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The ferocity of strikes, in fact, got one Pakistani to say, "It seems they really want to kill everyone....," civilians, of course, most vulnerable. Almost daily, noncombatant casualties are reported, sparking public anger and protests, including over America's regional presence.
In late April, Obama authorized a major Libyan war escalation, ordering the use of killer drones. At an April 21 press conference, Defense Secretary Gates and Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Gen. James Cartwright announced the deployment of Predator UAVs, saying:
"What they will bring that is unique to the conflict is their ability to get down lower, therefore to be able to get better visibility on....targets now that they have started to dig themselves into defensive positions."
Also announced was that surveillance drones have flown throughout the conflict. Now Hellfire missile firing ones are being used, supplementing daily terror bombings and low-flying Apache helicopter gunship killing machines hitting anything on the ground that moves.
A recent CBS News poll shows 60% of Americans against the Libyan war, only 30% saying military involvement in North Africa is justified. It represents a sharp drop from March when 70% supported intervention.
World outrage is also growing, including from the Pan Afrikanist Steering Committee of Namibia against The United Nations Resolution 1973 (PSCNAUNR), calling NATO's Libya war "a desecration of the Afrikan homeland by a set of Europeans."
Saying it's an "appalling atrocity," Western supported "mercenaries" are being used "to kill, maim, destroy local infrastructures, and attack Afrikans....living in fear of their lives within Libya."
NATO, "under the guise of the UN, deliberately started its bombardment under a hidden agenda for Regime Change" in violation of international law. "It is now crystal clear that the motive behind Resolution 1973 was of a sinister nature, (effectively) representing a Declaration of War" against a nonbelligerent state.
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