by Clive Stafford Smith LAST Friday, I took part in an unusual meeting in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. The meeting had been organized so that Pashtun tribal elders who lived along the Pakistani-Afghan…
Category: Covert Drone War
The use of Predator and Reaper drones (unmanned flying vehicles that are often armed with video-guided missiles) by the US military and CIA is a largely untold story of the “Global War on Terror / Global Contingency Operation” – yet has caused thousands of deaths in Pakistan and Afghanistan, many of whom are women and children.
A 51st State for Armed Robotic Drones
by David Swanson Weaponized UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), also known as drones, have their own caucus in Congress, and the Pentagon’s plan is to give them their own state as well. Under…
The CIA’s unaccountable drone war claims another casualty
Tariq Aziz (centre, second row) attending a meeting about drones strikes in Waziristan, held in Islamabad, Pakistan on 28 October 2011. Three days later, the 16 year old was reported killed by…
Never Been More Proud to Be in a Courtroom
We seldom hear in the media who the innocent dead really are… do we know their names? Do we know anything about them or their families? Do we, as society, even care?…
America’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases: Its Full Extent Revealed for the First Time
by Nick Turse A ground-breaking investigation examines the most secret aspect of America’s shadowy drone wars and maps out a world of hidden bases dotting the globe. October 16, 2011…
The Sickness Unto Death
by Chris Floyd Sick drones flying over our heads Sick drones dropping ten tons of lead Nobody controls the ghostly machine Hacked and cracked, they still make the scene The bombs go…