Chris Woods

The Uphill Fight Against Obama’s Drones: Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin

Walk into any US bookstore and the stacks are crowded with hundreds of books on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet more than a decade in, its hard to find anything on the escalating use of armed drones by the United States. Now Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the US women-led peace movement Code Pink, […]

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By Chris Woods
Medea Benjamin, a prominent activist with CodePink, holds a sign protesting NATO. CodePink was a leading force during the demonstrations in Chicago during the NATO summit. (Photo Norbert Schiller/Mint Press)

Walk into any US bookstore and the stacks are crowded with hundreds of books on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet more than a decade in, its hard to find anything on the escalating use of armed drones by the United States. Now Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the US women-led peace movement Code Pink, is seeking to balance the shelves. Her new

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How Twitter Mapped A ‘Covert’ US Drone Operation In Yemen

Story by Chris Woods and Jack Serle. Though the hour was late, Yemen’s social media was still very much awake. A US drone’s missiles had just slammed into a convoy of vehicles in a remote part of Yemen, killing three alleged militants. The attack – like all other US drone strikes outside warzones – was […]

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Jack Serle
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And Jack Serle
The local press was quickly at the scene but Twitter broke the story first.

Story by Chris Woods and Jack Serle. Though the hour was late, Yemen’s social media was still very much awake. A US drone’s missiles had just slammed into a convoy of vehicles in a remote part of Yemen, killing three alleged militants. The attack – like all other US drone strikes outside warzones – was supposed to be clandestine. Yet

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Analysis: Why We Must Name All Drone Attack Victims

Sunday’s death of Fahd al-Quso in a CIA drone strike was a significant US success. The admitted al Qaeda bomber had long been sought for his role in the deadly attack on the US navy ship the  USS Cole back in 2000. At the Bureau we logged al-Quso’s name – along with his nephew Fahed Salem al-Akdam […]

Chris Woods
By Chris Woods
This photo shows a young child allegedly killed by U.S. drone missile strikes in Pakistan's tribal region. (Photo by Noor Behram)

Sunday’s death of Fahd al-Quso in a CIA drone strike was a significant US success. The admitted al Qaeda bomber had long been sought for his role in the deadly attack on the US navy ship the  USS Cole back in 2000. At the Bureau we logged al-Quso’s name – along with his nephew Fahed Salem al-Akdam – in our Yemen database. Another two names added

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Evidence In British Court Contradicts CIA Drone Claims

A major case in the British High Court has revealed fresh evidence of civilian deaths during a notorious CIA drone strike in Pakistan last year. Sworn witness testimonies reveal in graphic detail how the village of Datta Khel burned for hours after the attack. Many of the dozens killed had to be buried in pieces. […]

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By Chris Woods
London’s Royal Courts of Justice: scene of latest drone legal battle (Nick Garrod/ Flickr)

A major case in the British High Court has revealed fresh evidence of civilian deaths during a notorious CIA drone strike in Pakistan last year. Sworn witness testimonies reveal in graphic detail how the village of Datta Khel burned for hours after the attack. Many of the dozens killed had to be buried in pieces. Legal proceedings were begun

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