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Posted: 12/12/2013 11:53:19 AM EDT
This will be wonderful PR. Great for terrorist recruiting, too.

Also interesting to think about in terms of drone use in the US. They can make "mistakes" here as well.

(Reuters) - Fifteen people on their way to a wedding in Yemen were killed in an air strike after their party was mistaken for an al Qaeda convoy, local security officials said on Thursday.

The officials did not identify the plane in the strike in central al-Bayda province, but tribal and local media sources said that it was a drone.

"An air strike missed its target and hit a wedding car convoy, ten people were killed immediately and another five who were injured died after being admitted to the hospital," one security official said.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/12/us-yemen-strike-idUSBRE9BB10O20131212

(Let's see if they find some way to blame Bush.)
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 11:54:22 AM EDT
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Another distraction. Zero fucks are given.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 11:56:42 AM EDT
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zero should be tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 11:57:36 AM EDT
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Anybody have the world record setting long jump with the aid of a Hellfire GIF handy?
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 11:57:52 AM EDT
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Our warfare&welfare policies are killing America.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 11:58:51 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 12/12/2013 11:58:58 AM EDT
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Another wedding party eh?  Did this one have any women in it?
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 11:59:41 AM EDT
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Do female goats count?  
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 12:03:25 PM EDT
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The drone was being shot at. They decided it was a hostile action. But it is typical behavior for Yemeni wedding guests to shoot into the air.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 12:05:54 PM EDT
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I'm sure all the family members will understand that it was an accident and will be forgiving.

I know I would be if one of my family members was hit by a drone.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 12:45:31 PM EDT
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Obama lied people died.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 12:48:12 PM EDT
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Drones are like flying alpacas
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 12:49:31 PM EDT
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Dude, they always claim its a wedding, or an orphanage, or a kindergarten, or a retarded chimpanzee rehabilitation center.



Fuck em
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 12:50:17 PM EDT
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Fifteen people on their way to a wedding in Yemen were killed in an air strike after their party was mistaken for an al Qaeda convoy, local security officials said on Thursday.

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"An air strike missed its target and hit a wedding car convoy, ten people were killed immediately and another five who were injured died after being admitted to the hospital," one security official said.
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Which is it?

Did the missile miss the target or did they misidentify the target
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 12:58:39 PM EDT
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ATTA BOY MISTER 2009 noble peace prize winner!



Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:01:24 PM EDT
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I'm unable to care about this.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:02:27 PM EDT
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Bush's fault.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:03:05 PM EDT
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Why?

Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:03:10 PM EDT
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It was a wedding party and they we bound to get shot up by some idiot with an AK doing gangnam style kareoke dancing or some such crap.

Probably Al Queda anyways.
Good Drone.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:04:02 PM EDT
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Fuck em
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Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:04:42 PM EDT
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Which is it?



Did the missile miss the target or did they misidentify the target
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Fifteen people on their way to a wedding in Yemen were killed in an air strike after their party was mistaken for an al Qaeda convoy, local security officials said on Thursday.



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"An air strike missed its target and hit a wedding car convoy, ten people were killed immediately and another five who were injured died after being admitted to the hospital," one security official said.




Which is it?



Did the missile miss the target or did they misidentify the target


Or option 3, the drone hit the right target.



 
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:05:52 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:06:30 PM EDT
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Again?

ehhh pre-emptive strike
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:06:56 PM EDT
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Killin' some Yemenis too, obviously!
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Killin' some Yemenis too, obviously!


Yumpin' Yemeni!
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:07:22 PM EDT
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meh...

Unsurprised.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:07:31 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:07:36 PM EDT
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HIT PAKISTAN MORE THEY THE TERROR PROBLEM MOSTLY.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:07:42 PM EDT
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No, they're like the farmer that shoots the alpaca that's banging a goat.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:08:08 PM EDT
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Why?




