Exclusive: Drones "inhumane", dead al Qaeda man's family says

Reuters ^ | 6/6/12 | Hadeel Al Shalchi

[mdittmar]

(Reuters) - The brother of al Qaeda's second-in-command, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike, said Washington's use of the remote-controlled weapons is inhumane and makes a nonsense of its claims to champion human rights.

U.S. officials said on Tuesday that Libyan-born al Qaeda operative Abu Yahya al-Libi was killed by a drone strike in Pakistan, in what was described as a major blow to the militant group.

The attack is likely to fuel an increasingly fierce debate about the legality and morality of the drones, which have become one of the chief U.S. weapons against al Qaeda but which opponents say stretch the definition of the legitimate use of lethal force.

"The United States talks human rights and freedoms for all, but the method they used to kill him is savage," Abu Bakr al-Qayed, brother of al-Libi, told Reuters on Wednesday in a telephone interview.

"The way the Americans killed him is heinous and inhumane," he said, speaking from the town of Wadi Otba, south of the Libyan capital. "We are in the 21st century and they claim to be civilized and this is how they take out people."

[Bigg Red]

A mohammedan talking about what is inhumane is as ridiculous as a Democrat talking about honest elections.

[Bigg Red]

Good one!

[bert]

Kill the brother and kill the gene pool

[Cyman]

This family must have spent time living in England, that is the only logical explanation.

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

"We are in the 21st century and they claim to be civilized and this is how they take out people."

YOU BETCHA...Wink.

[contrarian]

Now would not be a good time to tell the moose lumbs that the missles on the drones are lubricated with pig fat...

[RansomOttawa]

The brother of al Qaeda's second-in-command, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike, said Washington's use of the remote-controlled weapons is inhumane and makes a nonsense of its claims to champion human rights.

Killing your brother was more humane than letting him kill more innocent people, Achmed. Suck it up.

[onedoug]

Take his brother out next.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Have they ever onest considered their actions might have brought this inhumanity down uponst themselves? If not, it should be repeated until they catch on.