Karim Sayad, legal officer for the Swiss-based human rights organization Alkarama, discusses the Rolling Stone article “New report Documents the Human Cost of U.S. Drone Strikes in Yemen;” the difficulty of sorting civilians and combatants from drone strike victims; debunking the typical US excuses for using drones instead of arresting terrorism suspects; how drones help Al Qaeda’s recruitment efforts; and why the US would better combat terrorism by rebuilding Yemeni infrastructure instead of killing civilians.
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