Drone Strikes

Obama Policy: Proximity To Terrorists Makes You A Terrorist

The Huffington Post | Radley Balko | Posted 05.29.2012

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The Obama administration has in turn been secretive about its use of targeted drone strikes, boasted about the program's success, and fended off criti...

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The Golden Age of Special Operations

Andrew Bacevich | Posted 05.29.2012

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Andrew Bacevich

When it comes to military policy, the Obama administration's success in shutting down wars conducted in plain sight tells only half the story, and the lesser half at that.

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Andrea Stone

Drone Lobbyists Buzzing Capitol Hill

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.28.2012

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WASHINGTON -- It may be years before unmanned aircraft are common in the sky, but lobbyists for the industry that develops and manufactures the drones...

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Who Commands America's Killer Drones?

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 05.23.2012

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WASHINGTON -- White House counterterror chief John Brennan has seized the lead in guiding the debate on which terror leaders will be targeted for dron...

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4 Suspected Militants Killed In U.S. Drone Strike

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 05.23.2012

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. track down Osama bin Laden was convicted of high treason Wednesday and sentenced to...

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Would It Make a Difference to Progressives If Norman Solomon Goes to Congress?

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Drone Strikes, Congress, War With Iran, Norman Solomon, Military Budget, Afghanistan War, Peace Activism, Peace, Politics News
Robert Naiman

A key paradox for progressives of our national political life goes something like this: everybody complains about Congress, but nobody does anything about it.

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GOP Admits It Lacks Votes for Afghan War; House to Vote on Drone Strikes, Afghan Exit & Indefinite Detention

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.17.2012

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Robert Naiman

On Wednesday night, the House GOP leadership effectively conceded that they no longer have the votes in the House to sustain the current war policy in Afghanistan.

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House Moots Afghan Exit, Iran War, Military Budget, and 'Signature' Drone Strikes

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.16.2012

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Robert Naiman

According to the way the House operates, the authorization bill is the most open opportunity to challenge current policy. When the House considers the appropriations bill, amendments can be offered to cut money for specific programs.

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America the Serial Killer

John Feffer | Posted 05.15.2012

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John Feffer

Dexter is all about U.S. foreign policy and the moral calculus of a superpower. Our government has likewise been on a killing streak, and there's no end in sight. But we are also, as a country, conflicted about this propensity toward murder.

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Airstrike Kills Senior Al-Qaida Leader In Yemen

AP | BY AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 05.07.2012

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SANAA, Yemen -- An airstrike Sunday killed a top al-Qaida leader on the FBI's most wanted list for his role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warshi...

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John Brennan Should Tell the Whole Truth About the Drone Strikes

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Civilian Deaths, John Brennan, Yemen, Fordham University, National Defense Authorization Act, Drones, Pakistan, CIA Predator Drones Yemen, Drone Strikes, Obama Drones, World News
Robert Naiman

Not only do "signature strikes" increase the risk of killing civilians and people who have no dispute with the U.S.; their existence is crucial to the question of whether the drone strikes are legal.

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Andrea Stone

John Brennan: Drones Strikes Are 'Ethical And Just' [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 04.30.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Saying that President Barack Obama "has instructed us to be more open with the American people" in the use of drones to kill suspected t...

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Pakistan To United States: No More Drone Strikes

Posted 04.13.2012

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ISLAMABAD, April 12 (Reuters) - Pakistan's parliament on Thursday unanimously approved recommendations from its national security committee on tie...

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U.S. Drone Strike Kills 4 Suspected Militants In Pakistan

Reuters | Posted 05.29.2012

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(Adds quote from intelligence official) MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, March 30 (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed four suspected militants ...

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Al Qaeda Official Reportedly Killed In U.S. Drone Strike

AP | By ABDI GULED and KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 01.22.2012

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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A U.S. drone strike killed an al-Qaida official of Lebanese origin fighting alongside insurgents in Somalia, officials said. Th...

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CIA Reportedly Suspends Drone Attacks In Pakistan

Los Angeles Times | Posted 12.24.2011

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Reporting from Washington-- In an effort to mend badly frayed relations with Pakistan, the CIA has suspended drone missile strikes on gatherings of...

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Drones and the Democratization of Destruction

John Feffer | Posted 01.22.2012

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John Feffer

In June, Obama's top counterterrorism advisor John Brennan announced that drone strikes haven't resulted in any civilian casualties over the past year. The London-based Bureau of Investigative Reporting disagrees.

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Officials: Bomb-Maker Linked To 2009 Christmas Day Plot Likely Killed In Yemen Drone Strike

AP | By ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO | Posted 11.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. intelligence indicates that the top al-Qaida bomb-maker in Yemen also died in the drone strike that killed radical cleric Anwar al-...

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Top Republicans Differ On Killing Of Al Qaeda Cleric

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 11.30.2011

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Top Republican politicians differed in their reactions Friday to the killing of American-born operative al Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki in a drone ...

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The New American Ethos: Death and Indifference

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 11.23.2011

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Jonathan Weiler

We live in a time when the irresistible force that is the machinery of death on the one hand and the immovable object that is the indifference to the fate of the least among us on the other -- conspired in the execution of Troy Davis.

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Officials: U.S. Building Secret Drone Bases In Africa, Arabian Peninsula

The Washington Post | Craig Whitlock and Greg Miller | Posted 11.20.2011

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The Obama administration is assembling a constellation of secret drone bases for counterterrorism operations in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Pen...

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Top U.S. Intelligence Officials: Al Qaeda Weaker, But Far From Done

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 11.13.2011

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WASHINGTON — America's top two intelligence officials said Tuesday that al-Qaida is weaker and U.S. intelligence agencies are smarter since the ...

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Watch: U.S. Officials: Al Qaeda On Brink of Collapse

Posted 09.26.2011

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The killing of Osama bin Laden and seven years of drone strikes against Al Qaeda's leadership have left the organization near collapse according to U....

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Al Qaeda On Brink Of Collapse, U.S. Officials Say

The Washington Post | Greg Miller | Posted 09.25.2011

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U.S. counterterrorism officials are increasingly convinced that the killing of Osama bin Laden and the toll of seven years of CIA drone strikes have p...

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The Assassination President?

Feisal G. Mohamed | Posted 09.18.2011

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Feisal G. Mohamed

If George W. Bush was the torture president, Barack Obama's pet human rights violation is extrajudicial killing.

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