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Emran Feroz is an Afghan-Austrian journalist currently based in Stuttgart, Germany. He is regularly writing from Afghanistan, often focusing on the Middle East, Central Asia, drone warfare, refugee policies and human rights. Emran is writing in both German and English. His work has already appeared in international media outlets such as Al Jazeera, The Intercept, Alternet, The Atlantic or the New York Times and in various German and Austrian news papers and magazines.
How Donald Trump Has Become The New "Drone King"
Mostly, when people talk about drone warfare these days, they think of former US President Barack Obama.
It is very true that during his presidency, Obama pushed the drone programme of both the CIA and the Pentagon like no one before him. Under Obama, drone assassinations in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and other countries became one of the signatures of American foreign policy.
However, Obama's records in these terms might be broken very soon.
Since Donald Trump took over the White House, US drone wars have increased aggressively all over the world. In his first days in office, Trump drone murdered 23 civilians in the village of Yakla in Yemen. Ten children were among the victims.
According to current data, Trump's first year has resulted in more loss of life from drone strikes in the four mentioned countries than all eight years of Obama's presidency combined.
Or as the article says:
This is now industrial-scale executions, hugely expanded in both scale and callousness, conducted with no regard for human life or human rights.
And unfortunately, we cannot hope that this is going to change anytime soon.
