The US drone that assassinated American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen was launched from one of the Obama administration's newly constructed bases on the Arabian Peninsula. It was only a few weeks ago that reports were first released about the Obama administration's...
After a request for US assistance in suppressing separatist Kurds, the Turkish government is expecting the delivery of Predator drones in June 2012. “We have agreed in principle [on the delivery of Predators]. Negotiations will continue,” Turkish Prime Minister Recep...
The military's widespread use of unmanned aerial vehicles to attack and surveil various war zones from Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, Libya and others has been some what controversial as a weapon of war. But the ubiquitous drone is now being utilized in...
US Secret Drone Bases Popping Up Across Africa, Middle East | Future looks bright for flying killer robots
A secret State Department diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks has revealed that one of the primary reasons behind Israeli objections to Palestinian statehood is that lack of statehood keeps Palestinian territories outside the jurisdiction of the International...
American officials don't often reference the CIA's pilotless bombing program in Afghanistan and Pakistan, save for the occasional joke. It took "salty" new Pentagon chief Leon Panetta to bring it up in defense of the strategy of tossing bombs at suspected enemies,...
JERUSALEM - The concerted effort of international human rights activists to rein in violations of laws of war was given a major impetus when Human Rights Watch researchers presented a report [.pdf] Tuesday on the unbridled use by the Israeli military of unmanned...
