Karim Khan, a tribal man by origin and a journalist by profession, is suing the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for U.S.$500 million for “his loss of blood.” He had only two options when his innocent 18-year-old son and brother, a primary school teacher, were killed in one such drone attack on December 31, 2009: to join the Taliban’s war against the U.S. and take his revenge in a customary tribal way, or call on due process, the rule of law and judicial system of his state to gain justice for the wrong done to him.
— “The Folly of Drone Attacks and U.S. Strategy” by Mirza Shahzad Akbar writing in CNN.com (Oct. 4, 2012)
They hate us for our Freedom. — George W. Bush
