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ah, ah. in july 2022 al qaeda leda i man also wall street was killed by a us. drones try can cobble afghanistan. mm. no matter how long it takes, no matter where you. hi. if you are a threat to our people, united states will find you. take you out of the u. s. uses drones to kill alleged terrorists around the world with or without a declaration of war. executions. without trial. org. the 29th 2021. original footage filmed from

a u. s. combat drone circling over. cobble scanning for terrorists. nato forces on heightened didn't days earlier. an i as terrorist attack, killed over 170 people cobble abhorrent among them were 13 us soldiers. many of the victims were trying to leave the country after the taliban takeover. but in other parts of the city, life was continuing as normal over the exam is any doubt. it was a sunday and as it up we were outside wall street updating the kids were playing. they were happy with. there was going to be a wedding. them in, we've just done the shopping, petty gov of cedar gallery, then around 9 a. m. the u. s. military receives intelligence, suggesting another imminent threat to the airport involving a white sudan similar to the car, driven by them. all right. ok mardi surveillance cameras film him arriving at his

job at 935. a smarty is an employee of a us aid organization that distributes food in afghanistan. hours later, surveillance camera footage shows our commodity filling water into canisters and loading them into his truck. david flood them with that as he always brought clean water home in canisters because he can't drink the tap water here. avia. that's what the canisters before, where they are now at the media. mahathy, the father parted these canisters that make him suspicious to the u. s. military around 4 p. m r. marty leaves the aid agencies office. he has no idea that he's

being tracked by a u. s. drone, as he makes his way home. ah, ah, just before 5 p. m. oc montes car turns into his trade. by now, us military analysts have concluded that the car contains explosives and another attack is imminent. ok, marty begins backing the car into the driveway. his children and his brothers children are waiting for him. go cuz mad i'm with that i can go at, i mean the children were always excited. when's m r i came home was made of them. they liked him very much. hon. mamma. they called him grandpa. gonna show me that video. grandpa is coming and she's done with that up there it or go outside melma the kids thought the car was call and they'd always get in it. that's what they did

that day to, donna hall, norma. they made the flag local collision. the whole amount that shed with doors are floor will hard to le hagan and am garb. mendez garnish and hopped at an dawn, an angular drone strike against an isis k vehicle. and o t o does those oxy? mitch sprang, shut off the loudon until big sparks flew. cough it was i, agnes, and god. my invite has an am slack, often cabella through caffeine for in that. but adam dorn and and get off of i moved mosley concepcion, adam tita the procedures will correctly fall. a lot of writers strike in cobble the taliban has given us permission to film the root of them. vig, we're on our way to the home where the attack took place in august 2021 to meet

a family member who witnessed what happened. a lot of the little naz rant is the brother in law of the n g o worker who was killed. this courtyard is where the missile hit a 2nd car park nearby protected other family members from the blast. the victims included 7 children, the water canister suspected to be explosives are still ham them down. there was a sudden we were standing outside a bit further down the street on that's when suddenly there was a terrible sound got on by the sound of a rocket and then an explosion on the line. we ran into the courtyard. the gate was completely destroyed. the fellow how little children had been blown to pieces. we picked them up, john. there was blood and body parts everywhere and with them did diversion for us . as well as the 7 children, 3 adults were killed. shadow i put the 10

bodies in the coffins with my own hands, so that with the children were totally charge to be done well after that, it was only after we buried them and come home. the thought that it really sank in what had happened to the tom can come come, said a mother, see for 3 weeks later after the new york times investigated the attack and published its findings, the u. s. military admitted it had made a mistake and killed innocent people appreciate the opportunity to take responsibility for this. we now assert that it is unlikely that the vehicle and those who died were associated with isis j or were a. ready direct rep. ready i offer my profound condolences to the family and friends of those who were killed. afghanistan has long been the main target of us drones. and germany plays

