Killing from the Conference Room

On Saturday, the US used drones to drop precision bombs on Somalia, reportedly killing about 150 al-Shabab militants who were said to be preparing for an imminent attack on American and African Union forces. Eye in the Sky, a remarkably timely and important new film about a fictional drone strike against al-Shabab, offers a hypothetical window into such decision-making. By David Cole.

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