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america's unmanned killing machines draw condemnation from amnesty international and human rights watch to conclude that drone strikes in pakistan and yemen should be classed as war crimes. the syrian government submit its plan to destroy its chemical weapons to the hague while nineteen opposition.

rights of all people not just the u.s. citizens. they want to make sure that the people accused of attacks on the u.s. receive fair and public trials. >> amnesty international and human rights watchccuse the obama administration of violating human rights and the use of the drones. the researchers have charged the u.s. of breaking their own promise of being more transpair transparent. they focused on strikes in pakistan. they researched nine of 45 known drone attacks. from january 2012 and august 2013. in one strike 18 laborers were reportedly killed. >> u.s. counter terrorism strikes are precise an lawful and protective. the u.s. does not take lethal strikes when we or our partners have the ability to capture the terrorists. >> that was white house press secretary denying the reports of human rights watch and amnesty international. here is more from their allegations,. >> 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 percent certain but we believe these killings documented in our report may include war crimes. we document cases where they could have been arrested and civiliancivilians cas

. >> two reports by amnesty international and human rights watch say u.s. drone strikes to take out militants in pakistan and yemen may have been war crimes. the obama administration rejects the conclusions saying it's counterterrorism attacks are lawful and effective. >> amnesty international has been interviewing the relatives of civilian victims of drone attacks. one killed a grandmother. imtiaz tyab spoke with her family in north western pakistan. >> this is the family of mamana bibi. they say the 60-year-old mother and grandmother was killed in a u.s. drone strike in october of last year. all they have left to remember her by is the photo from her id card. mamana bibi's son, rafeequl rehman, says these x-rays show the injuries sustained by his children when the u.s. drone fired a missile near their home in ghundi kala, in north waziristan. >> everyone was working in the field where we have crops. that's where the drop hits. when the missile struck it was so powerful some fell down steps. >> in a wideranging report into drone strikes, the human rights wa

america's a man killing machine condemnation from amnesty international and human rights watch you say the drone strikes in yemen may constitute war crime. the syrian government present full list of its chemical weapons and its.

human rights groups zeroed in today on attacks by unmanned u.s. drones and civilian casualties. amnesty international and human rights watch focused on drone strikes in pakistan and yemen. they said the resulting civilian deaths may be tantamount to war crimes in some cases. we'll explore the issue in detail, right after the news summary. efforts to begin peace talks in the syrian civil war have run into a roadblock. the western-backed syrian national coalition laid down several conditions today. its leader said president bashar al-assad must be excluded from any new government and hard-line islamist rebels must be kept out of peace talks. in turn, secretary of state john kerry advised caution. >> woodruff: kerry said he's still optimistic that the rebel coalition will agree to take part in talks with the assad regime, starting in late november. the oil kingdom of brunei will soon be under islamic criminal law. the ruling sultan announced today that enforcement of the sharia penal code will begin in six months. penalties include amputations for convicted thieves and stoning for those who commit adultery. brunei already ban

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they help terrorists recruit more terrorists most recently to report came out by amnesty international and human rights watch they looked into u.s. strikes in pakistan and yemen human rights watch found that in the strikes that they had investigated seven percent of those who died were civilians washington says they decimated al qaeda solution but it seems al-qaeda has metastasized and continue spreading with drone strikes and brewing civil wars in washington i'm going to check on. george kenney who's a former diplomat of the u.s. foreign service as washington keeps showing its war on terror as full of inconsistency is we should reasonably assume that within the u.s. government they have exactly the same data they know that the more that we attack terrorists the way that we're doing the more terrorism appears and so then the question is well if we're creating more terrorists through our end of terrorism activities why are we doing it there's no sensible strategy there's no consistent logical strategy behind us actions we're taking things one piece at a time so here we support one group there we suppress the

they help terrorists recruit more terrorists most recently to report came out by amnesty international and human rights watch they looked into u.s. strikes in pakistan and yemen human rights watch found that in the strikes that they have investigated seventy percent of those who died were civilians washington says they've decimated al qaeda leadership but it seems al-qaeda has metastasized and continue spreading with drawn strikes and brewing civil wars in washington i'm going to check on. what we discuss this disturbing situation with journalist and broadcaster mill clucky believes the u.s. is simply not interested in curbing its influence in the region the fact is that if al qaeda didn't exist it have to be invented it serves an awful lot of good purposes for united states to push its again you around the world if the u.s. was really serious about al qaeda and wanted to deal with it they would do they wouldn't be supporting al-qaeda in syria they would be wanting a secular regime in syria to be toppled that they wouldn't be wanting regime change in libya would be a new clark oh so assiduously turmoil in ir

