A storify: US policy and drone strikes in #Yemen
The following are a collection of tweets gathered from the #DroneSummit regarding drone strikes and US policy in Yemen. Update: Jeremy Scahill at the Drone Summit [VIDEO] (scroll and read till the end)
@ChrisJWoods reports #drone strikes in #Yemen: 20-88; killed 105-355; civilians killed: 7-40, children: 2 #DroneSummit
"We are dropping explosives, remote-controlled, where we've admitted we don't have intelligence." -Caprico on Yemen #DroneSummit
Yemen: number of strikes between 20 - 88. Clusters of strikes. Casualty data is very difficult to determine. #DroneSummit- Not just drone strikes in Yemen. Cruise missiles, naval supported strikes, air strikes and more. #DroneSummit
- "The CIA is running Yemen, for the most part," @jeremyscahill says. #DroneSummit
- This has been going on in Pakistan for many years now, and it's now expanding into Yemen. Cruise missiles from Navy ships, too. #DroneSummit
- Scahill says he isn't aware of US bombing Yemen with anything other than drones, but wouldn't be surprised. #DroneSummit
Obama Administration has approved the #CIA to allow #drone strikes in Yemen, even if targets are unknown. tinyurl.com/76gtywb #DroneSummit
@jeremyscahill is killing it at the #DroneSummit -- calling out Obama admin for crimes in Yemen, Somalia, etc. bit.ly/ILVNGT
#Clinton was a pacifist compared to #Obama policies w/ #drones #DroneSummit #Yemen #Pakistan #Afghanistan- Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Djibouti and Saudi are where drones are launched from. #DroneSummit
- In Yemen or Pakistan, there's no system for compensation because there are no "boots on the ground" there as in Afghanistan. #DroneSummit
Staff are busy examining the #DroneSummit tweet archive of live-tweeter @kade_ellis: chirpstory.com/li/6962 via @nofrills #aclu #yemen- On Anwar al-Awlaki's assasination
- US is not at war in Yemen. Anwar al-Awlaki never received any due process. No indication was imminent threat #DroneSummit
- He was in Yemen shortly after Obama authorized the killing of Awlaki and two other Americans. #DroneSummit
- The FBI said that their son was involved in first amendment protected speech. Next thing his mom heard was that he was dead. #DroneSummit
- People in Yemen didn't view Awlaki as an AQAP leader. They saw him as a preacher. #DroneSummit
- We only know Awlaki's name because he was a US citizen. Others….meh. #DroneSummit
