Air raids are typically on the territory of a country you are at war with or are occupying and fighting a resistance as in Afghanistan. But drone attacks such as that in Yemen or Pakistan do not fit that model.
Cheers, k hanly
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--- On Wed, 7/15/09, Wojtek Sokolowski <swsokolowski at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Wojtek Sokolowski <swsokolowski at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Query re legal status of drone attacks
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 11:19 AM
>
>
>
> --- 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
>
>
>
>
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