BBC. The CIA, a Predator RPV, and a Hellfire missile take out some Al-Qaeda in Yemen. This proves yet again that localized uses of specific weapon systems within the context of good intelligence coordination can get things done in this kind of conflict. It also proves that outside of the potential invasion of Iraq, there isn't any reason to go into massive deficit spending to fund conventional weapon systems programs. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]
Here is something I wrote in reaction to an entry in John Robb's weblog:
If this had taken place in my native country (Canada), government involved up to its eyeballs or not, I would have publicly called it murder. I would have press the authorities to charge any CIA's agent in Canada for murder.
What's the difference between war and murder someone asked? For war you need a license for murdering: It's called a war declaration.
This "incident" is one more proof of American imperialism that does respect neither frontier nor sovereignty... Pathetic...
And we are living next door: Scary...
And here is another scary one
