 "Drone opponents criticise US first lady's support for Nigerian girls")
The kidnapping of over 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria by militant Islamist organisation Boko Haram prompted widespread protests globally demanding the release of the girls. First Lady of the US, Michelle Obama, joined the effort, tweeting a picture of herself holding a placard with the words “Bring back our girls”. However, little did she know that show of solidarity would prompt criticism from drone opponents over White House’s “selective sympathy”. [caption id=“attachment_1513723” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  The US is sending technical experts to Nigeria. Image: @FLOTUS[/caption] Opponents of drone strikes used the hashtag “bring back our drones” to criticise the first lady of the United States. Users tweeted various responses, using the hashtag asking Michelle Obama about civilian deaths in drone strikes conducted by the US. Memes surfaced as people took to social media to protest civilian deaths in drone strikes carried out by the Obama administration. Many others defended the first lady saying protesting the kidnapping of Nigerian girls, irrespective of the White House history with drones. A recent piece in PolicyMic cites the findings of a study by Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute which showed the number of Pakistani civilians casualties had been underestimated. President Obama has been slammed for their drone strikes that have led to the dead of thousands of civilians. Recently, the Salon reported: “Five years after the first drone strike conducted under President Obama killed at least nine Pakistani civilians, the secretive global campaign has now killed more than 2,400 people, at least 273 of them civilians including children.” Here are some of the tweets that took on Michelle Obama’s plea for the release of Nigerian schoolgirls: People want the girls back that were taken. What about all the girls killed by the US drones? #BringBackOurDrones — Grease lightnin’ (@Wow_its_Abel) May 10, 2014
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