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June 27, 2014

Report: Drone Strikes May "Create a Slippery Slope" Toward "Continual Wars" 
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A new report by former top government officials warns the Obama
administration's drone wars could "create a slippery slope leading to
continual or wider wars." The report, released by the Stimson Center,
does not call for an end to drone strikes, but it has drawn attention
because of its authors, who include former Pentagon and CIA officials.
The report criticizes the secrecy of the drone wars and concludes,
"There is no indication that a U.S. strategy to destroy Al Qaeda has
curbed the rise of Sunni Islamic extremism, deterred the establishment
of Shia Islamic extremist groups or advanced long-term U.S. security
interests."

 

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