to this family kevin you realize that this family has never been brought out of their home in north waziristan and the father said you looked at the life around here in d.c. and he wished his children too would be able to walk the streets not afraid of being bombed at a moment. the family came to washington of course hoping to get answers to why they have been clear every day and here's what their thirteen year old son said. no longer. i prefer gray skies drones don't fly when the skies are gray then the sky brightens and few returns. and this young man is one of many pakistani children who don't see the sky that way independent reports say u.s. drones killed one hundred seventy four children those are startling numbers if you put human faces to them and the purpose of this hearing was to put a human face to throw strikes and there is a sure chance that in congress the tragedy of this family. will fall on deaf ears but there is hope that the public will take notice. ok. i guess the family were hoping to be more members of congress that took an interest to be there to listen to what they're say

you know the family has never been brought out of their home in north waziristan and the father is said to look at the life around here in d.c. in the short time that he's been here and i met with a lively restaurant there after the screening of a documentary on cross where they were invited and the father said he wished this for children to could walk the streets and not afraid of being bombed at any moment so the family came to washington hoping to get answers to why they live in fear every day and i had the chance to talk to the little girl to the nine year old girl why do you think you queer mother was killed. i don't know that's one of the reasons why we came here i have no idea why my grandmother was killed when the drone hate i was outside with my grandmother everything became dark i was scared so i started to run then i noticed my hand was bleeding so i tried to clean my hand but not kept coming out but i was very scared so i just kept running independent reports a u.s. drone strikes killed one within seventy four children those are stunning numbers if you put human face to them

misty international conducted on the ground research into non drone strikes occurring in the north waziristan region of pakistan between january two thousand and twelve and august twenty third team what they found was very little legal justification for these killings lead researcher mustafa qadri describes one of them on the sixth of july two thousand and twelve eighteen miles including at least one young boy fourteen year old khan were killed by a u.s. drone in the first strike eight men were instantly killed while they were having they did offer a long difficult day in the field as people came to assist them those who to see if there were any injured any survive as they too were also attacked. witnesses describe to us i'm a cob scene of body parts and blood and blood panic and terror as u.s. drones continued to to hold the overhead now this report comes just as the prime minister of pakistan arrives in washington d.c. to meet with president obama and the timing of the release of these reports was not a coincidence and while we sit here in washington d.c. with the prime minister of pakistan

she is in the family field in north waziristan, a village or one of the main cities.e is picking okra. the next day, the holiest day in the year for muslims, her kids are doing their work in the field as well. they noticed drones overhead. they were sort of used to that because drones are ubiquitous in the skies over there. literally, quite suddenly, she is attacked. targeted to be deliberately. we can tell, obviously, without more information. andssile hits her directly she dies instantly. some of her kids are injured in the initial strike from shrapnel . their house is damaged from the reverberation of the strike. as some of them ventured to see what has happened to the grandmother, a few minutes later another strike happens about nine feet away from where the grandmother is killed. that injures more of her grandchildren. after that, there is incredible panic as we saw in the video clip. up until today, the family -- even up to today, the family has not received acknowledgment she was killed by a drone. we researched this case thoroughly. we even analyzed missile fr

we are following the story and this is the report from islamabad. >> a drone strike in north waziristanilled three people. according to reports two missiles were fired, one hitting in a main baddar. the other hitting a housing compound. the attack comes a week after pakistan's prime minister pleaded the case with the u.s. president that the drone strikes should stop. however, the americans have sent a clear message that they have no intention to stop the strikes, and the strike coming hours after the pakistani ministry of defense informed the senate that only 67 civilians had been killed in the past. most of the casualties were militants. that, of course, would contradict the foreign office statement to the u.n. ben emerson, that hundreds were kill. he was later told that that figure was an underestimate, that the casualty figure was in the thousands. the report is seen as highly contradictory because there have been a number of attacks. casualties are confirmed to be civilians. 80 civilians were killed at a funeral procession in 2009. over 40 tribal chief taps were killed -- chief tans

