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ce and authorities derives from kistan, Somalia and Yemen. The
them, thus any threat to their first of these strikes took place in
enjoyment must be removed. Since Yemen in 2002, in which a la-
2001 many things happened, we ser-guided missile was launched
are still involved in a global fight from a drone, destroying a car and
against the phenomenon and the causing the death of six people, in-
final goal is the same: protect the cluding a suspected al-Qaeda
people, protect the civilians. Even lieutenant. Since then it is estima-
the technical improvements, we ted that almost 6700 drone attacks
have witnessed in the last two de- have been carried out during whi-
cades, have deeply modified the ch were killed an estimated num-
methods of dealing with it. Among ber of maximum 12.000 “targets”
those, one of the most effectively and 1700 “civilians” among which
employed in the war on terror have 400 children (The Bureau of Inve-
been the “drones”. They are remo- stigative Journalism‘Get the Data:
tely piloted aircraft that represent Drone Wars’, website visited
the 21th century technological in- jan2018). The mentioned the dea-
novation, that have proliferated at th toll it’s very impressive taking
a rapid rate and appear to be be- into account that those statistics
coming commonplace in the arse- are considered as a underestima-
nals of states throughout the glo- ting the phenomenon however I
be. Originally utilized for want to remember that all these
surveillance purposes, the use of deaths are justified to protect us, to

or even to exist. Human rights were drones has evolved over time to permit the “civilian population” to
constantly abused by terrorist enable the swift delivery of lethal enjoy its rights to a peaceful and
groups that kill, maim, rape and force. During the conflict in Kosovo secure life. The drones have been,
torture to achieve their political or a drone (the ‘Predator’) was equip- in many situations, the only effecti-
religious goals but the 9/11 attack ped, for the first time, with missiles ve tool to eliminate the terrorist
at the Twin Towers has changed the that could be fired remotely but it threat in far remote and hardly ac-
perspectives toward the terrorism. was not until the war in Afghani- cessible places even considering
A phenomenon that was before stan that such a missile was actual- the added value of an absolute
considered as “just serious” sud- ly fired. Since then the use of dro- absence of risks for the counter
denly became a matter of survival nes has been increased to terrorist forces. Nevertheless, there
worthy of every possible solution. regularly launch attacks against is a big “BUT” about this way to
The United States and consequent- terrorist groups, particularly in Pa- deliver a “surgical and targeted
ly the majority of the International
Community, through the voice of
President Bush, declared the
so-called “war on terrorism” com-
mitting in fighting Al-Qaeda and
the affiliated terrorist organizations
worldwide. At that time, perhaps,
at least the ones that were not hu-
man rights experts didn’t get the
point of the war on terror or at le-
ast the reasons, which should have
justified the motivations at its base.
Indeed States exists to protect the
Human Rights, in the most advan-
ced conceptions even their existen-

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