--- On Wed, 7/15/09, ken hanly <northsunm at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have always thought that drone attacks
> seemed to be a violation of any norms of justice since the
> drone operator acts to apprehend, try, and punish all at the
> same time as far as the target is concerned. Yet I find few
> articles disussing drone attacks from the standpoint of
> internatonal law. Sometimes they are attacked as violations
> of sovereignty of the country where they occur if there is
> no permission given but that is another issue. Does anyone
> know of any good sources?
>
[WS:] How are they different from ordinary air raids (other than minimizing the risk of human casualties to the side launching the raid?)
Are not they acts of war and as such, subject to retaliation, if the attacked side has capability to retaliate?
Wojtek