Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Drones on the Ground
- Part II Drones and the Laws of War
- Part III Drones and Policy
- Part IV Drones and the Future of War
- 17 No One Feels Safe
- 18 “Drones” Now and What to Expect Over the Next Ten Years
- 19 From Orville Wright to September 11
- 20 Drones and the Dilemma of Modern Warfare
- 21 How to Manage Drones
- 22 Drones and the Emergence of Data-Driven Warfare
- Index
17 - No One Feels Safe
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Drones on the Ground
- Part II Drones and the Laws of War
- Part III Drones and Policy
- Part IV Drones and the Future of War
- 17 No One Feels Safe
- 18 “Drones” Now and What to Expect Over the Next Ten Years
- 19 From Orville Wright to September 11
- 20 Drones and the Dilemma of Modern Warfare
- 21 How to Manage Drones
- 22 Drones and the Emergence of Data-Driven Warfare
- Index
Summary
I am thirty-seven. I run a medical supply store in the Miran Shah bazaar in North Waziristan. I have been going to this bazaar almost all my adult life. From my village, Datta Khel, west of the capital, I often travel by pickup truck to the bazaar, sometimes hanging on with dozens of others.
Along with the noise of daily life in the bazaar, I have now grown accustomed to another sound.
A steady humming. This is the sound of CIA drones.
The drones have been hovering above the skies of Waziristan for several years. Their presence is a constant element of our lives. And everyone knows that they frequently fire missiles.
Personally I am not afraid of the drones.
I am neither a Taliban nor an al-Qaeda.
But, I fear becoming part of the “collateral damage” when missiles from the drones hit a car in the bazaar, a mosque, or a school.
I don’t want to be at the wrong place, at the wrong time, or find myself with the wrong people.
What if I am standing near a car with tinted glass in the bazaar on my way to the shop and a missile hits the occupants of the car with some target inside?
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- Drone WarsTransforming Conflict, Law, and Policy, pp. 345 - 347Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014