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SUMMARY:“Over the Horizon” Operations: The Future of Drone Strikes
DESCRIPTION:WATCH VIDEO OF THE EVENT BELOW Extraordinary reporting by The N
 ew York Times in September revealed that a U.S. drone strike in Kabul duri
 ng the U.S. evacuation killed 10 Afghan civilians — including 7 children
 . The alleged ISIS-K target turned out to be an Afghan employee of an Amer
 ican aid organization who was observed delivering water jugs\, not petrol 
 bombs. After a staunch denial\, the Pentagon finally admitted that the str
 ike was a “tragic mistake” and said it is now reviewing its policies a
 nd procedures around drones. The U.S. military has conducted at least 91\
 ,340 airstrikes over the last two decades\, as open-ended authorizations 
 for the use of military force provided a blank check\, and drones became A
 merica’s preferred weapon against alleged terrorists in Pakistan\, Afgha
 nistan\, East Africa\, and the greater Middle East. Unlike the botched str
 ike in Kabul\, most of these take place without scrutiny of the official c
 laims about who was actually killed. These deadly strikes traumatize entir
 e populations and frequently drive terrorist propaganda and recruitment. W
 ith the withdrawal from Afghanistan\, President Biden has declared “endl
 ess war” over\, but Washington appears determined to continue “over-th
 e-horizon” airstrikes in Afghanistan and beyond. Join Congresswoman Ilha
 n Omar\, ACLU national security director Hina Shamsi\, and Annie Shiel\, s
 enior advisor at the Center for Civilians in Conflict\, for a panel that e
 xplores the human and strategic costs of Washington’s reliance on drone 
 strikes and explores when\, if ever\, they should be used. Quincy Institut
 e Research Fellow Adam Weinstein will moderate.  
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