In two of the six drone strikes it investigated in Yemen, Human Rights Watch reported the killing of "civilians indiscriminately in clear violation of the laws of war; the others may have targeted people who were not legitimate military objectives or caused disproportionate civilian deaths".
In its report, released Wednesday, Human Rights Watch describes a situation in which hundreds of Hezbollah rockets were fired indiscriminately at targets with no clear military significance, many apparently aimed at civilian areas in northern Israel, killing at least 39 civilians.
He said it is clear terrorists will kill indiscriminately.
It must be made clear to those who target or indiscriminately attack civilians and civilian infrastructure that such crimes cannot be committed with impunity.
At one time all tropical red earths or soils were indiscriminately referred to as laterites, but it is now clear that the term laterite should be confined to those tropical soils with large concentrations of iron and aluminum sesquioxides (insoluble compounds) that have formed a hard pan at or just below the surface.
I need not cite here the most recent pandemics that have indiscriminately affected the North and the South, but it is clear that the greatest toll is always borne by the poorest countries.
It also became clear that the technology was, in some cases, being used indiscriminately.
"The courts have made it very clear that these type of devices can't be used indiscriminately and should be used only when the target poses a physical threat to someone," said Michael Risher, staff attorney for the A.C.L.U. of Northern California.
"It sends a clear signal: web companies aren't allowed to trace individuals indiscriminately without their consent and without them knowing about it".
Yet, until the late 20th century, clearing was done at a frenzied rate and often indiscriminately.