. >> amnesty international focussed on drone strikes in north waziristan. investigators researched nine of 45 known attacks occurring between january 2012 and august 2013. in one strike they claim 18 labourers were reportedly kill. >> the most challenging situation we had to face was the complete and utter secrecy of the u.s. authorities. because of that we cannot be 100% certain, but we are certain that these and other killings in the reports may constit use war crimes. >> the pakistani prime minister visiting washington expressed concern about the u.s. drone policy. >> in a national conference we declared the use of drones is not only a violation of our territorial integrity, but detry theal to our efforts at ellimb nating terrorism from our country. this issue became a matter in our bilateral relationship. i stress the need for an end to drone attacks. >> yemen is a frequent argument of u.s. drones. human rights watch charges the u.s. launched 80 targeted killings there since 2009, killing 473 people - among them civilians. >> we found despite assurances

even after 2014, there will still be drone attacks because the situation will not change in north waziristan where most of the drone attacks occur. the population, the pakistani population has different feelings about that because when you are in karachi you can announce drone attacks, but for the local people living in the tribal areas the -- it is much more nuanced. of course we should cut down drone attacks, because it is kind of a black hole and nobody knows what is happening. we need independent information about that because nobody can go there. the local people are really living in fear. with a survey that says they are ok with drone attacks, how can that be reliable at all? the people who say it is accurate, of course civilians are killed, but it is accurate, nobody told us about the shells fired by the pakistani army, and people say it is worse. it is not all black and white it is just gray in between. >> a very stern francois hollande took on barack obama over new spy allegations. in a tense residential phone call, the french president expressed deep disapproval over reports that t

. >> they travelled from north waziristan to the u.s. congress in washington d.c.he goal - to tell americans what happened when a u.s. drone targeted a pakistani family. it was a year ago when zubair rehnan was struck by shrapnel. he was gathering vegables to prepare for an east of eid >> translation: i could see the drone hovering, why would i worry, neither my grandmother or i were militants. when it fired, the ground shook. >> shrapnel from the second drone hit nabila, his sister, later. as she ran she heard the grandmother, the village witch doctor screaming. >> no one told me why my mother was targeted. four of my children from injured and four of my brother's children. we had to borrow money and sell lands to pay for the children's medical treatment. there has been no compensation. the pakistani government accepted my claim, confirmed the details but says it is not responsible, the u.s. is >> the obama administration has never commend on the strike that targeted the rehmans. and the cia never publicly acknowledged the drone program, that's something the democ

. >> unnamed intelligence officials say the strikes targeted militants in the north waziristan region. there has been no word on the identities of those killed. >> russian court has detained the eight remaining crew members of a greenpeace protest ship for two months while they are being investigated for piracy. the 30 activists on the arctic sunrise ship were arrested earlier this month during a protest against oil drilling in the arctic. thanks to a new hit film here, germans are rediscovering the contributions made by the many thousands of their ancestors who were immigrants in the new world, from argentina to america, a century ago. >> it is the fourth installment in the hugely popular "heimat" series. at the center of his work, a small, fictitious village. >> for many people, the concept of home is something that has been lost. that is what edgar reitz once said. in this film, he takes us within search of it -- he takes us on a search for it. it is a protected search. scenes are slow. the film clocks in at almost four hours. "home from home" takes the long view. the scenes may be

that's in north waziristan. the area near the afghan border is known to be a stronghold for militants with links to the taliban and al qaeda. a.p. quotes unnamed pakistani officials as saying the dead are believed to be militants. there was another drone strike on sunday in the same area. america's use of drones is unpopular in pakistan. the government has repeatedly protest that had they violate pakistani sovereignty. washington considers them a vital tool in the fight against militants in pakistan's lawless tribal areas. >>> gunmen in afghanistan attacked a checkpoint in the western province of herat. at least nine people died. violence in the area appears to be increasing since afghan forces took over security responsibility from international troops. a.p. quotes police who said taliban insurgents on monday killed two officers and three civilians. afghan authorities added that four insurgents were also killed in the ensues gun battle. attacks against the afghan army and police are on the rise as most internat

