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08.06.2010, 00:33 2 comments

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06.08.2010, 12:20 13 comments

NATO helping Georgia to seduce S. Ossetia & Abkhazia – Russian envoy

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14.09.2010, 19:17 7 comments

America’s key objective is to pit Russia against Iran

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Drones make killing cheaper, civilian deaths less personal

Published: 19 July, 2010, 07:28
Edited: 19 July, 2010, 14:23


An MQ-Reaper drone

Researchers say the drone industry is booming internationally and raising fears it will lead to increased warfare. Activists claim the cheap and easy access to the weapons could also potentially harm innocent civilians.

 
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Srbin July 19, 2010, 14:16 quote
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Drones impose additional duties on the Commander in Chief, side benefit is one more title, that of Assassin in Chief as he signs all of the assassination orders. On the positive side these war crimes are committed in a humanitarian manner by a benevolent genocidal maniac.

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