Alice K Ross and Jack Serle

US Strike Killed Australian And New Zealander In Yemen

“The Americans advised us that they had intelligence that suggested they may have been in the car and may have been collateral damage”.

Alice K Ross and Jack Serle
By Alice K Ross and Jack Serle
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The governments of Australia and New Zealand have confirmed the deaths of two men in a US strike in Yemen, which took place last November. Harvard reportedly went by the pseudonym Abu Slama al Russi – incorrectly labelled ‘the Russian’ in a report by a Yemeni reporter and terrorism expert Abdul Razzaq al Jamal. Bin John was reportedly named Abu

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US Drone Strike Kills At Least 16 In Northwestern Pakistan

A deadly drone strike in the early hours of Wednesday morning bucked a recent trend for falling numbers of deaths in each attack.

Alice K Ross and Jack Serle
By Alice K Ross and Jack Serle
Supporters of Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan rally to condemn U. S. drone attacks in Pakistani tribal areas on al-Qaida and Taliban hideouts, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Oct 28, 2011. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

A drone strike in the early hours of Wednesday morning was the bloodiest since October 2012, bucking a recent trend for falling numbers of deaths in each attack. Multiple drones attacked a vehicle and building in Miranshah, one of the main towns in North Waziristan, in Pakistan’s tribal northwest. "I never heard such a huge drone strike

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