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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Pentagon Changes Drone Strike Rules To Permit Bombing Civilians


Chris | InformationLiberation

From the Washington Times:
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.

In addition, instructions now tell commanders that collateral damage ?must not be excessive? in relation to mission goals, according to Public Intelligence, a nonprofit research group that analyzed the military?s directives on drone strikes.

?These subtle but important changes in wording provide insight into the military?s attempts to limit expectations in regards to minimizing collateral damage and predicting the lethal effects of military operations,? Public Intelligence said in a recent report.

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