Customs Border Patrol Air and Marine division blackhawk […]
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) usually gets all the credit for the first US drone targeted killing beyond the conventional battlefield. But it was the military which gave the final go-ahead to kill on November 3 2002. Lt General Michael DeLong was at Centcom headquarters in Tampa, Florida when news came in that the CIA had found its
In this Thursday, June 16, 2011, file photo, Pakistani […]
Alongside the Washington Post’s latest blockbuster reports on the Obama administration’s drone kill list is a
In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo, an unmanned U.S. Pred […]
By Chris Woods, Alice Ross and Jack Serle Pakistan: Reported casualties from CIA drone strikes in Pakistan double this month compared with September. Agency targets include a North Waziristan
Pakistan’s ex-cricket star-turned-politician Imra […]
US peace activists joined politicians, lawyers and the world’s press on Sunday as they attempted to march into Pakistan’s tribal region in protest at the CIA’s drone campaign. The two-day march, organised by Imran Khan, the cricketer-turned-presidential hopeful who leads the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, set out from Islamabad on Saturday
A Global Hawk UAV, similar to the one used in an airstr […]
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry has bluntly rejected claims by the Obama administration that it tacitly approves CIA drone strikes on its territory, saying that ‘drone attacks are illegal, counterproductive, in contravention of international law and a violation of Pakistani
Pakistanis rally against United States and condemned dr […]
By Jack Serle and Chris Woods Pakistan: CIA drone strikes pause for a short period as Muslims protest around the world against a US-made video. A senior al Qaeda leader is killed in resumed strikes. Yemen: Eleven named civilians
An armed US military Reaper drone over Afghanistan. (US […]
The near constant presence of CIA drones ‘terrorises’ much of the civilian population of Pakistan’s tribal areas according to a new report. Men, women and children are subjected to almost constant trauma – including fear of attack, severe anxiety, powerlessness, insomnia and high levels of stress – says a nine month investigation into CIA drone
