ah, ah ah, in july 2022 alti delita, i man owls, a watery was killed by a us drone strike in kabul. afghanistan, no matter how long it takes, no matter where you. hi. if you are a threat to our people, united states will find you it take you out. the us uses drones to kill alleged

terrorists around the wild with or without a declaration of war executions. without trial august the 29th 2021 original footage filmed from a jo as combat drone suckling over cobble scanning for terrorists. nato forces on heightened didn't days earlier. an i as terrorist attack, killed over 170 people with cobble add port. among them, with 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 it or the axiom 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 that was just done, the shopping fatty love seat at golden, 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. marty surveillance cameras film him arriving at his job at 935. a smartie is an employee of a us aide organization that distributes food in afghanistan hours later surveillance camera footage shows our commodity filling water into canisters and loading them into his truck. davis flood them with that as

he always brought clean water home in canisters. because he can't drink the tap water here of asia, that's what the canisters before, where they are now with the media. the author is the father parted these canisters that make him suspicious to the u. s. military. around 4 p. m. a commodity leaves the 8 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 off montes car turns into his street. by now, u. s. military analysts have concluded that the car contains explosives and another

attack is imminent. commodity begins backing the car into the driveway. his cho and his brother's children are waiting for him. locals moraine with direct notify me. the children were always excited. when's mary came home? was made of them, they liked him very much mama, they called him grandpa college on may, that video. grandpa is coming and she's done with that or they would all go outside . normally the kids thought the car was cool and they'd always get in it. that's what they did that day to donna on our math. i mean the flag local college on the halima that should do us. our floor will hard to la hagan and am gab mendez garnished and hopped at an dawn and go over drones strike against an isis k vehicle. an auto does those oxy,

midge blanks off ballade, and on to a big sparked some flu. cough it was i hadn't, i hadn't an unguarded mind by turn an am slap out in cobbler through cafe in that. but adam dornen, i'm get off of i move mosley concepcion, adam tita the procedures were correctly followed. a lot of writers strike in cobble the taliban has given us permission to film the rule of thumb vig were on our way to the home where the attack took place in august 2021 to meet a family member who witnessed what happened to him over miller, andrew miller's, one of the lifted mans. 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 here. oh, of them then the down. there was a sudden we were standing outside that

a bit further down the street. on that when suddenly there was a terrible sound got on by the sound of a rocket allow, then an explosion of and they did, we ran into the court yard law. the gate was completely destroyed, the fellow's how little children had been blown to pieces that we picked them up, charge on. there was blood and body parts everywhere and with them did diversion furnish as well as the 7 children, 3 adults were killed. the shadow at the bye, put the 10 bodies in the coffins with my own hands, so that with the children were totally charred with 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 count, count, count, set him up as he fell, let me 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 assume that it is unlikely that the vehicle and those who died were associated with isis j or were a. ready wrecked ref. ready us i all, for 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, astro operations wild wind. ramstein is home to a control center where life images from drones around the world are analyzed and cross referenced with intelligence. in other words,

this is where much of the groundwork for targeted killings is done ah, daily comma and the u. s. can kill people whenever and where ever 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. and of those 2 for years germany accepted. you asked assurances that the activities in ramstein do not violate its laws. you was the u. s. has reiterated that had respects german law in its use of the ramstein bay slash otta. but won't dance the us actually mean by respect german law to in the wake of 911, the u. s. declined a wall on terra, and passed a law approving use of all necessary and appropriate force against suspected

terrorists in other words drowns their advantages supposedly include precision strikes and reduced collateral damage. was weapons like the predator in arsenal, or troops can conduct the surgeon strikes on tours and hard to reach areas, os, bearing innocent life with our extraordinary technology. we're conducting the most precise air campaign in history that my direction the united states military successfully executed a flawless precision strike. so only terrorists held and there's no risk to you asked soldiers drone stripes 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 none. wow. but we'd

still like to take a look at the creech air force base lou ah, 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, is it a topic? no, no. amazingly, nobody talks about anything that goes on over there. this why no, no need to. 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 never george in its promotional videos, the military makes drone warfare look 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 wild act. 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. according to the un, over 2000 civilians died in afghanistan from as strikes, including drones. in the last 5 years of the war alone, 40 percent of civilian casualties were children. movie did a drone ever hit when you were playing cricket, viola? yes, it was and from where? ah, from their mother 1st there was a buzzing sound but then the missile dropped last night and then exploded on the