help terrorists recruit more terrorists most recently two reports came out by amnesty international and human rights watch they looked into u.s. strikes in pakistan and yemen human rights watch found that in the strikes that they have investigated seventy percent of those who died were civilians washington says they've decimated its leadership but it seems al-qaeda has metastasized. and continue spreading with drawn strikes and brewing civil wars in washington i'm going to. discuss the situation further i'm now joined live by journalist and broadcaster neil clark the club how much of the turmoil and violence we're currently seeing in iraq and afghanistan are directly blamed on nature intervention i think they could all be directly blamed on the nato intervention because if we think back the so-called interventions that we need all build a humanitarian ventures work it was the benign nato powers led by the united states were going into these countries to liberate the people from these with dictators like saddam was say. exactly and in every instance of the so-called interventions the result has been death

has even begun to publicly acknowledge the existence of its drone program and both human rights watch and amnesty international were clear to state that their reports are not aimed at condemning the drone program. so but instead condemning on lawful killings and a lack of transparency coming from the white house they called for full disclosure of the facts behind each drone killing and the legal justification for their call for congress to reassert an oversight role they called for the families of those indiscriminately killed by drones to be compensated and they called for an independent investigations and fair trials against those responsible for unlawful drone killings which could include the president himself. in washington sam sachs. and pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif spoke in washington d.c. today before he meets with president obama tomorrow this is one man to say about drone strikes in his country the use of green just not only that done to you by lucian but what did it do to the dignity. men to do what is order and if which even if you can get risen from our country and are in shock as an advoc

america's unmanned killing machines draw condemnation from amnesty international and human rights watch to conclude that drone strikes in pakistan and yemen should be classed as war crimes. damn. the syrian government submits its plan to destroy its chemical weapons to the hague while nineteen opposition groups refused to tan a long awaited peace conference in geneva. six pm in the russian capital you're watching r.t. with me marina joshie welcome to the program the german chancellor has been a target of u.s. surveillance for over a decade according to a leak and it's a document obtained by german media follows earlier reports of american spies tapping the phones of dozens of world leaders and a phone call to president obama merkel said the monitoring would be a breach of trust if confirmed she also said that spying among friends does not work obama reportedly claimed to have had no for knowledge of such practices however germany's. newspaper goes as far as suggesting he actually encouraged the bugging of merkel's phone leaked documents now show that her number was on the nics watch lis

america's a man killing machine is still condemnation from amnesty international and human rights watch who say the drone strikes in pakistan and yemen may constitute war crimes. and the syrian government presents its full list of its chemical weapons now and its plans to destroy them while nineteen opposition groups refused to attend that long awaited peace conference in geneva. over a given for me kevin owen if you're just joining us this is r.t. it's a weekly roundup of the top stories of the last seven days eleven pm here in moscow and first the german chancellor has been a target of u.s. surveillance for over a decade according to that leaked n.s.a. documented tain by german media it follows earlier reports of american spies tapping the phones of dozens of world leaders in a phone call to president obama merkel said the monitoring would be a breach of trust if confirmed she also said that spying of among friends simply doesn't work well of barmer apparently apologized and reportedly claimed to have had no knowledge of such practices before. however germany's build newspaper goes as

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america's heartland killing machine pistol condemnation from amnesty international and human rights watch to say the drone strikes in pakistan and yemen may constitute war crimes. plus the syrian government presents its plan to destroy its chemical weapons opposition groups refused to attend the long awaited peace conference in geneva. over a good evening who just joined us it's eight pm my name is kevin o. and this is r t and it's the weekly a roundup of the top stories in the last seven days first the german chancellor has been the target of u.s. surveillance for over a decade according to a leaked n.s.a. document obtained by german media follows those early reports of american spies tapping the phones of dozens of world leaders well in a phone call to president obama merkel said the monitoring would be a breach of trust if confirmed she also said that spying among friends just doesn't work now reportedly apologized and reportedly claimed to have had no full knowledge of such practices however germany's build newspaper goes as far as suggesting he actually. courage the bugging of merkel

america's unmanned killing machines draw a condemnation from amnesty international and human rights watch to conclude that drone strikes in pakistan yemen should be classed as war crimes. and the syrian government submitted its plan to destroy its chemical weapons to the hague while nineteen opposition groups refused to attend along the way to peace conference in geneva. it is four pm last you're watching r.t.l. marina josh welcome to the program. the german chancellor has been a target of u.s. surveillance for over a decade courting to leak and it's a document obtained by german media that follows earlier reports of american spies tapping the phones of dozens of world leaders in a phone call to president obama merkel said the monitoring would be a breach of trust if confirmed she also said that spying among friends does not work obama reportedly claims to have had no for a knowledge of such practices however germany's build newspaper goes as far as suggesting he actually encouraged the bugging of merkel's phone documents now show that her number was on the n.s.a.'s watch list since two t

