U.N. investigator decries U.S. use of killer drones
Undated file photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy shows a RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle conducting tests over Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.
GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.N. investigator has called on the Obama administration to justify its policy of assassinating rather than capturing al Qaeda or Taliban suspects, increasingly with the use of unmanned drone aircraft that also take civilian lives.
Credit: Reuters/U.S. Navy/Erik Hildebrandt/Northrop Grumman/Handout
Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA
Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:13am EDT
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/19/us-usa-un-drones-idUSBRE85I0FM20120619