ground. and boom, look, i love the year round. ah, my citi me and when they came we would hide so we wouldn't get bombed. was again the don't they circled overhead and then they struck i thought of the taliban or not everybody got hit with the bomb and then they flew off again. the grandmother was near proponents of 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 of the us war, the taliban art once again in power. this former us base is now a taliban police headquarters. the police chief is a former militant, he claims that drone strikes drive people to extremism listed upwards. tucker is remarkable if at all or less, more and more innocent, people were dying. and many people were losing their families so much. and that's when we saw the number of militants increasing, we had asked whether to do more combination or credit loss with them. 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 shows that in 15 month period in 201390 percent of people killed in u. s. trone killings, but not the intended targets. the u. s. military also uses a fraud methodology that counts or military aged males in a strike zone as combatants. in other words, boys over 15. these 3 boys were killed by a us drone. one man tells us he is their older brother at that number 30. 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. what about the color we ordinary people couldn't do anything . nobody believed us. shaneka most drowned strikes and not

investigated. the claim that they are precision peelings 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 a man drones. his job was to mark the drones target with a laser. ah, prime 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 and back, and if i, it's like, yeah, she shut up and i was like, hey, mission corner m c. and you asked the screener what that was and her mrs coordinator asked the screener in the schools. i got a review and feed a we determined that it was a dog and i was like, there's no absolutely no way. there's no way a dog can't open a door. right? no, i went to my supervisor and he tried to punish me. don't me to shut 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 deaths told of drone strikes. in 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 or handed it back, we would call ramstein air force base up to check the signal multiple times. wouldn't even be wanted every mission, every single mission the ramstein ebay says a key control center for the drug war. does this make germany complicit in civilian deaths? yet i am 3 people from yemen thought so they filed a lawsuit against the german government because the u. s. drone strike kill de

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 and using the ramstein air base and monitor us drone activities closely about the next. but the next authority, the federal administrative court ruled that the german government only needed to ask the yo ass 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 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 guest. 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 i shouldn't within many it destroyed my alley and also my leg. it shouted. my love belonged to blood. one of the girls was blown to pieces with me. she was killed by us, drown kadijah ma hammock at our last time. i cite and her granddaughter fatima was hospitalized with severe injuries. after the attack african in stuttgart reported that an al shabani 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,

angelica he had no idea his own family had been targeted in the strike a well my land, lord that he bought to we had from african i was totally busily around the city to was that uh, 4 of my relatives who were they 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 dak, vin 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. it's 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 clean, perfect the way we do, hold ourselves 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 drones, 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 us drone war. and it is fight 1st and then what kind of friendship is it? if this cooperation is not grounded in international law? this guy went to 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 idioms. and i'm thinking that the u. s. 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, it has a duty to know life and what it does not know, it must be investigated. 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 alina bab hawk declined at the request for an interview with a 2 month window. for scheduling reasons. katya coil went talk to us either about

an issue she previously felt strongly about. ready her colleague toby, as lintner, has also refused our request for an interview. alina babble 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 easy diesel occurred. 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 german? his role in the us drone wall. if we were trying to find out from green politicians, what the current position is on the drone war and ramstein adorned, understands me, kidneys,

not my area right now that the party leaders won't give us an interview or to do you. mr. clinton wants the current position of the green party on the us drone war and ramstein, vincent, west, one clickable homestead. mine which i gave them was a ruling from the higher administrative court and minister, which i personally welcomed harbor. 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 given in 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 afterwards. good. but afterwards we're still not allowed to talk to his bank. the foreign office refers us to a new member of parliament. mallor spell aback. settlements on degrees in 2019 the green submitted emotion, no use of ramstein abbeys for killing and violation of international law 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. and so any other weapon. and i also assume that the government will continue to advocate their sim, bilateral talks. i'm placing the find that's on calling since we've had a green foreign minister. have questions been asked of the us before we calling before? if far as 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 was good walker, the consequences be just that will be a long list beyond the scope of the conversation. now i must place in lieu of it to them because it would affect the diplomatic relations with the u. s. stuff 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? ready the u. s. has been waging war on terra for more than 20 years, primarily with drowns, 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,

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