Drone killings lead to 'Playstation mentality'
A United Nations investigator has called for a halt to CIA-directed drone strikes on suspected Islamic militants in Pakistan and Afghanistan, warning that killings ordered far from the battlefield could lead to a video-game mentality.
Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, says missile strikes can be justified only when it is impossible to capture insurgents alive instead.The United States is believed to control its fleet of drones from CIA headquarters in Virginia, coordinating with civilian pilots near hidden airfields in Afghanistan and Pakistan
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