The exact number of casualties and precise rationale of the U.S. drone strikes remain uncertain, but the information we do know came through leaks and independent reporting.
Nearly six months ago, President Obama promised more transparency and tighter policies around targeted killings. In a speech, Obama vowed that the U.S. would only use force against a “continuing and imminent threat to the
Far beyond their military uses, drones could pollinate crops, help firefighters or assist families.
“I have some d-word difficulty,” said Michael Toscano, president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, a trade group for makers and enthusiasts of robots of air, land and sea. The d-word, of course, is drones.
“Just when I say that word,Thousands of parts of military aircraft will be able to be sent to almost any country in the world, now with minimal oversight.
The United States is loosening controls over military exports, in a shift that former U.S. officials and human rights advocates say could increase the flow of American-made military parts to the world’s conflicts and make it harder to enforce arms sanctions. Come tomorrow, thousands of parts of military aircraft, such as propeller blades, brake
The military is refusing to release details about what happens when civilians are harmed in drone strikes.
There have been nine drone strikes reported in Yemen in the past two weeks – an uptick apparently connected to the Al Qaeda threat that
President Obama says the U.S. is at war with “Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and their associated forces.” So who are those “associated forces”?
In a major national security speech this spring, President Obama said again and again that the U.S. is at war with “Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and their associated forces.” So who exactly are those associated forces? It’s a
On June 9, a U.S. drone fired on a vehicle in a remote province of Yemen and killed several militants and a 10-year-old boy.
On June 9, a U.S. drone fired on a vehicle in a remote province of Yemen and killed several militants, according to media reports. It soon emerged that
President Obama pledged to “collect the facts” on the death of Taliban prisoners of war at the hands of U.S.-allied Afghan forces.
In his first year in office, President Barack Obama pledged to “collect the facts” on the death of hundreds, possibly thousands, of Taliban prisoners of war at the hands of U.S.-allied Afghan forces in late 2001. Almost four years later, there’s no sign of progress. When asked by ProPublica about the state of the investigation, the White