the pakistan military able have to take military action in the tribal belt and specially in north waziristan if it really wants to sort of neutralize that that it could taliban pakistan and other militant organizations otherwise it would be i don't think the americans are going to stop the drone just like that because what they're saying is that they will discuss this matter with prime minister nawaz sharif when he comes there in the larger context of the security situation in pakistan and afghanistan and in that context decide as to what should be the future line of action and how each country can cooperate with the other i think there is no easy solution and there is a huge dilemma within pakistan as well as to whether if it cannot stop it at the same time if it does stop it does focus on have any alternative of launching military operations to clear these areas and if it doesn't then it gives a big leave me and advantage to the militants so there are human rights aspects but there are also military and operational aspects that cannot be ignored and tell the mustard really interesting to h

return and so does the fear you know this family has never been abroad out of their home in north waziristan and the father of this family said he looked at the life around here. he wished his children to be able to walk the streets not afraid of being bombed that any moment. my mother was killed my children were injured i'm so glad that people are going to hear our story that's why we came to america i have no idea why our village in my house was targeted. the family came to washington of course hoping to get answers to why they have to live in fear every day i have no idea why my grandmother was killed when the drone hate i was outside with my grandmother everything became dark i was scared so i started to run then i noticed my hand was bleeding so i tried to clean my hand but blood kept coming out but i was very scared so i just kept running. we also learned that the u.s. government did not grant to the lawyer of this family prominent practice any warrior who has sued the cia in the past on behalf of the victims of drone strikes in pakistan four hundred fifty thousand vocalisation of. he'

strikes and that's a very recent eighteen months in a very particular part of the country in north waziristan this is one of the most neglected remote areas of the world. ordinary residents suffer abuse from armed groups also disappearances and torture obviously detention for the focused on and. on top of that out of the skies. they are being attacked by u.s. drone strikes. in some cases that some of those some of the killings have been unlawful that amount to extradition executions or war crimes we contacted the u.s. government in advance of our report being published. referred us to cia referred us to the white house and the white house referred us to u.s. president barack obama's speech on may twenty third team which made promises of transparency we've seen little change to date. despite the outrage against the use of the unmanned aircraft washington refuses to acknowledge any unlawful killings that's why some experts are calling for an international investigation into drone strikes. the us has a consistent position in refusing to allow its highest officials whether political or military o

the be the age nine these children lost their grandmother when a drone hit their village in north waziristan last year they all joined me earlier along with their lawyer jennifer gibson to talk about their story. can you briefly describe what happened on october twenty fourth two thousand and twelve well it was the day before either and i had just returned from school i was inside the house having a snack and then my grandma had told me to come outside and help her while she was harvesting the vegetables we're going to prepare for the next day then i saw from the sky that was clear there was a drone that came overhead then two missiles fell right where my grandmother was standing right in front of me and everything became dark i couldn't tell if it was night or day anymore i could also smell smoke and i then felt a pain in my left leg despite the pain i tried my best to run out of there because i was very scared about five minutes later i heard the same dumb dumb noise and again a missile had come down but i kept running i later found out that my cousins who were still in the house they came

study twoort, amnesty drone strikes in 2012, including one that killed a 68-year-old woman in north waziristan who was picking the balls in the field with her grandchildren. >> on tuesday, the woman's son and her grandchildren, who were with her in the field, spoke at a congressional hearing at .ashington, d c. nine-year-old nabila ascribed how she was injured while working with her grandmother when the drone hit them. had asked mether to come help her outside as we were collecting okra. then i saw from the sky a drone -- heard the noise noise. everything was dark and i could not see anything but i heard a scre. i was very scared in all i can think of doing was running. i felt something in my hand and i look down and there was blood. i tried to bandage my hand but the blood kept on coming. nabila was nine-year-old ur rehman. her brother, who was injured with shrapnel roads told congress that my grandmother was nobody's enemy. it was the first time congress had heard directly from drone strike victims. lawmakers,ly five all democrats decided to attend. to be increased oversight about flying dan

strikes and that's a very recent eighteen months in a very particular part of the country in north waziristan this is one of the most neglected remote areas of the world. ordinary residents suffer abuse from armed groups also disappearances and torture obviously detention for the focused on armed forces on top of that out of the skies. they are being attacked by u.s. drone strikes and in some cases it is that some of those some of the killings have been unlawful that amount to extradition executions or war crimes we contacted the u.s. government in advance of our reports being published. they referred us cia referred us to the white house and the white house referred us to u.s. president barack obama's speech of may twenty third team which made promises of transparency we've seen little change to date on a lot of news still to come in the program here on our t.v. for example that of america's homeless shelters filling up with yesterday's middle class. working five days a week and still not having a place to call the biggest of america's poor is drastically changing that story from new york. a