a key role in the us drone wall. ramstein in our island palatinate, the largest u. s. military base outside the united states and central to you as drone operations wild wind. ramstein is home to a control center where live images from drones around the world analyzed and cross referenced with intelligence. in other words, this is where much of the groundwork for targeted killings is done. lou daily come out and the us can kill people whenever and wherever it decides to without due process. bad vibes mention. and that is at the very least controversial in terms of germany's interpretation of international law. most of the years, gemini, accepted us assurances that the activities in ramstein do not violate its laws. you

was on the u. s. has reiterated that had respects german law in its use of the ramstein bay such otta, but won't dance the us actually mean by respect german law, 2 in the wake of 911, the u. s. declared a war on terror and passed a law approving use of all necessary and appropriate force, again suspected terrorists in other words drowns their advantages supposedly include precision strikes and reduced collateral damage or with weapons like the predator journal. your arsenal or troops can conduct research and stripes on tours and hard to reach areas. osbourne innocent life with

our extraordinary technology were conducting the most precise air campaign in history. let my direction united states military successfully executed a flawless precision strike. so only terrorists held and there's no risk to us soldiers. drones trying to controlled from here in nevada, not far from las vegas. we would have liked to shoot inside the base and talk to the u. s. military. we spent months trying to get an interview getting nowhere but which still like to take a look at the creech air force base to this is where the drone pilots walk thousands of miles away from their target. ah, so what are the people who live close by now about the banks?

don't people like the topic? no, no. amazingly, nobody talks about anything that goes on over there is why no, no, no mm. we try talking to people in a local bar. we're not filming that after 10 minutes, a former soldier threatens us with violence. if we don't leave millions in it's promotional videos, the military makes drone warfare looked like a video game controlled by a joystick strike. them say, oh, we want to see what drone warfare means in the places where the missiles strike while that province afghanistan, us drone strikes were commonplace here for over 20 years. 2 the population lived in constant fear, never knowing when and where missiles might strike. a chord to the un over 2000

civilians died in afghanistan from air strikes, including drones. in the last 5 years, at the war alone, 40 percent of civilian casualties were children. lee, did a drone ever hit when you were playing cricket with? yes, it was and from where? oh, from their mother 1st. there was a buzzing sound, but then the missile dropped mega lunch and then it exploded on the ground. and boom, look, i love does any of us now? oh, i didn't get it. when they came, we would hide, so we wouldn't get bombed. was a dollar. they circled overhead and then they struck. i thought of taliban or not.

everybody got hit and it was a bomb, and then they flew off again. they have another like, like bosnia proponents have drone strikes, argue that collateral damage is a price that has to be paid in the war on terror. last year the u. s. succeeded in killing al qaeda leader. i man, i'll so ari with a drone. according to the pentagon, dozens of taliban and al qaeda militants have been taken out by drone strikes. but the fact remains that after 20 years at the u. s. war the taliban art once again in power. this former u. s. space is now a taliban police headquarters. the police chief is a former militant. he claims that drone strikes drive people to extremism. oh, wonderful. you can go to list it up or fucker is the mac. i believe that will or less, more and more innocent people were dying at the many people losing their families

so much. and that's when we saw the number of militants increasing with us for the to do more of a national rocker with it's a fairy, even the c. i came to the conclusion in an internal study conducted several years ago that drones might have military advantages. but could also give rise to new enemies of the u. s. u. s. drones targeted the taliban, but in every village here, people tell us about strikes that claimed the lives of innocent people. the u. s. military does not release data on civilian casualties in afghanistan. but lead to pentagon papers showed that in 15 month period in 201390 percent of people killed in your strome killings, but not the intended targets. the u. s. military also uses a fraud methodology that counts or military aged males and a strike zone as combatants. in other words, boys over 15. these 3 boys were killed by

a jo ann's drone one man tells us he is their older brother at that number. the fact that he said that it would be, according to the americans, they were always precision strikes. if they bombed a wedding party, they said they were hitting taliban. if we said that wasn't true, it didn't do any good while we ordinary people couldn't do anything. nobody believed us. this is monica most trained strikes and not investigated. the claim that they are precision killings can't be back. top. research suggests the claim is inaccurate. the idea that a remote controlled war is a clean war, applies only to one side. and then for the time a flight we meet brandon bryant outside the base in nevada. he used to work for the drone program as a sensor operator of man drowns his job. was to mark the drones target with

