Tag Archives: drone warfare
Glenn Greenwald> CNN Acts as Pentagon Mouthpiece with its “Report” that Iran Shot at a US Drone
CNN Acts as Pentagon Mouthpiece with its “Report” that Iran Shot at a US Drone “First things first: let us pause for a moment to extend our thoughts and prayers to this US drone. Although it was not physically injured, being shot at by the Iranians – while it was doing nothing other than peacefully […]
New Figures: Almost 1,500 US/UK Drone Strikes in Afghanistan Since 2009
New Figures: Almost 1,500 US/UK Drone Strikes in Afghanistan Since 2009 By Global Research News Global Research, November 10, 2012 Drone Wars UK 9 November 2012 Region: Middle East & North Africa Theme: US NATO War Agenda In-depth Report: AFGHANISTAN New information about the number of US drone strikes in Afghanistan has been revealed by DangerRoom, the national security blog at Wired.com. […]
David Swanson> Drones in U.S. Flight Paths: What Could Go Wrong?
Drones in U.S. Flight Paths: What Could Go Wrong? By David Swanson. Published in the July / August 2012 Humanist On February 14 President Obama signed the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 into law, authorizing the Federal Aviation Administration to integrate unmanned aerial vehicles (known as drones) into the national airspace system by 2015. The […]
NATO Airstrike in Afghanistan Kills Eight
NATO Airstrike in Afghanistan Kills Eight Date: September 16, 2012 vcnv.org Circumstances: A NATO airstrike killed eight women, according to an Agence France Press report. Eight more were wounded. The women were said to have been out on the mountain collecting firewood. Place: Alingar District, Laghman Province NATO/ISAF Response/Acknowledgement: NATO’s U.S. led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) initially said […]
The Guardian> Are drones any more immoral than other weapons of war?
Are drones any more immoral than other weapons of war? The central issue comes down to how combatants are identified and what efforts are made to protect civilians By Peter Beaumont The Observer, Saturday 18 August 2012 The Guardian A US Predator drone over Kandahar air field, southern Afghanistan. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Three years ago, I came […]
Glenn Greenwald> Deliberate media propaganda
Deliberate media propaganda The media now knows that “militant” is a term of official propaganda, yet still use it for America’s drone victims BY GLENN GREENWALD SATURDAY, JUN 2, 2012 Salon.com (updated below) Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that the Obama administration, in order to conceal civilian deaths caused by their drone attacks, “counts all […]
Video> Jeremy Scahill: A Short History of Drone Warfare
Published on May 25, 2012 by videonation The United States is on a new trajectory in warfare, says Jeremy Scahill, national security correspondent for The Nation. With its increase in drone strikes, the United States is turning away from the large-scale military interventions of the past decade and towards covert operations, beyond such known locations as Pakistan and […]
Poem> On Drones and Targeted Killing
On Drones and Targeted Killing Christmas Day, 2011 by David Harris The Justice Department and the CIA Have discovered a most unusual way of making decisions. Ignoring the law and the Constitution, they Write their own rules while the lobbyists pay off the politicians. The city police from New York […]
Death TV: America’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases Its Full Extent Revealed for the First Time
America’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases Its Full Extent Revealed for the First Time Posted by Nick Turse at 5:47pm, October 16, 2011. TomDispatch They increasingly dot the planet. There’s a facility outside Las Vegas where “pilots” work in climate-controlled trailers, another at a dusty camp in Africa formerly used by the French Foreign Legion, a third at a big […]
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