strikes and that's a very recent eighteen months in a very particular part of the country in north waziristan this is one of the most neglected remote areas of the world. ordinary residents suffer abuse from armed groups also disappearances and torture obviously detention for the focused on armed forces on top of that out of the sky. they're being attacked by u.s. drone strikes and in some cases it is that some of those some of the killings have been a little for that amount to extradition executions or war crimes we contacted the u.s. government in advance of our report being published. referred us what the cia referred us to the white house and the white house referred us to u.s. president barack obama's speech up may twenty third team which made promises of transparency we've seen little change to date. online for you right now there's a new government ministry in venezuela created purely to make sure that everyone is feeling well cheery good morning deputy ministry of supreme social happiness and how it's supposed to put a smile on people's faces three community programs. that saudi women

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drone strikes in the north waziristan region have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of innocent civilians staring anti american sentiment and emboldening militants have to basically in the control the impunity that human rights abuses have in that region be they the us of the cia bob is funny forces all the taliban and al qaida sharif brought these concerns to president obama i also brought up the issue of girls at a meeting and for sizing the need for an end to such strikes the obama administration has maintained that drone strikes target terrorists with precision while aiming to minimize threats to civilians but amnesty international's reports suggest some of the strikes have violated international law the human rights group is calling for an investigation it depends on public aid this goes in what happened in these cases who was behind it which institutions which individuals ties between the u.s. and pakistan weekend after the navy seal raid in pakistan that led to the death of osama bin laden pakistani officials complain that the obama administration didn't warn the country before swo

drone strikes in the north waziristan region have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of innocent civilians during anti american sentiment and emboldening militants they have to basically in the control the impunity that human rights abuses have in that region be they the u.s. of the cia pakistani forces or the taliban and al qaida speaking at the u.s. institute of peace prime minister sharon have called for an end to drone strikes in pakistan. not only continued. integrity. meant to do which had risen from our country this issue has become a major. relationship as well. i would give for stressed the need for. the obama administration has maintained that drone strikes target terrorists with precision while aiming to minimize threats to civilians but amnesty international's reports suggest some of the strikes have violated international law the human rights group is calling for an investigation was a part of a broader policy was that it come at a command structure level that this was allowed to happen was that an individual pilot was behind the killing who chose made that decision to do the

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you know this family has never been abroad before out of their home in north waziristan in pakistan and the father said he looked at the life around here in d.c. and i met them at a lively d.c. restaurant after a screening of a documentary on drones where they were invited and the father said he wished his children too would be able to walk the streets not afraid of being bombed at any moment the family of course came to washington hoping to get answers to why they have to live in fear every day i had the chance to talk to a little girl very briefly a day before this meeting in congress here's what she told me why do you think you . i don't know that's one of the reasons why we came here you know i had no idea why my grandmother would want to turn him and was outside with my grandmother everything became dark i was scared so i started to run again and i noticed my hand was bleeding so i tried to clean my hand kept coming out but i was very scared so i just kept running and independent reports say u.s. drone strikes killed one hundred seventy four children those are astonishing numbers i

. >> they travelled more than 11,000km from north waziristan, pakistan to the u.s. congress. the goal - to tell americans what happens when u.s. drones target an innocent family. a year ago zubair rehnan was shot by shrapnel, he was gathering vegetables for a special eade dinner. >> translation: i could see the zone overhead. why would i worry, neither my grandmother nor i were militants. when it fired the ground shook and smoke rose up >> shrapnel hit his sister nabila. she said it was hard to stob the bleeding. she her her grandmother, the village screaming. rafiq ur rehman says the loss of his mother devastated his family. >> translation: no one told me why my mother was tarted. four of my children were injured and four of my brother's children. we had to borrow money and sell land to pay for medical treatment. there has been no compensation to pay for the bills. the pakistani government accepted the claim and confirmed the details but says it is not responsible, the u.s. is >> reporter: the obama administration never commented on the strike that started the rems. the cia