a laser. ah, bryant says he was involved in more than 1600 pills. one day in particular stands out in his memory. a drone strike near kandahar. i remember afterwards being like, was that a kid? it's like after missile impact in the pie? it's like, yeah, she shut up and i was like, hey, mission core nancy, and you asked the screener what that was. and her mission coordinator asked the screener in the screen like okay, reviewing feed i. we determined that i was a dog and i was like there's no there's no way. there's no way i dont can open a door. right? no, i went to my supervisor and he tried to punish me. don't me to shut them up to my

job. no one's in listen to me, just right off as a darn the un samples fails to respond to our inquiries. but there is evidence to show that the u. s. military regularly copies of the civilian death tone of drones strikes. december 2021. the new york times reported on hidden pentagon records that revealed that the military has been responsible for thousands of civilian dance, with scant accountability ah whistles. brandon brian left the army more than a decade ago. he testified in the buddhist, talked the german parliament and received an award in germany for civil courage. he also spoke about the role played by the ramstein air base in the us drone wall. every day, every time that we launched an aircraft handed it back,

we would call ramstein air force base up to check the signal multiple time. wouldn't even be wanted every mission. every single mission la ramstein, ebay says a key control center for the drone war. does this make germany complicit in civilian deaths yesterday and 3 people from yemen? thought so. they filed a lawsuit against the german government because a u. s. drone strike killed their relatives all civilians. the higher administrative court in munster ruled that the german government must take action to ensure the u. s. respects international law in using the ramstein air base and monitor us drone activities closely about nixon. but the next all authority, the federal administrative court ruled that the german government only needed to ask the usaa whether it's complying with international law at ramstein,

the court argued among other things that no actual decisions are made in germany. the base merely provides technical assistance. but is it true that no decisions are made there? the united states africa command african is located in stuttgart. in an interview with german radio, an african spokesperson openly stated, the decisions on drones strikes in africa are made in the stuttgart headquarters. so this is taking here for particular strikes, it is from the african command commander's purview, or what are the strikes that african is conducting from germany in somalia with the consent of the government. the u. s. is fighting the militant group, our show bob, the offshoot of al qaeda controls, parts of the country, and repeatedly carries out terrorist attacks. this rundown

district in mogadishu is now the home of kadijah ghetto, and her granddaughter fatima. they fled here from the east of the country. on the evening of february, the 2nd 2020. they were at home with their family. this took seacoast in that day. we had been to school at school. later on in the evening we were having dinner when the missile had really all i knew was that my sister had been killed. oh, well actually with the nav menu, it destroyed my alley and also my name. it shouted, i lost a lot of blood. one of the girls was blown to pieces listen long mm. she was killed by us drown kadijah mohammed get our lost her eyesight. and her granddaughter fatima was hospitalized with severe injuries. after

the attack african in stuttgart reported that an al bob terrorist had been killed were sheesh. the victim was not a terrorist, but a teenager, nato cu, so oma abaca. her uncle works as a journalist. when he 1st heard the report that the u. s. had killed a terrorist in july, but he had no idea his own family had been targeted in the strike. while i let him know that he bought the we had from african i was totally busily around the student who was that 4 of my relatives who were were targeted if it weren't for his campaign for the truth, the real victim would never have been named almost half a year later,

under pressure from human rights organizations, the u. s. military admitted it had killed a civilian african is unwilling to talk to us. but in 2021, vice world news interviewed major general dac that anderson, the commander of special operations command africa at the time. any time there is a civilian casualties due to conflict, it's heartbreaking. and it's very frustrating is frustrating as a commander and as a father, when we do these strikes is a very deliberate intelligence process to confirm the target. and what i can say to that is we can't claim section, but we, we do hold our cells accountable. and we do that very deliberately. although the u . s. military acknowledge the mistake kadijah and fatima have received no apology and no compensation to date. the us admit that 5 civilians have been killed in

