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Obama administration pushes ahead with drone killings

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There is no doubt that every country which is potentially a target of American military action -- a category that includes most of the world -- is working on techniques for defeating or replicating drone missile attacks.

Moreover, by the same logic that Washington justifies its "right" to fire remote-control missiles at tribesmen in Pakistan, Yemen or Somalia, other governments will assert their "right" to use the same methods against political opponents, whether armed guerrillas or mass social movements.

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