Amy Goodman
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As Obama Shuns Hearing, Yemeni Says U.S. Drone War Terrifying Civilians, Empowering Militants
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April 24, 2013
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7:52Now PlayingSix days after the U.S. bombed his village, Yemeni activist Farea alMuslimi testified on Capitol Hill about the terror of the U.S. drone wars. AlMuslimi spoke during the Senate's firstever public hearing on the Obama administration's targeted killing program. His family's village was hit by a U.S. drone strike last week. The White House refused to send an official to defend the program's legality. "When they think of America they think of the terror they feel from the drones that hover over their heads ready to fire missiles at any time," AlMuslimi says of his fellow Yemenis. "What the violent militants had previously failed to achieve, one drone strike accomplished in an instant." Others to testify at the hearing included law scholars and members of the U.S. military.
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