Recently the U.S. policy on drones has been a topic of great
debate in the U.S. and around the world, Faisal Ahmed bin Ali Jaber, who lost
relatives in a 2012 drone strike, spoke at a congressional briefing Tuesday to
confront America’s foreign policies on drones. Jaber lost brother-in-law Salim bin Ali Jaber, an
anti-Al-Qaeda cleric; and 26-year-old nephew Walid Abdullah bin Ali Jaber, were
killed in a drone strike in Yemen's southeastern Hadramawt province last year. This
article demonstrates the ongoing debate on the legality of drone strikes,
justified by the UN’s Article 51. Currently, drone policy or targeted killing’s
under international law is justifiable. University of Utah Law professor Amos N
Guiora, states “Until changes are made, the existing international law
framework is the existing framework and they (the Obama administration) should
have to act in accordance to that framework.” However, there are strong factions
that believe the international law should be revisited and re-imagined in order
to confront a new modernity that faces the world today, which include the
questions of drone policy along with many others. This article brings to light
several foreign policy issues that affect not only U.S. security but
international peace and progress as well. As the debate on drones continue,
questions of proliferation, security, and just war hang in the balance.
Katelyn Krumreich
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