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america's unmanned killing machines draw condemnation from amnesty international and human rights watch who say that drone strikes in pakistan and yemen may constitute war crimes. and the syrian government presents its plan to destroy its chemical weapons while nineteen opposition groups refused to attend that long awaited peace conference in geneva. live from the r.t. do center it's ten pm here in moscow it's kevin with you this very good have you company it's a weekly top stories of the last seven days and the german chancellor has been the target of u.s. surveillance for over a decade it seems according to a leaked and they say documented by german media it follows early reports of american spies tapping the phones of dozens of world leaders in a phone call to president obama merkel said the monitoring would be a breach of trust as she put it will syria in a minute if confirmed she also said that spying among friends does not work a bomber apparently apologized and reportedly claimed to have had no for knowledge of such practice is there they go nice into change. germany's billed new

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america's a man killing machines tall condemnation from amnesty international and human rights watch who say that drone strikes in pakistan and yemen may constitute war crimes. and the syrian government presents from a list of its chemical weapons and its plans to destroy the one thousand opposition groups refuse to attend the long awaited peace conference in geneva. warning for moscow what i am here now when is kevin owen you're watching the weekly a roundup of the top stories of the last seven days here on r.t. and first the german chancellor has been a target of u.s. surveillance for over a decade according to a leaked and they say document obtained by german media that follows earlier reports of american spies tapping the phones of dozens of world leaders in a phone call to president obama merkel said it would be a breach of trust if the monitoring is confirmed said that quote spying among friends just doesn't work a bomber apparently apologized and reportedly claimed to have had no prior knowledge it was going on but germany's billed newspaper goes as far as suggesting he actuall

amnesty international and human rights watch say deadly strikes in yemen and pakistan violate internationaled as war crimes. . >>> john kerry says reports of a rift between the united states and saudi arabia are overblown. the secretary of state is talking about comments made by the saudi intelligence chief who says the arab nation is

militants in pakistan and yemen could be war crimes according to two reports by amnesty international and human rights watch. many victims have been civilians. >> john kerry de nice reports there's a rift between u.s. and saudi arabia. referring to comments made by the saudi arabia chief who says they are shifting away from american policies. john kerry said the comment were made before a meeting with the country's foreign minister. >> reports about nsa spying on the french are inaccurate. relations have been strained since a newspaper article in lamond claimed the spy agency monitored 70 million private conversations of french citizens. recent articles contained inaccurate misleading information regarding u.s. foreign intelligence. clapper added u.s. intelligence methods were used by all nations. those are the headlines. "america tonight" it up next and remember, you can get the latest news on aljazeera.com. see you tomorrow night. >> good evening and thanks for being with us. i'm joi e chan. sex crimes. and the response of victims to those assaults lead us tonight. first we turn to maryville missouri. the

amnesty international and human rights watch say deadly strikes in yemen and pakistan violate international law and could be classified as war crimes. . >>> john kerry says reports of a rift between the united states and saudi arabia are overblown. the secretary of state is talking about comments made by the saudi intelligence chief who says the arab nation is shifting away from american policies. john kerry says the comments were made before a meeting with the saudi arabia foreign minister, and things are fine. >> the u.s. denies that it's spying on french citizens. in a statement released the director of national intelligence says: a french newspaper reported about u.s. intelligence operations in france, said the nsa collected millions of calls from business people, politicians, suspected terrorists. "consider this" is this with antonio mora. i'll see you back here at 11 eastern time. [ ♪ theme ] >> the blowback from drone strikes. human rights groups say they are killing more civilians than the obama administration admits. that could cause problems abroad. "consider this" is the u.s. bec

again civilians have violated international law and sparked a backlash that undermines the campaign against al qaeda. amnesty international and human rights watch called on the obama administration to reveal his full legal rationale for the strikes and investigate the killings detailed in the reports. president obama spoke by phone monday with the french president in a bid to alleviate tensions over reports that revealed massive spying for the national security agency in france. in a statement after the call, the white house said the pair had -- mexico meanwhile said it would send a diplomatic note to the united states demanding an investigation into spying on its officials following a report the nsa hacked the e-mail account of then-president felipe helder on calderon in 2010. president obama defended his signature health care law monday following weeks of technical failures that have prevented many from signing up. obama declined to say how many people have actually been able to enroll, but he admitted there have been technical roadblocks. >> the problem has been the website that is supposed to make it easy to apply for and purchase the insur

rights groups are saying some u.s. drone strikes in pakistan and yemen may actually be war crimes. that is right. amnesty international and human rights watchne attacks, including several that have killed civilians. a highly critical reports were made public a day before president obama is due to meet with pakistan's prime minister. the report calls for a series of measures to bring the drone program in line with international law. including impartial investigations into several cases. bringing those responsible for human rights violations to justice, and offering compensation to the families of those civilian victims. >>> 22 days into the rollout of the new health care website, the program's website. some people are actually able to log in. others still facing problems we know, even the president admits that there are problems that have plagued the online application process. buliston this. it turns out that the state-run obama care programs, the so-called state exchanges have been operating rather smoothly. that's good news. senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us for some good news. why is this different than the way the fe

