Photo: AP/B.K.Bangas
Pakistani tribal youth Saadullah Wazir, sits during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan. Sadaullah Wazir says he was relaxing in his front yard when the missile struck, hurling him against the wall and mangling his legs so badly that they had to be amputated. Three of his relatives died.
Michelle Obama appeared in the internet picture last week, carrying a sign unambiguously captioned "#Bring Back Our Girls." The hashtag was fast enough to travel all through the network, sparking debate among internet users of most pressing issues in today’s America and beyond. Michelle Obama’s firm stand with regard to the Boko Haram atrocities, though, was duly praised.
If only she knew someone in a position of power. MT @ABCWorldNews: Michelle Obama joins #BringBackOurGirls movement: pic.twitter.com/v6plc9PPVO
— Mike Spry (@mdspry) May 7, 2014
Shifting the debate from Nigeria to their own lives and Obama’s notorious wrongdoings, the campaigners posed in pictures either themselves, holding up respective signs in their hands, or photoshopped US First Lady’s image to make it suit their message.
It is pretty hard to
It is pretty hard to #BringBackOurGirls after a drone strike...#JustAThought #BringBackYourDrones pic.twitter.com/qjKP5wsYFm
— MPACUK (@MPACUK) May 10, 2014
People Are Turning Michelle Obama's #BringBackOurGirls Pic Into An Anti-Drone Campaign
#BringBackYourDrones pic.twitter.com/uhcbmeo0WE
— Haut-parleur (@O_parleur) May 9, 2014
They predominantly spoke out against pervasive drone campaigns that US authorities increasingly employ, as they say, to attack militants, but in essence fight common civilians with.
#BringBackYourDrones
#AllInnocentLivesAreEqual
@Sunshyne786 pic.twitter.com/4c8jkpaE5B
— Rod Oww Yow (@rodowwyow) May 15, 2014
There are proofs that strikes have brought unthinkable devastation to civilians and their families, most infamously, in Yemen and Pakistan, having sparked anti-American sentiment worldwide.
It is ultimately about control of strategic areas, experts conclude. Just for instance, Yemen’s access to major waterways — the Red Sea, Gulf of Eden and the Arabian Sea — and its close proximity to Africa and Somalia in particular, all point to the importance of Yemen in US and the west’s strategic geopolitical interests.
The full-scale drone campaign has infrequently been dubbed 'drone war,' sparking a massive debate in the global community. An estimated 286 to 890 civilians have been killed, including 168 to 197 children, though the CIA and other American agencies have claimed a high rate of militant killings, relying in part on a well disputed estimation method that "counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants ... unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent". Amnesty International meanwhile found that a number of victims were unarmed and that some strikes could amount to war crimes.
The Britain-based non-profit Bureau of Investigative Journalism went still further claiming at least 2,400 people in the Middle East have been killed by drones as Obama took over Bush.
Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_05_15/Bring-back-your-drones-Michelle-Obamas-viral-photo-used-to-slam-drone-war-5203/
Y si... #BringBackYourDrones #BringBackOurGirls CC @PrisonPlanet @casajuntoalrio @FLOTUS @WhiteHouse @BarackObama pic.twitter.com/3UxlPiolT9
— Ramiro Giganti (@RamiroGiganti) May 12, 2014
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