http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/drone-warfare-politically-expedient-and-disturbingly-inaccurate/Content?oid=3065119 Comments On: Drone warfare: politically expedient and disturbingly inaccurate by Jonathan Weiler en-us Copyright 2013 Indy Week. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Indy Week readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Indy Week. pweber@indyweek.com (Indy Week Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:45:00 -0400 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by John S.]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 13:05:18 -0400 Indy Week
In the comment below I refer mistakenly to LOAC as the "law of aerial combat." LOAC refers more broadly to the Law of Armed Conflict, "otherwise known as international humanitarian law or the law of war, [as it] applies to situations of armed conflict and governs the conduct of hostilities and the protection of persons during conflict."
Posted by redlegsmed]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 14:36:07 -0400 Indy Week http://www.law.upenn.edu/journals/jil/arti…

Laurie R. Blank, Director, International Humanitarian Law Clinic, Emory University School of Law concludes:

Finally, notwithstanding the extensive capabilities drones offer in the areas of distinction, proportionality and precautions, current developments demonstrate that drones also pose some potential risks to the development and interpretation of the law in ways that could endanger the central goal of protecting civilians and conducting hostilities in a lawful manner. Counterinsurgency strategy and mission imperatives appropriately seek to eliminate civilian casualties as much as possible in the fight for ―hearts and minds.‖

But international law does not require no civilian casualties; indeed, the law accepts that there will be incidental casualties from lawful attacks—a tragic but not criminal consequence of war.
Posted by redlegsmed]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 12:04:00 -0400 Indy Week
"find a negative correlation between drone strikes and militant violence after
controlling for local effects and pre-existing trends in militant attacks. The analysis suggests that while violence in FATA [Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan] remains high, drone strikes are associated with decreases in both the frequency and the lethality of militant attacks overall and in IED [Improvised Explosive Device] and suicide attacks specifically."

see: http://patrickjohnston.info/materials/dron…

With regard to collateral civilian casulties, what can we say about those for which the terrorists are responsible?
Posted by redlegsmed]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 15:08:00 -0400 Indy Week