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Re:What can defend against off-the-shelf drone weapons? by mirimir on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @01:21AM (#17713379)
A dictator that the US had supported, initially because he killed lots of communists, and then fought a proxy war against Iran.
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Re:What can defend against off-the-shelf drone weapons? by freeflight on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @03:41AM (#17713919)
It's quite similar to what happened in Syria. When the Syrian government was torturing "terrorist suspects", for the CIA nonetheless [0], it was also considered a US ally.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/feb/19/syria-...

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