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As Obama Shuns Hearing, Yemeni Says U.S. Drone War Terrifying Civilians,

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As Obama Shuns Hearing, Yemeni Says U.S. Drone War Terrifying Civilians,


Six days after the U.S. bombed his village, Yemeni activist Farea al-Muslimi testified on Capitol Hill about the terror of the U.S. drone wars. Al-Muslimi spoke during the Senate's first-ever public hearing on the Obama administration's targeted killing program. His family's village was hit by a U.S. drone strike last week. The White House refused to send an official to defend the program's legality. "When they think of America they think of the terror they feel from the drones that hover over their heads ready to fire missiles at any time," Al-Muslimi says of his fellow Yemenis. "What the violent militants had previously failed to achieve, one drone strike accomplished in an instant." Others to testify at the hearing included law scholars and members of the U.S. military.

 Basically he grew up loving america, mentored under an American but struggles with his love of America and his hate of the drone strikes. He also states that drone strikes help the recruitment of villagers to join militants

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