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Germany and US Drone Warfare
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Germany and US Drone Warfare

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A US Hellfire missile strikes a car backing into a Kabul courtyard in August 2021, killing ten civilians, including Zemarai Ahmadi, an Afghan aid worker, two of his brothers, and seven children between ages 2 and 12. This DW Documentary film traces how the Pentagon initially claimed the strike had prevented a terrorist attack and killed no civilians, only reversing that account three weeks later after sustained media reporting. It widens the lens to the broader record of US drone warfare, citing leaked Pentagon documents showing that in one five-month stretch in 2013, ninety percent of people killed in drone strikes were not the intended targets. Interviews and reporting examine Germany's role through Ramstein Air Base in Rhineland-Palatinate, a relay hub for US drone operations, and the political shift of the Green Party, once a vocal critic of the strikes' legality, now notably quieter since joining Germany's coalition government. The film builds its case from documented incidents rather than speculation, tracking accountability, or the lack of it, across two decades of air strikes.