Recent US Drone Strike May Generate ‘A Hundred’ New al-Qaeda Recruits
John Glaser,
September 07, 2012
From a CNN report on a US drone strike this week in Yemen that killed killed 13 civilians, including three women:
Residents are not denying the existence of al Qaeda elements in their region but say that misdirected strikes work in favor of the militant group, helping them recruit new operatives.
“I would not be surprised if a hundred tribesmen joined the lines of al Qaeda as a result of the latest drone mistake,” said Nasr Abdullah, an activist in the district of the attack. “This part of Yemen takes revenge very seriously.”
See here and here for more on how US drone strikes generate blowback and new al-Qaeda recruits. (h/t Micah Zenko)
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September 7th, 2012 at 9:34 am
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Jessica
September 7th, 2012 at 10:45 am
I don’t know how much clearer it could be communicated at this point how these strikes cause as much or more terrorism than the purport to thwart. The only logical conclusion to draw is that those in control of the operations willfully ignore this point, which is not difficult at all for me to conclude. The reasons why they ignore the obvious blown back would be speculative but that they ignore it should not be in dispute. The other possibility is that they are fully in denial about the consequences. I suspect it’s a little of both.
liberranter
September 7th, 2012 at 1:52 pm
Not that I need to remind any regular readers of this site, but of course that's the point. Without an endless supply of new "threats" to fight, the war-on-terror-for-profit couldn't continue.
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September 7th, 2012 at 3:40 pm
[...] if America would stop the intervention, they would also stop the creation of new terrorists. The acts of violence and the untold death toll that continues to climb only weaken the security [...]
mlnw
September 7th, 2012 at 7:07 pm
Does that mean that the drones that attack innocents who are on the Brennan Country A kill list (e.g. Pakistan), will give birth to more Al Qaeda, who can then be used as cannon fodder in Country B (e.g., Syria)? Could we call them genetically modified terrorists, as opposed to genetically mutated innocents who just happened to be in the vicinity of depleted uranium ordinance?
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September 8th, 2012 at 6:09 am
[...] Recent US Drone Strike May Generate 'A Hundred' New al-Qaeda Recruits [...]
ntzman
September 8th, 2012 at 9:57 am
Yep, it's an endless war designed to generate more boogiemen, more profits for war-profiteers, continue the justification of an imperial police-state, continue to justify more tax-payer money for the Pentagon (inc. DHS and NSA), and contnue to justify the mass-murdering of Muslims (Number One enemy of the Zionists).
Gomer
September 9th, 2012 at 5:04 pm
After killing OBL, the US declared that Haqqani network are now terrorists. An endless supply of "bad guys" can always be created. The US is will soon be killing people who were not even born when 9/11 occurred. Revenge is endless in order to stoke the MIC.
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September 10th, 2012 at 9:27 am
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September 10th, 2012 at 10:47 am
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Myung
September 10th, 2012 at 10:35 pm
Does that mean that the drones that attack innocents who are on the Brennan Country A kill list (e.g. Pakistan), will give birth to more Al Qaeda, who can then be used as cannon fodder in Country B (e.g., Syria)? Could we call them genetically modified terrorists, as opposed to genetically mutated innocents who just happened to be in the vicinity of depleted uranium ordinance?
DEEP_STATE
September 11th, 2012 at 7:31 am
I know what you were trying to say, but the US HAS been killing people who were not even born when 9/11 occurred…
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September 11th, 2012 at 3:37 pm
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September 12th, 2012 at 6:53 am
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September 12th, 2012 at 8:58 am
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Cheryll
September 18th, 2012 at 9:04 am
Residents are not denying the existence of al Qaeda elements in their region but say that misdirected strikes work in favor of the militant group, helping them recruit new operatives.
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September 19th, 2012 at 3:59 am
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September 21st, 2012 at 8:21 pm
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authorhouse
September 23rd, 2012 at 10:29 pm
Lovely to have it
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Jared
October 24th, 2012 at 9:27 am
Residents are not denying the existence of al Qaeda elements in their region but say that misdirected strikes work in favor of the militant group, helping them recruit new operatives.
polo hackett
November 26th, 2012 at 11:33 pm
now terrorists. An endless supply of "bad guys" can always be created. The US is will soon be killing people who were not even born when 9/11 occurred. Revenge is endless in order to stoke the polo hackett
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