Drone Attacks

US Missiles Kill 17 In Pakistan

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 12.18.2009 | World


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's anti-corruption agency has barred the defense minister and nearly 250 other top officials from leaving the coun...

Obama's Nobel Speech? C-minus.

Tom H. Hastings | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics


Tom H. Hastings

Obama said, "A nonviolent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies." But in fact, where nonviolence was attempted against the Nazis, it succeeded.

Saleh al-Somali, Senior al-Qaida Member, Reportedly Killed In Drone Attack

Posted 12.11.2009 | World


***UPDATE 12.11 4:30 PM ET*** ABC News is reporting, citing a senior U.S. official, that the senior al-Qaida figure reportedly killed in a drone atta...

The Costs of Drone Strikes

Lisa Schirch | Posted 10.13.2009 | World


Lisa Schirch

No matter the outcome of President Obama's deliberations about US strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the tactic of using unmanned drone strikes should be taken off the table.

Ilyas Kashmiri And Nazimuddin, Militant Leaders, Killed By U.S. Strikes, Says Pakistan

AP | MUNIR AHMAD and CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 11.17.2009 | World


ISLAMABAD — U.S. missiles are believed to have killed an al-Qaida operations chief and a top Uzbek militant in northwest Pakistan, officials sai...

Pakistan Drone Attacks Kill At Least 10

Al Jazeera English | Posted 11.08.2009 | World


At least 10 people have been killed after a suspected US drone fired missiles into Pakistan's North Waziristan region, Pakistani intelligence has said...

Baitullah Mehsud's Death Doesn't Change Pakistan's Perception Of The US

Naveen Naqvi | Posted 09.21.2009 | World


Naveen Naqvi

The recent killing of Baitullah Mehsud by a US-led drone attack still does not seem to work in favor of the drone attacks.

Pakistan: US Missile Kills 10

The New York Times | PIR ZUBAIR SHAH and SABRINA TAVERNISE | Posted 09.11.2009 | World


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- An American missile hit the Mehsud tribal region of South Waziristan on Tuesday, claiming at least 10 lives in the same area wh...

Suspected US Missile Strike Kills 12 In Baitullah Mehsud Stronghold

Al Jazeera English | Posted 08.07.2009 | World


At least 12 people have been killed in a suspected US missile strike on a training camp run by Baitullah Mehsud, the Pakistani Taliban leader, in Sout...

Pakistan Asks US To End Missile Attacks

AP | RYAN LUCAS | Posted 07.26.2009 | World


ISLAMABAD — Officials say a suicide bomber has killed at least two soldiers in the Pakistani part of Kashmir. Two security officials said the a...

Pakistan: Suspected US Missile Strikes Kill 8

AP | ROHAN SULLIVAN | Posted 07.19.2009 | World


ISLAMABAD — Suspected U.S. missiles pounded militant hideouts Thursday in the tribal belt near Afghanistan where Pakistani troops are building u...

Pakistan Drone Attack Secrecy Hides Abuses

Inter Press Service | Posted 07.13.2009 | World


By Gareth Porter | Inter Press Service WASHINGTON, Jun 12 (IPS) - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's refusal to share with other agencies even ...

Surge in Pakistan Violence: U.S. Central Command Warns Patrick Cronin to Stay Home

Steve Clemons | Posted 06.05.2009 | World


Steve Clemons

U.S. intelligence fears an uptick in suicide bombings over the next week directly targeting hotels and high population centers where foreigners populate. The fact is that it easier today to visit Baghdad than Pakistan.

Suspected US Drone Attack Kills 6 In Pakistan

Dawn | Posted 04.25.2009 | World


WANA: Six foreign militants were killed in a suspected US drone strike in South Waziristan, television reports quoted sources as saying on Wednesday....