Drone Attacks

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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Counterterrorism Chief Urges Congress To Renew Surveillance Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.16.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The federal government's top official in charge of analyzing intelligence warned Congress Wednesday not to "wait until the last minute" ...

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WATCH: Cornel West Calls Obama 'Disastrous Response' To 'Catastrophe'

HuffingtonPost.com | Adam Goldberg | Posted 05.02.2012

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On Wednesday The Huffington Post again visited New York's Loews Regency Hotel, the self-proclaimed home of the "Power Breakfast." During this trip...

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Could We Stop 'Signature' Drone Strikes in Yemen and Pakistan?

Robert Naiman | Posted 04.27.2012

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The U.S. government has been increasingly carrying out drone strikes in countries with which America is not at war, and killing people with drone strikes who have no dispute with the United States.

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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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The Ghost and the Machine

Kathy Kelly | Posted 04.30.2012

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Fazillah, age 25, lives in Maidan Shar, the central city of Afghanistan's Wardak province. She married about six years ago, and gave birth to a son, Aymal, who just turned five. His father was killed by an American bomber plane, remote-controlled by computer.

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Russ Feingold, Foe of Patriot Act, Says Al-Awlaki Drone Killing Was 'Legitimate'

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 02.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Former Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold, whose lone vote against the Patriot Act made him a hero among civil libertarians, said he has no pr...

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GOP Construction of a Fictional "Obama" Has Taken a Turn to the Absurd

Mitchell Bard | Posted 04.10.2012

Even as commentators start to note the GOP effort to create a fictional Barack Obama, it looks like Republicans have decided to double down on the stupid. That is, they have strayed from plausible lies -- lies that, to the uninformed, could feel true -- to absurd ones.

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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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Haqqani Network Leader Reportedly Killed In U.S. Drone Strike In Pakistan

AP | RASOOL DAWAR | Posted 12.13.2011

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — American drone-fired missiles killed a ranking member of the militant Haqqani network on Thursday in northwestern Pakistan,...

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Sex and the Single Drone

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 11.29.2011

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In the world of weaponry, they are the sexiest things around. Others countries are desperate to have them. Almost anyone who writes about them becomes a groupie. They are, of course, the pilotless drones, our grimly named Predators and Reapers.

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Pakistan: Drone Attacks Are Wrong, Regardless

Ethan Casey | Posted 09.18.2011

Drone attacks are wrong. I'm sure to be called an appeaser of terrorists for saying that, particularly in light of the latest events in Mumbai. But I ...

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U.S. Expands Drone War Into Somalia

The New York Times | MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 08.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The clandestine American military campaign to combat Al Qaeda's franchise in Yemen is expanding to fight the Islamist militancy in Somal...

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Pakistan Parliament Slams U.S. For Bin Laden Raid

AP | MUNIR AHMED | Posted 07.13.2011

ISLAMABAD — Members of Pakistan's Parliament slammed the United States on Saturday for the raid that killed al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden on th...

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Pakistani Officials: U.S. Drone Strike Kills At Least 5 Along Afghanistan Border

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 07.11.2011

SHABQADAR, Pakistan — Twin explosions struck a paramilitary training center in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 68 people &ndas...

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It's Been a Bad Week for GOP Lies About Obama

Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.07.2011

As the last week or two unfolded, I was struck by how several news events absolutely obliterated three of the top lies told by Republicans to try and bring down the president.

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Two Mid-Level Al-Qaeda Leaders Killed In Yemen

Reuters | Posted 07.04.2011

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May 5, 2011 7:47:31 AM ADEN, May 5 (Reuters) - Two mid-level al Qaeda leaders were killed in Yemen on Thursday in a remote province where al Qa...

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Taking the War Out of Air War: What U.S. Air Power Actually Does

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. air power is a form of warfare which guarantees the American side quite literal, godlike invulnerability. Can it be war if one side is never in danger?

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Obama's Escalating Robot War in Pakistan Is Making a Terror Attack More Likely

Johann Hari | Posted 05.25.2011

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This robot slaughter drags us into a terrible feedback loop, where the US launches more drone attacks to deal with jihadism, which makes jihadism worse, which prompts more drone attacks, which makes jihadism worse -- and on and on.

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Drone Victims Speak

Chris Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011

Though victims acknowledged that drones often kill militants, they decried the strikes for the harm they cause to civilians and claimed that they are ineffective at combating militancy in the long-run.

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WATCH Woodward: Obama 'Psychologically' Out Of Afghanistan

Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama is "psychologically" out of Afghanistan, says author and Washington Post editor Bob Woodward. Woodward appeared on CBS's "Early Show"...

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CIA Steps Up Drone Attacks On Taliban In Pakistan

New York Times | MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 05.25.2011

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The C.I.A. has drastically increased its bombing campaign in the mountains of Pakistan in recent weeks, American officials said. The strikes are part...

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Drones Over Pakistan -- Menace or Best Viable Option?

C. Christine Fair | Posted 05.25.2011

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American analysts would do well to appreciate the developing nuances in the drone debate in Pakistan before seeking to undermine the best program that the U.S. and Pakistan have in their mutual war on terror.

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U.S. Developing Attack Plan Against Pakistan

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is developing plans for a unilateral attack on the Pakistani Taliban in the event of a successful terrorist strik...

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CIA Drones Secretly Allowed To Kill Unnamed Suspects In Pakistan

Posted 05.25.2011

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By David Cloud, Los Angeles Times The CIA received secret permission to attack a wider range of targets, including suspected militants whose names...

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