Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

November 9, 2011

Like many others living in Pakistan, Tariq Aziz was infuriated by the push-button war being waged in that country by Washington, in which missile strikes are conducted by remote-controlled drones operated by pilots thousands of miles away. After a drone-fired missile killed several civilians October 28, Tariq volunteered for the dangerous task of taking pictures and gathering evidence from the site on behalf of human rights attorney Clive Stafford Smith.

Three days later, Tariq and his cousin Waheed were killed in another drone attack staged against people described as ?suspected militants.? Tariq was sixteen; Waheed was twelve.

Pakistan is riddled with informants and bounty hunters eager to sell out rivals, neighbors ? sometimes even family members ? to the CIA. Most of the supposed terrorist suspects who wound up in Guantanamo were innocent people who had been seized because of accusations made by such loathsome, opportunistic people.

Smith insists that the lethal drone strike that murdered Tariq and his cousin ?was the result of some Pakistani informants who want to show their paymasters they are doing their jobs. So they make up a story and a poor kid dies.?

The U.S. is likewise lousy with informants, and police departments are beginning to acquire drones of their own. You do the math.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.