drone strikes in somalia in the past 15 years. according to local media, hundreds have in the past, the green party sharply criticized germany's involvement in the jo ann strand war is the fight bush done then? what kind of a friendship is it if this cooperation is not grounded in international law displacement spoke of it got funded in 2019 the green party put forward a motion to the german parliament. no use at ramstein abbeys for killings in violation of international law. member of parliament, katya coil was the signatory insulin and taking it the u as has violated international law with targeted killings and pakistan, game and, and somalia. even if the german government must no longer be content with ignorance, yet it has a duty to know life and what it does not know,

it must investigate. this silence regarding our ally is not helping us or world peace or our american friends. we need to speak openly. turning a blind eye is only making things worse. now, the greens are in government and county coil is minister of states at the federal foreign office. foreign minister on elaina bab hawk declined on a request for an interview with a 2 month window for shilling raisins. katya coil, when talked to was either about an issue she previously felt strongly about. her colleague tobias lintner has also refused. i request for an interview. alina babel repeatedly emphasizes that international law and human rights are at the heart of her foreign policy. i don't distinguish between week as in china, i don't distinguish between ukrainians or persecuted,

russian journalists and human rights defenders between these ocurred that is the strength of human rights in the visibility, no matter where you live in the world. so what is the green parties position now on germany's role in the us drone wall? because we're trying to find out from green politicians what the current position is on the drone war. and ramstein adorned ramstein his nakedness. not my area right now. the party leaders won't give us an interview or to do it. mr. clinton wants the current position of the green party on the us drone war and ramstein, the green, some west one critical homestead. mine which i gave them was a ruling from the higher administrative court and minister, which i personally welcomed. however, unfortunately, the federal administrative court room differently it ruled that the government

doesn't have to do more than asked questions for, as it was a young and legal with this movie asked the government, you know, and i'll talk, keep asking. thanks mister dean. we sent the government a list of questions. the foreign ministry says that constant dialogue with the u. s, but the government has no information about exactly which you astro admissions are conducted by ramstein. the u. s. has repeatedly provided assurances that it abides by german law. is what government has always sent. so have the greens abandon the previous dance, is the party no longer calling for investigations of civilian deaths. a meeting about afghanistan is taking place at the foreign ministry. miss bam, up he once submitted a motion? no killing by ramstein in violation of international laws. press after legible good . but afterwards, we're still not allowed to talk to his bank. the foreign office referred us to

a new member of parliament. mulash bella back. the settlements. i'm living in 2019 the green submitted emotion, no use of ramstein air base for killing and violation of international law because it was the position to day anderson as we continued to support this demand, both as a party and as a parliamentary group and continued to condemn killings in violation of international law. b, it's my arm to drown. so any other weapon? and i also assume that the government will continue to advocate their sim, bilateral talks. i'm speaking the find that's on calling since we've had a green foreign minister, have questions been asked of the us and before we calling before, if i was the question is not whether we ask questions, but how we deal with the consequences. good. and that's not my job to assess them. i dropped the letter after i'd walked the consequences be that will be

a long list beyond the scope of the conversation. now i'll about this place in lieu of them because it would affect the diplomatic relations with the us that we can assume. so ah, the greens jettisoning that principles because they failed powerless towards the u . s. or simply to avoid upsetting an ally because clearly in light of the russian invasion of ukraine, germany is more aware that it has been for some time that the u. s. can provide military protection. but how credible is germany's commitment to human rights if it applies different standards to different countries? the u. s. has been waging war on terra for more than 20 years, primarily with drones. even if president joe biden has scaled down the drone war,

he still threatens strikes any time anywhere where it was cold over the horizon capabilities. which means we can strike chairs to targets without america boots on the ground. it's an ongoing war and one that most people are barely aware of. but germany, a country committed to upholding human rights is involved ah, but i just got a thought say what grade level jenny

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