Following Botched Raid, Yemen Withdraws Permission For US Ground Operations

Grisly photographs of children apparently killed in the crossfire of a 50-minute firefight during the raid caused outrage in Yemen.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
8-year old American-Yemeni Nawar al-Awlaki, killed by Navy Seal Team 6 during the botched raid in Yemen.

(REPORT) --- The Trump Administration’s claims that a January 29 ground raid in Yemen was a “success” appear to be on increasingly flimsy ground, with the Yemeni government today announcing it has revoked permission for all future US ground operations on their soil. Though US officials downplayed the move, saying it doesn’t apply to drone

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Obama Carried Out Ten Times More Drone Strikes Than Bush

Obama oversaw more strikes in his first year than Bush carried out during his entire presidency.

Jack Serle
Jessica Purkiss
By Jack Serle
And Jessica Purkiss
The number of civilians killed by United States drone strikes is at least 500, nearly all of the strikes were a part of the Obama administration’s targeted assassination policy. (Photo: (Image: Lance Page/Truthout; Adapted: Amanda Currier, Nathan Barry/Flickr-CC)

There were ten times more air strikes in the covert war on terror during President Barack Obama’s presidency than under his predecessor, George W. Bush. Obama embraced the US drone programme, overseeing more strikes in his first year than Bush carried out during his entire presidency. A total of 563 strikes, largely by drones, targeted Pakistan,

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Obama’s Legacy: Institutionalizing The Assassination Complex

The Obama Administration has laid the groundwork, now Donald Trump will be president, and he will have a vast apparatus for carrying out targeted assassinations,

Kevin Gosztola
By Kevin Gosztola
The number of civilians killed by United States drone strikes is at least 500, nearly all of the strikes were a part of the Obama administration’s targeted assassination policy. (Photo: (Image: Lance Page/Truthout; Adapted: Amanda Currier, Nathan Barry/Flickr-CC)

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. As President Barack Obama’s administration comes closer to an end, the number of civilians killed by United States drone strikes in Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen is at least 500, according to data compiled by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Nearly all of the drone strikes were a part of the

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US Drone Strikes Kill 17 Civilians In Afghanistan

American airstrikes in the southeastern Afghan province of Paktika were said to have been targeting Al-Qaeda militants.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz

Governor Shaista Khan Akhtarzada of Afghanistan’s Gomal District, in Paktika Province, has announced an investigation into a series of US drone strikes in the district confirmed at least 17 civilians were killed in a series of incidents. Former Senator Haji Mohammad Hasan also confirmed the incident, saying there were three strikes in the

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White House To Reveal Drone Strike Death Toll, But Secrecy Still Reigns

“It’s not enough to tally up the drones’ body count—we need a thorough reassessment of the program itself.”

Nadia Prupis
By Nadia Prupis

The Pentagon on Monday announced it would reveal, for the first time, the number of deaths caused by U.S. military drone and other air strikes overseas since 2009, including civilians, in regions that have not been declared war zones. The disclosure, which is set to come annually from now on, will cover Yemen, Pakistan, Libya, Somalia, and other

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How Did The US Go From A War On Terror To A War Of Terror?

Perhaps the notion of U.S. exceptionalism shouldn’t be derided as a myth. Indeed, the U.S. is exceptional in the violence it perpetrates upon innocent people around the world.

Robert Fantina
By Robert Fantina
Deputy chief minister of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province offers funeral prayers in front of dead bodies. At least 2,400 people have died in CIA drone strikes in the tribal region of north west Pakistan.

KITCHENER, Ontario --- (OPINION) On April 4, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech in which he discussed the violence he saw in the streets of the United States and the violence of the Vietnam War. He described meeting with “desperate, rejected, and angry young men,” encouraging them to seek non-violent change in their communities and the

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