. >> the white house strongly disagrees with the reports from amnesty international and human rights watch, saying the u.s. drone strikes are not a violation of international law, saying the u.s. is making every possible effort to avoid civilian casualties. >> u.s. counter terrorism is precise. our preference is always to detain, interrogate and prosecute. >> carney said there must be near certainty no civilians will be killed or injured when a drone strike is planned in areas where there are no active hostilities. he says it's the highest standard the u.s. can send. >> joining us is noreen shaw, and advisor at amnesty international u.s.a. she is joining us in washington, d.c. good morning to you, miss shaw. >> good morning. >> she's are damaging claims here. how can amnesty international, the claims that the u.s. has breached international law, how can you be 100% the u.s. has breached international law. >> this is a highly politicized issue. we were incredibly careful about the evidence that we assembled and the specific cases that we documented here. we assembled specific teams to inter

effective weapon against terrorism, but human rights groups now say some of those strikes in pakistan and yemen may be war crimes. amnesty international and human rights watchay detail multiple drone attacks including several that have killed civilians. the highly critical reports come at a bad time. tomorrow president obama is due to meet with pakistan's new prime minister. jim sciutto is joining us live from new york with more. how is the obama administration reacting to these reports? >> well, would he have, they're reacting very strongly and say one, they take civilian casualties very seriously. two, they say they've taken measures recently to reduce civilian casualties and that is true. but to the league question in these reports saying that the administration may be be guilty of war crimes, the administration's reaction even more emphatic. here's how press secretary jay carney sondedsonded -- responde shows questions today. >> we would strongly disagree. the administration has repeatedly emphasized the extraordinary care that we take to make sure counter-terrorism actions will in accordance with all applicable law. >> we spoke this morning with the ne

amnesty international and human rights watch say innocent people have been killed, and that the illegal strikes should be investigated as possible war crimes. jz's alan fisher reports now from washington. >> reporter: this isn't the first time that the united states has been criticized for the drone program, but the administratiad admission firmly believes it protects americans. it says the drone program is highly successful at targeting high members of al qaeda and the taliban. they also say that everything think do is sufrjt to scrutiny in congress and also within international law. >> i think it's important to note that by narrowly targeting our action against those who want to kill us and not the people they hide among, we're choosing the course of action least likely to result in the loss of innocent life. >> reporter: the fabricing stannies have complained for years the way the drone program is operated. when the pakistani prime minister meets barack obama in the white house on wednesday, you can be sure it will be close to the top of the agenda. of course, now sharif has been spe

you know you know and i think one thought about iran or syria or some other country that they're putting a target on they would leap to approach human rights watch and amnesty international no question of these are going to sources these are these internationally recognized. us rick no human rights groups are accusing the committing war crimes with the strong through and documenting specific incidents that are recognized internationally to be more so for example in in the in the summary that we just gave talking about so-called secondary search where a targeted hit. so millions gather more on own people gather in on own people are assumed to be civilians unless otherwise others gather you help the wounded and then there's a second strike that is a war crime that is a war crime regardless of what else is true. you know if it happened in afghanistan you would be a war crime so girl most of claims about. you know the. two thousand and one authorization for use of military force doesn't apply to back at the that's all irrelevant if you document that the cia conducting secondary strikes and there is no there is a meta mool you know washington you know national law doesn't app

new studies of human rights watch and amnesty international indicate that we may have really stepped in the united states the drone programs in pakistan and yemen. both of these organizations human rights watch and amnesty international not weird lefty organizations these are internationally respected organizations by the united states are saying that there's a real problem here to stop a quadri could re amnesty international tells the story here it is written. on a sunny afternoon in october two thousand and twelve a sixty eight year old woman moment a baby was killed in a drone strike that appears to be directly targeted at a. grandchildren recounted in painful detail about amnesty international the moment when she was brought in blown to pieces in front of their very eyes while she was gathering vegetables so. and then and then we've also got this double double tap i think it's called where we don't just kill the person but then when people come in to rescue we send a second drone out this is the new policy that we're pursuing what's the difference between what you just heard and b