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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 dangerous weapons over another nation and killing innocent people. we should never accept that children and other loved ones in a faraway land are acceptable collateral damage. we will in the program, speak to members of the family in the studio. we begin with a new documentary called "unmanned: america's drone wars," by filmmaker robert greenwald. it looks at drone strikes with interviews of more than 70 survivors, a former operator, military officials, and more. the film opens with the story of tariq aziz who lived in a pakistani village who had been hit many times. he attended an anti-drone conference in islamabad. through treacherous terrain, potential, then hot spots, and of course, under drone surveillance. >> it
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 dangerous weapons over another nation and killing innocent people. we should never accept that children and other loved ones in a faraway land are acceptable collateral damage. we will in the...
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. >> shrapnel from the second drone hit nabila, his sister, later.s 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 democratic members of congress want changed. >> we neat greater transparency and disclosure. we haven't had a full and open debate in the united states congress. >> conagreesman alan greyson, who respond sored the congressional briefing said there were moral questions as to whether a president should have the power to target someone by a u.s. drone. >> i'm uncomfortable with the idea that the president makes the decis
. >> shrapnel from the second drone hit nabila, his sister, later.s 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 >>...
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dicklparticularly nabila. >> that was america tonight's michael okwu reporting. >>> journalist joins us now she has documented drone strikes in pakistan and you have done a full documentary on this. can you explain to us what your motivation was in producing this documentary? yes, thank you for having me i think what i wanted to do was to focus a little bit. there was a lot of concern around coun counting up the dea. whether they were stif civilianr mitciviliansmilitants. i was looking at what was the experience for the lives. living. what is it like to live under drones. >> can you talk about this area of pakistan? >> it's part of pakistan's federally administered tribal area. it's off limits these days. the military will not let you go in. i have been able is to to go toe tribal areas and the border areas and people come there and i have been sabl able to talk tm and get a sense of what is going on in the area. the people are suffering from several forms of violence. there is insurgent violence and the violence from the pakistani military and the drone attacks which are wreaking ha
dicklparticularly nabila. >> that was america tonight's michael okwu reporting. >>> journalist joins us now she has documented drone strikes in pakistan and you have done a full documentary on this. can you explain to us what your motivation was in producing this documentary? yes, thank you for having me i think what i wanted to do was to focus a little bit. there was a lot of concern around coun counting up the dea. whether they were stif civilianr mitciviliansmilitants. i was...
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nine-year-old nabila rehman described watching her grandmother blown to pieces. her brother, 13 years old, was injured with shrapnel wounds in the strike, said "my grandmother was nobody's enemy." it was the first time ever congress has heard directly from drone strike the him's. just five lawmakers, all democrats, chose to attend. we will bring you some of those who testified tomorrow on democracy now! following to dead multiple shootings on tuesday. in south carolina, six people were shot in what please call the murder-suicide involving the family. the victims included two children. in texas, shooting spree in a killed fiveell people. the alleged gunman was captured after a door-to-door manhunt. alabama has agreed to withdraw several provisions in its controversial immigration law from 2011. in a settlement was civil rights groups, alabama pledged to strike down measures in hb 56, including preventing courts from enforcing contracts involving undocumented immigrants and allowing public schools to determine the immigration status of enrolled students. a federal
nine-year-old nabila rehman described watching her grandmother blown to pieces. her brother, 13 years old, was injured with shrapnel wounds in the strike, said "my grandmother was nobody's enemy." it was the first time ever congress has heard directly from drone strike the him's. just five lawmakers, all democrats, chose to attend. we will bring you some of those who testified tomorrow on democracy now! following to dead multiple shootings on tuesday. in south carolina, six people...
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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 never publicly acknowledged the program. something that these democratic members of congress want changed. >> we want greater transparency and disclosure about the use of drones. we haven't had a full debate. >> alan greyson, who respond sored the congressional briefing said there are moral questions about whether a president should have the power to decide who is targeted by u.s.
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....