Trump To Drop Limits On Drone Strikes, Commando Raids
Faizan Hashmi Published September 22, 2017 | 10:30 PM
The Trump administration is set to roll back some limits on drone strikes and commando raids put in place under former President Barack Obama, The New York Times
NEW YORK, Sept 22 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Sep, 2017 ) : The Trump administration is set to roll back some limits on drone strikes and commando raids put in place under former President Barack Obama, The New York Times reported Friday.
Under the policy, the newspaper said that strikes would be expanded to include "foot-soldier jihadists" who do not necessarily have leadership roles, instead of allowing strikes only if militants are considered a "continuing and imminent threat" to U.S.
citizens. The proposed strikes would also no longer have to go through high-level vetting, according to the Times. The rollbacks would apply to commando raids and drone strikes outside of conventional battlefields, and would affect missions in countries where the U.S.
has not targeted active Islamic militants, as well as countries such as Yemen, Libya and Somalia, where the U.S. are taken aim at militants, according to the report. The proposal, which has taken shape over the past few months, will lead an intensified fight against terror organizations such as ISIL/Da'esh.
It is likely to enrage human rights groups advocating for increased limits and bans on drone strikes to avoid civilian casualties. However, the Trump administration will keep the requirement that there needs to be "near certainty" that no civilians will be killed during an attack, the paper said.
The reported policy illustrates President Trump's promise to go after jihadists with increased force, which he repeatedly advocated for on the campaign trail. Trump reaffirmed this mission in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, vowing to crush "loser" terrorists.
"The United States and our allies are working together throughout the middle East to crush the loser terrorists and stop the re-emergence of safe havens they use to launch attacks on all of our people," he said.
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