More Calls For The U.S. To Stop It's Drone Strikes In Pakistan (And Elsewhere)

Unmanned aerial vehicles by intelligence agencies such as the CIA to carry out targeted killings in Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere is particularly fraught because of the secrecy surrounding such operations. File Photo from Dawn

U.N. Report Faults Prolific Use Of Drone Strikes By U.S. -- L.A. Times

U.N. rapporteur Philip Alston calls on the U.S. to put the military in charge of the targeted killings program, which is shrouded in secrecy under the CIA and has prompted accountability questions.

Reporting from Geneva — The campaign of CIA drone strikes against suspected militants in Pakistan has made the United States "the most prolific user of targeted killings" in the world, said a United Nations official, who urged that responsibility for the program be taken from the spy agency.

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More News On Calls To End U.S. Drone Strikes

UN criticism not likely to stop CIA drone strikes -- AP
U.N. official: U.S. should end CIA drone attacks in Pakistan -- Washington Post
UN Official Calls for End to CIA Drone Strikes -- Voice of America
UN asks for drone attacks to be taken out of CIA's hands -- The Independent
UN official criticises US over drone attacks -- BBC
U.N. Report Highly Critical of U.S. Drone Attacks -- New York Times
U.S. should stop CIA drone targeted killings, UN report says -- National Post
Targeted killings may be war crimes: UN expert -- Dawn
U.S. Officials Defend Drone Attacks Against U.N. Criticism -- Newsweek