Bad shit happens every day.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:08:15 PM EDT
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If it wasn't a drone strike, some guy dancing with an AK woulda killed everyone, so...
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:08:30 PM EDT
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Also interesting to think about in terms of drone use in the US. They can make "mistakes" here as well.

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The Attorney General assured us (by means of a letter to a United States Senator) that American citizens on American soil would not be killed by the United States government  through the use of armed drones.
I'm shocked that you would post something which even hints that you disbelieve a statement by a responsible government official.  
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:09:16 PM EDT
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This.  

you'll have to forgive me if i take the story with a grain of salt.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:10:14 PM EDT
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Why don't we use sniper teams anymore? Sniper teams are a more precise tool. At least have eyes on and they can call in the strike.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:10:30 PM EDT
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Handle your own problems there bub.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:11:10 PM EDT
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The Attorney General assured us (by means of a letter to a United States Senator) that American citizens on American soil would not be killed by the United States government  through the use of armed drones.
I'm shocked that you would post something which even hints that you disbelieve a statement by a responsible government official.  
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Also interesting to think about in terms of drone use in the US. They can make "mistakes" here as well.



The Attorney General assured us (by means of a letter to a United States Senator) that American citizens on American soil would not be killed by the United States government  through the use of armed drones.
I'm shocked that you would post something which even hints that you disbelieve a statement by a responsible government official.  


So they subcontract it out to someone else that isn't American?
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:11:39 PM EDT
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This. It's always one of those.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:11:46 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:12:03 PM EDT
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This will be wonderful PR. Great for terrorist recruiting, too.

Also interesting to think about in terms of drone use in the US. They can make "mistakes" here as well.
(Reuters) - Fifteen people on their way to a wedding in Yemen were killed in an air strike after their party was mistaken for an al Qaeda convoy, local security officials said on Thursday.

The officials did not identify the plane in the strike in central al-Bayda province, but tribal and local media sources said that it was a drone.

"An air strike missed its target and hit a wedding car convoy, ten people were killed immediately and another five who were injured died after being admitted to the hospital," one security official said.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/12/us-yemen-strike-idUSBRE9BB10O20131212

(Let's see if they find some way to blame Bush.)
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So are you suggesting that the US will be using armed drones within the borders of the US of A? If so, against who US citizens?
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:15:14 PM EDT
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AMERICAN IS JELOUS THAT WE DO HIS OLD WORK BETTER HE DID. SOON WE WILL MAKE YOUR THINGS HERE LIKE CHINA THEN WHO WILL HAVE JOKE ON THEM HEY?
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:16:41 PM EDT
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How many more aircraft carriers you plan on renting from the Russians?
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:17:58 PM EDT
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Sure as fuck can't teach us english or proper use of CapsLock
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:18:31 PM EDT
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oops.  thats all that can be said really.  entire cities were destroyed at one point on purpose.. they should count themselves as lucky.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:18:49 PM EDT
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Da fuq?
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:18:51 PM EDT
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I am having a problem with my AT&T service.  Could you help me?
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:19:33 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:20:25 PM EDT
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I am having a problem with my AT&T service.  Could you help me?




 
Pretty sure hes the onStar guy






Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:20:29 PM EDT
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Wow. Primorski moved to India.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:20:31 PM EDT
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But is there a warranty on the box?
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:21:51 PM EDT
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It was a wedding party and they we bound to get shot up by some idiot with an AK doing gangnam style kareoke dancing or some such crap.

Probably Al Queda anyways.
Good Drone.
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I look at it this way.

If it WAS a wedding party, there's now surviving family members who are very angry.

It is now very easy for an AQ recruiter to come up to them and say "We can help you kill Americans."

And now we have more terrorists.

Hearts and minds, etc.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:22:27 PM EDT
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Fuck em
Kinda what I was wonderin'...

 
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 1:23:07 PM EDT
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Yumpin' Yemeni!
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Our warfare&welfare policies are killing America.


Killin' some Yemenis too, obviously!


Yumpin' Yemeni!

Followed by Yemeni Crickets.
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