Amy Goodman
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Turning a Wedding Into a Funeral: U.S. Drone Strike in Yemen Killed as Many as 12 Civilians
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February 21, 2014
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17:28Now PlayingHuman Rights Watch has revealed as many as 12 civilians were killed in December when a U.S. drone targeted vehicles that were part of a wedding procession going towards the groom's village outside the central Yemeni city of Rad'a. According to HRW, "some, if not all those killed and wounded were civilians" and not members of the armed group alQaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, as U.S. and Yemeni government officials initially claimed. The report concluded that the attack killed 12 men, between the ages of 20 and 65, and wounded 15 others. It cites accounts from survivors, relatives of the dead, local officials and news media reports. We speak to Human Rights Watch researcher Letta Tayler, who wrote the report, "A Wedding That Became a FuneralU.S. Drone Attack on Marriage Procession in Yemen" and Jeremy Scahill, cofounder of the TheIntercept.org, a new digital magazine published by First Look Media. He is the producer and writer of the documentary film, "Dirty WarsThe World is a Battlefield," which is nominated for an Academy Award.
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