Some time in April 2012, China planned a drone strike in Myanmar against a drug lord responsible for the death of 13 Chinese sailors. Before implementation, the target got arrested, and now is in China appealing a death sentence. News media stories Feb 2013 speculate that China had no intention of informing Myanmar of this operation. http://worlddefenseandpolitics.blogspot.com/2013/02/china-planned-to-use-dro ne-to-bomb-drug.html and <http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/02/19/china_now_considering_drone_ strikes_in_its_drug_war> http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/02/19/china_now_considering_drone_s trikes_in_its_drug_war This parallels: * USA and NATO allies drone strikes in Pakistan and other nations, ignoring their sovereignty; * Israel uses drones in its war with various enemies in the occupied territories; http://www.lawfareblog.com/2012/10/todays-headlines-and-commentary-285/ o And https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/world/middleeast/lebanon-says-israeli-pla nes-circled-its-airspace-for-an-hour.html?ref=world o Also http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/02/12/israel-gaza-airstrikes-violated-laws-war o and https://dronewarsuk.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/hrw-israeli-drone-strikes-kill- palestinian-civilians-and-violate-laws-of-war/ * Mexico army drones against drug cartels just inside USA territory; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12024766 * Turkey drone killed 34 innocent Kurdish villagers, just inside Iraq, mistaking them for drug smugglers. <http://www.eurasianet.org/node/65614> http://www.eurasianet.org/node/65614 o and <http://www.e-ir.info/2012/06/27/flying-blind-why-armed-drones-may-detract-f rom-turkish-security/> http://www.e-ir.info/2012/06/27/flying-blind-why-armed-drones-may-detract-fr om-turkish-security/ There are probably more such cross-border drone attacks, whose details I do not have handy. Al Mac (WOW) = Alister William Macintyre _______________________________________________ drone-list mailing list drone-list@lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/drone-list If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE