These are all extra-judicial killings, and not allowed under international law. The problem we have all over the world is media. Totally under the control of narrow interest groups, they are in no position to question anything at all. There is absoutely no way to tell if the people targeted for killing by drones have done anything illegal at all. And even if a person in a household or a village is politically oriented, that does not make them automatically criminals. Their political orientation may have something to do with local or national politics in Pakistan, but that is a far cry from claiming that the individuals killed are involved in an armed conspiracy against US. In fact, I doubt that any of the people killed by drones are involved in such armed conspiracy. They may be enemies of the current Pakistani government, but frankly I do not see that it is our duty to be a nanny to foreign governments. I am noticing a dangerous trend in news reporting, and even RTV is not immune to that. Without batting an eyelash, the claim is made that people killed are all militants. First of all, we do not know that. RTV can quote a source of information, and stay agnostic as to the claim's validity. It is important to keep the distance between the claim and the reporter. The truth may be quite different, in fact, it is highly likely that the truth is quite different. If possible, a good reporter may develop alternative sources to follow up on such events, to ascertain closer to the ground, the real story. The use of drones leaves civilians vulnerable. It indiscriminately liquidates whole villages or groups of homes. The net effect is always death, maiming and displacing of civilians. The impact on basic necessities for living is catastrophic, as most of these region's economy is dependent on the combination of low level farming and pastoralism. The only economy that remains after the displacement is crime and banditry.