Le polemiche per l'uccisione di Lo Porto e dell'americano Warren Weinstein proseguono anche negli Stati Uniti, con critiche alla Casa Bianca e ad un programma, quello sui droni, poco trasparente. Con i droni la leadership di al Qaida e' stata decimata, ma molti civili hanno perso la vita mostrando a Obama, soprattutto nelle ultime ore, come una 'guerra perfetta' o quasi non esiste.


The New York Times - Friday April 24, 2015
First Evidence of a Blunder: 2 Extra Bodies
by Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt,
The first sign that something had gone terribly wrong was when officers from the CIA saw that six bodies had been pulled from the rubble instead of four.

Reuters - Friday April 24, 2015
Hostage Locations Difficult to Track and May be Getting Harder
The US drone strike that accidentally killed two hostages in Pakistan exposes intelligence shortfalls that former and current US officials say appear to be growing more frequent as militants expand their safe havens and as Washington gathers less on-...

The New York Times | Thursday April 23, 2015
2 Al-Qaida Hostages Were Accidentally Killed in U.S. Raid, White House Says
by Peter Baker and Julie Hirschfeld Davis,
President Barack Obama on Thursday offered an emotional apology for the accidental killing of two hostages held by al-Qaida, one of them American, in a U.S. government counterterrorism operation in January, saying he takes "full responsibility" for t...

Reuters - Thursday April 23, 2015
American, Italian Hostages Inadvertently Killed in US Counter-Terror Operation
An American and an Italian who had been held hostage for several years by Al Qaeda in the border region of Pakistan and Afghanistan were inadvertently killed in a US counter-terrorism operation in January, US President Barack Obama today.

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