waterfalls, so water particles into the air b, trees, sweating out up to 1000 liters of water in a day or sea forest fires, evaporating large amounts of moisture tune in to get the answer. learn more about this phenomenon with a heavy, invisible river that flows through the sky starts march 23rd on d, w. ah, in july 2022 al qaeda leda, i man, i'll z 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. take you out. the u. s. uses drones to kill alleged

terrorists around the world with or without a declaration of war executions. without trial. august the 29th 2021. original footage filmed from a u. s. combat drone suckling over cobble scanning for terrorists. nato forces on heightened de, not days earlier, an i as terrorist attack, killed over 170 people cobble add port. 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 hulu. the exam is in the door, 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 we just done the shopping petty done to see that color. 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, marty surveillance cameras film him arriving at his job at 935. a smarty 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. david 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 at the media. the hottest, the father parted these canisters that make him suspicious to the u. s. military around 4 p. m. oc. marty 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. amante's car turns into his trade. by now u. s. military analysts have concluded that the car contains explosives,

and another attack is imminent. acc. marty begins backing the car into the driveway. his children and his brothers children are waiting for him. gurgles moraine with the right. no. 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 cornish on may. that video grandpa is coming as you start from with that 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 mouth. i mean the flag local collision, the whole amount that should do us, our floor will hard to live eigen an am garb. mendez garnished and hopped at and and dawn and go over drones strike against an isis k vehicle. and o does those oxy?

mitch ranged off ballade and on to a big sparked some flew cove. there was i hadn't, i hadn't an unguarded mind by turn, an am slap, healthy cobbler through cafe in that. but adam dorn and and get off of i moved mosley concepcion, adam tita the procedures were correctly followed. a lot of writers strike in cobble the taliban has given us permission to film. there was littleton vick 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 all of the lib told nancy 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 canisters suspected to be explosives are still here. oh, of them then the don, that 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. then an explosion, 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 with us. as well as the 7 children, 3 adults were killed, 2 shot at the bye, put the 10 bodies in the coffins with my own hands. so that with the children were totally charge. it was only after we buried them and come home. the thought that it really sank in what had happened to be a 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 direct rep. ready i all, for my profound condolences to the family and friends of those who were killed. afghanistan has long been the main target if you asked rounds. 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 ass drone operations worldwide. 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 the targeted killings is done. lou daily, jonathan, the u. s. 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. and of those 2 for years, gemini accepted us 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 based otta. but what does 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 against suspected

terrorists in other words drowns their advantages supposedly include precision strikes and reduced collateral damage with weapons like the federal, universal or troops can conduct the searches strikes on terse and hard to reach areas, osbourne innocent life with our extraordinary technology, we're conducting the most precise air campaign in history. let my direction united states military successfully executed a flawless precision strike. so only terrorists are killed and there's no risk to us soldiers. drone strikes 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 lou. 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 me to 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 many reviewers in it's promotional videos,

the military makes drone warfare look like a video game controlled by a joystick. do 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 of the war alone, 40 percent of civilian casualties were children. movie 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. definitely go. and then it exploded on the ground. and boom, look, i love does any of us now? oh, i know my susan, we had 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 the taliban or not everybody got hit and it was a bomb and then they flew off again. they have another was never 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 at the u. s. 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. wonderful, you can go to list it up or fucker is the mac. i believe that all or less more and more innocent, people were dying at many people were 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 lock with. it's a fairy, even the c i h 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 us drone killings and 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 us drone. one man tells us he is their older brother at that number. the fact that it said that it was, 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 control 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, bryan 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 like after missile impact in the pirates? like, yeah, she shut up and i was like, hey, mission core. nancy, can you ask the screener what that was? and her missing coordinator asked the screener in the screws. i got a review and feed i, we determined that it was a dog and i was like, there's no, no way. there's no way a dog can open a door. right? no, i went to my supervisor and he tried to punish me. don't me to shut up, do my job? no one's in listen to me. just right off as a darn the us air force fails to respond to our inquiries. but there is evidence to show that the u. s. military regularly copies of the civilian death toll 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 a boon to stock the german parliament and received an award in germany for civil courage. he also spoke about the role played by the ramstein airbase 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 a u. s. trone strike killed

a 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 allotted next. but the next all 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 drone strikes in africa are made in the stuttgart headquarters.

so this is take you here, for particular strikes, it is from the african command commanders per view. 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. i'll show bob the off shoot 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 2nd, that day we had been to school school. later on in the evening we were having dinner . when the missile hit me, all i knew was that my sister had been killed. oh,

well actually with ma'am it destroyed my alley and also my leg. it shouted. i left the lot of blood. one of the goals was blown to pieces with me. 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. well i let him know that he bought the we had from african i was totally busily. miranda. the incident was that uh, 4 of my relatives who were that 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 dec 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 is frustrating as a commander. and as a father, 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 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 and drawn 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 is the fight. bush dunden, what kind of friendship is it? if this cooperation is not grounded in international law? this folk are linked up 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 giddeons. 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, 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. if 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 state 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 went talk to us either about an

issue she previously felt strongly about. her cali toby as lintner, has also refused. i request for an interview anna leon about 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 than human rights defenders. between is the 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 ramstein his nakedness. not my

area right now that it will, 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, the greens from west one good lumsden mine were targeting 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 a given and reagan with this movie asked the government, you know, and i'll talk, keep asking. thanks mister dean. we sent a government, a list of questions. the foreign ministry says there's 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 abandoned their previous dance. is the party no longer calling for investigations of civilian dance? a meeting about an johnston is taking place at the foreign ministry. miss pamela. p one, submitted a motion, no killing via ramstein in violation of international laws press after with but afterwards we're still not allowed to talk to his bank. the foreign office referred us to a new member of parliament, mallor spell aback, settlement on beginning in 2019 the green submitted emotion of no use of ramstein abbeys for killing in violation of international law. was that position today? the industry, 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 arms drown. so any other weapon. and i also assume that the government will continue to advocate this in 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 been before we calling before the fall of the question is not whether we ask questions, but how we deal with the consequences. and that's not my job to assess my job to so a time after i'd walked the consequences b, that's that, that will be a long list beyond the scope of the conversation now about this place. because it would affect the diplomatic relations with the u. s. stuff we can assume, so ah, the grains jettisoning that principals because they failed powerless towards the u . s. ready or simply to avoid upsetting an eye,

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 wall, he still threatened strikes any time anywhere where it was cold over the horizon capabilities. which means we can strike chairs to targets without american 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 hulu

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