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“Between a Drone and Al-Qaeda”
The Civilian Cost of US Targeted Killings in Yemen
Map of
Strikes
Summary
Key
Recommendations
Methodology
I.
Background
Yemen and
Al-Qaeda
Targeted
Killings and US Counterterrorism Activities in Yemen
II. Case
Studies
1. Wessab:
Strike on Alleged Local AQAP Leader
2.
Al-Masnaah: Attack on Low-Level Militants
3. Beit
al-Ahmar: Strike on Local Leader, Child Detained
4. Sarar:
Attack Kills 12 Civilians
5. Khashamir:
Killing of Anti-AQAP Cleric
6.
Al-Majalah: Cluster Munitions Kill 14 Al-Qaeda Suspects, 41 Civilians
III.
International Law and US Policy
General
Legal Considerations
Legal
Framework for the US in Yemen
Laws of War
International
Human Rights Law
Failure to
Investigate and Provide Redress
Obama’s
May 2013 Policy Guidelines
Armed
Conflict Over with Al-Qaeda?
IV.
Recommendations
To the
Government of the United States
To the
Government of Yemen
To the
Friends of Yemen
To United
Nations Bodies and Mechanisms including the General Assembly, Human Rights
Council, and Special Rapporteurs on Extra-Judicial Executions and Countering
Terrorism
Acknowledgments
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