ten years. Operated by agencies down to the local level, this would be in addition to the 110 current and planned drone activity sites run by the military services in 39 states, reported this week by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), a non-government research project.”

After a 14 month top secret mission, a space UAV returned to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.  It was revealed on 16 June, but the landing took place on 9 June.

It’s called the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, it was originally designed to test new space shuttle technologies, but when the NASA budget cuts scrapped the project the Pentagon took it over, turning it into a super high altitude drone.  Exactly what the U.S. Department of Defense is doing with it is still classified!

15 June 2012

It was revealed by Los Angeles Times, that the Pentagon will be testing individual assassination drones in Afghanistan next month.  The UAVs can be carried in the backpacks of special forces troops. They are called Switchblade mini-UAVs.

Two U.S. Navy classified drones (aka X-47B) flew test missions from Edwards AFB in California.  They were spotted by civilians, who promptly reported them as alien space craft!

U.S. President Barack Obama admitted, in an open letter to Congress, that the United States is at war in Yemen and Somalia, the main weapon of choice being the terror drone.

14 June 2012

U.S. drone strike kills at least three people in Pakistan.  Two missiles were fired at a busy shop in a market place in Miranshah: “When the first missile hit the building, I heard cries for help and ran towards it…..When they started rescue work, another missile hit.”-Witness

Russia and Israel to jointly develop new drones: “We are negotiating with Israel. Our aim is to persuade them to start technological cooperation and to develop a product that will be used in both countries, and could also be sold to third countries.”-Dmitry Rogozin, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia

13 June 2012

U.S. drone strike kills as many as 27 people in Shabwa Province of Yemen.  CNN said that the U.S. launched at least 14 drone strikes over a two day period.

U.S. drone strike kills four people in North Waziristan, Pakistan.

A global survey by the Pew Research Center showed that the United States is increasingly alone regarding terror drone operations.  People in 17 of 21 countries surveyed are against the U.S. drone wars.  However, the survey showed warmongering ‘mericans (62%) love the drone wars!

Venezuela revealed a recon drone, jointly built with Iran.  It’s called Arpia-001 (Harpy-001).

12 June 2012

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) admitted that their drones are being hacked!  Officials ordered new encryption of their new Skylark I UAVs after they found out that video data being sent back from older drones were being intercepted.

The IDF also revealed that Lebanon’s Hezbollah wiped out an Israeli navy commando assault, back in 1997, after they hacked an Israeli spy drone!  It’s called the Shayetet Disaster inside the Israeli military. 11 members of Israel’s Flotilla 13 unit were killed when they were ambushed by Hezbollah.

Royal Australian military officials in Afghanistan state that using Israeli made drones is like doing drugs: “The capability? It’s like crack cocaine, a drug, for our guys involved.”-Wing Commander Jonathan McMullan, RAAF Heron drone commander, Afghanistan

Australia gets the Heron drone from Canada, who in turn leases them from Israel.

U.S. Marine General John Allen order an end to drone strikes on houses in Afghanistan!

11 June 2012

“Obama is authorizing murder on a weekly basis, with a discussion of the guilt or innocence of candidates for the ‘kill list’ being resolved in secret on ‘Terror Tuesday’ teleconferences with administration officials and intelligence officials.”-Michael Boyle, former adviser to Obama’s counter terrorism group July 2007-November 2008

USAF General, Norton Schwartz, announced that U.S. drones will be deployed in South America and the Pacific.  They will be used to bolster the U.S. combat commands in those regions, known as U.S. Southern Command, and U.S. Pacific Command.

06 June 2012

A U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan killed at least 18 people attending a wedding.  U.S. military officials apologized several days later.

Israeli officials refused to apologize for killing nine Turkish citizens, in the 2010 Gaza blockade runner incident.  This after it was revealed that the IDF knew the activists on the Turkish ship were not armed, because their own Israeli drone recon mission showed they were not armed!

04 June 2012

U.S. drone strike kills at least 15 people in North Waziristan, Pakistan.  U.S. officials claim one of those killed was al Qaeda’s second-in-command (how many times are we gonna hear that claim?).

International, Technology, U.S.

World War 3: Venezuela & Iran build drone. Target; U.S.?

On 13 June 2012, Venezuelan TV revealed a drone (UAV) they say was built by Iranian and Venezuelan technicians.  It’s called Arpia-001 (Harpy-001).

President Hugo Chavez insisted that the drone, which will be mass produced, is not meant to target a specific country, but to increase Venezuelan defenses.  The UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) has military and civilian (police?) uses.

The Arpia-001 has a limited radius of operation of 100 kilometers (60 miles).  So far the South American country has built three of the home built drones.

Chavez said it is part of his country’s plans to increase military ties with Russia, China and Iran.

 

 

 

International, U.S.

World War 3: Terror Drone update. Former CIA official says blowback coming for U.S., because drones kill mainly civilians!

“We have gone a long way down the road of creating a situation where we are creating more enemies than we are removing from the battlefield. We are already there with regards to Pakistan and Afghanistan.”-Robert Grenier, former CIA official

5 June 2012, Robert Grenier, head of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) counter terrorism center from 2004 to 2006, and was a CIA station chief in Pakistan, is warning of blowback from the use of assassination drones (unmanned aerial vehicles, UAVs).

This is because drone strikes kill more bystanders than actual terrorist targets!

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism estimates as many as 830 civilians have been killed in Pakistan. 138 civilians in Yemen and 57 in Somalia. The problem, Grenier says, is that Obama’s drone policy is too vague; anyone, especially males, seen in an area suspected of having terrorists is considered a target: “It needs to be targeted much more finely. We have been seduced by them and the unintended consequences of our actions are going to outweigh the intended consequences.”

He says recent drone killings in Yemen will actually make that country the new safe haven for terrorists: “If you strike them indiscriminately you are running the risk of creating a terrific amount of popular anger. They have tribes and clans and large families. Now all of a sudden you have a big problem … I am very concerned about the creation of a larger terrorist safe haven in Yemen.”