The U.S. drone killed 93 civilians and wounding 99 others in Somalia
Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:07 am
Mogadishu - At least 58 unarmed civilians lost their lives after the U.S. military launched attacks through unmanned aircraft in central Somalia near the Ethiopian border, Wednesday (02/11/2011).
Witnesses said that the unmanned aircraft fired five missiles at the village and Marodile Qeydar which lies between the district and Balanbale Guriceel Galguduud region. Tribal elders said more than 54 others were wounded in the attack.
Earlier in the day, 35 innocent civilians are also killed and 45 others telruka after the U.S. military carried out similar attacks in Kismayo, a strategic and important port city in Somalia, located about 500 km from the capital Mogadishu.
Somalia is the sixth country in which the U.S. uses drones to launch airstrikes kill. On 28 October, the U.S. admitted that they were flying those planes from Ethiopian territory.
"The U.S. has the aircraft and the facilities there (Ethiopia-red) used only for 'supervision' as part of a campaign out to fight terrorism," claims the Pentagon spokesman, Captain John Kirby. But the reality on the ground say that the U.S. drones not only do surveillance, but also bombard the various regions in Somalia that killed hundreds of innocent civilians since the first attack them there.
Kirby statement came after the Washington Post revealed that the U.S. armed drones flown visible from the southern town of Arba Minch in Ethiopia.
Previously the U.S. has carried out similar attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Libya and Iraq. In a brutal attack that thousands of innocent Muslim civilians have been killed and countless of those who suffered injury.
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