Former US Attorney General terms drone attacks criminals

In what appeared to be a severe criticism on Obama administration, former Attorney General of the United States of America Ramsey Clark has termed the US drone strikes criminals.

Clark while speaking as chief guest at an award ceremony of the Pakistan American Democratic Forum in Karachi, he urged the Pakistani media to be more forthright in preaching the criminality of US spy attacks.

The ex-US legal expert asked the American administration to cease using this vicious technology, saying that the use of spy planes was primarily a US innovation in warfare and their use was a clear violation of all international laws.

Lashing out at his own country, he went on to say that there would be no peace on earth with the looming threat of drone strikes from one state to another.

Ramsey Clark, who is also counsel for detained Pakistan Dr. Afia Siddiqui, said that he came to Pakistan after two decades with only a sole purpose of raising his voice over the injustice meted to the scientist.

He observed, “She was kidnapped from your country. It should not have happened, should not be allowed to happen, she lost her youngest child in the kidnapping bid, and was tried and convicted for no fault”.

Categorizing Afia Siddiqui’s case as tragic” and “outrageous, the US legal experts underscored the significance of her release and return to the home country.

In order to hold a meeting with Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry at the Karachi Registry of the Supreme Court, he cuts short the award ceremony at Karachi Press Club (KPC).

Later, Dr Fouzia Siddiqui of the Dr Afia Movement in her brief address offered thanks to Karachi-based journalists for their support in the movement for the release of Dr Afia Siddiqui.

She attributed the release of Dr Afia’s daughter and son from US captivity to the efforts made by the journalists of Karachi who, she said, duly highlighted the plight of Dr Afia’s family.

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