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June, 2013
- Manteca Bulletin, 06/30: Oregon drone mission: Keeping spuds happy [ "What's your hurry, guys?" ]
- Xinhua (China), 06/30: US to provide Yemen with warplanes amid drone strike criticism
- USNavySeals.com, 06/29: Unmanned Drone Crash In Maryland Due To Pilot and Mechanical Error
- Fars News (Iran), 06/29: Iranian Researcher Builds VTOL Drone
- LowerGwynedd-Ambler-Whitpain Patch, 06/27: Drone Protesters to Say ‘No’ Again
[ Small town America doesn't want to be in the war zone. ] - Huffington Post, 06/27: A Drone Killing and the Death of Tourism in Pakistan
- YNN, 06/27: Drone free Syracuse resolution before common council
[ Might challenge Hancock plans to fly Reapers from Fort Drum. ] - Knovel, 06/26: Drone Warfare Not Popular With Civilians Or Military, Says Study
- Dawn (Pk), 06/24: Drone strikes root cause of terrorism: Imran
- PJRC, 06/23: RETREATING UNDER THE COVER OF DRONES
- Des Moines Register, 06/23: Drone protesters take message to National Guard
- # Common Dreams, 06/23 In Yemen, Most Al Qaeda can be Captured, but Killing is Easier
- Dayton Daily News, 06/22: Local drone pilot explains missions:
[ Springfield base supports national security through its work around the world. ] - # Op Ed News, 06/21: Anti-Drone Activists Stopped at U.S. Canadian Border due to "Orders of Protection"
given to Commander of Drone Base - The International News Magazine, 06/21: Anti-Drone Activists Stopped at U.S. Canadian Border
- Fox News, 06/21: FBI under pressure to explain drone use, as Obama names new director
- The Globe and Mail (Canada), 06/20: Civilian drone use still a sensitive subject for aerospace firms
- The Express Tribune, 06/20: Back in action: Imran wants drone issue taken up at UN
- Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, 06/20: Guantanamo Bay protestors rally at 12 Corners
- MNN, 06/20: Illegal drone market thriving in U.S.
- Huffington Post, 06/19: Drone 'Signature Strike' Witness Responds To Obama Speech: 'I Don't Trust A Single Word'
[ Malik Jalal comes to mainstream. ] - Wired, 06/19: FBI Admits It Surveils U.S. With Drones
- AP Pakistan, 06/18: Pakistan to raise drone attacks issue with US: Sartaj Aziz
- Washington Post, 06/18: Can state laws protect you from being watched by drones?
- Express Tribune (Pk), 06/17: GWOT - reining in the drones
- Boston Globe, 06/17: In Europe, a push to end reliance on US-made drones
- GQ, 06/17: Obama's Drone Master [ Ramping up the propaganda machine:
an elegant, hard working, compassionate, tolerant, nice guy doing his best on our behalf. ] - USNews, 06/17: Drone Strikes on American Citizens Banned in New Defense Bill Amendment
- Airforce Times, 06/17: Anti-drone activists marching across eastern Iowa
- New York Times, 06/16: Drone Sales Flourish in a Time of Austerity
- Wall Street Journal, 06/16: Karzai Condemns U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan
- The National (UAE), 06/15: US makes a drone attack a day in Yemen
- Watertown, Dailey, 06/15: Drone hangar project moves forward in congressional budget discussions
[ Fort Drum to host Reapers for Hancock Operators. ] - Syracuse Post Standard, 06/14: Congress approves $4.7 million for Reaper drone hangar at Fort Drum
- The Global Post, 06/14: US drone kills Pakistani Taliban deputy
- The International News (Pakistan), 06/12: If a drone were downed
- National Yemen, 06/12: CODEPINK Delegation To Yemen- Day 1
- Huffington Post, 06/11: 10 Reflections on Drones
- Information Clearing House, 06/11: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Declares End to Secret Approval of U.S. Drone Strikes
- Islam Times, 06/10: US activists due in Yemen to visit drone victims
- Yemen Post, 06/10: American activists to visit Yemen to assess impact of drones
- The Express Tribune, 06/09: Families of drone victims appeal to Nawaz Sharif for justice
- Washington Post, 06/08: Pakistan summons U.S. embassy officials over drone strikes
- Dawn (Pakistan), 06/08: Drone attacks simply unacceptable: Nawaz
- The Guardian (UK), 06/07: UK’s use of drones in Afghanistan ‘may be in breach of international law’
- Dawn (Pakistan), 06/06: Pakistan families of victims demand halt to US drone strikes
[ Malik Jalal is standing behind him. ] - Washington Wire, 06/05: WSJ/NBC Poll: Drone Attacks Have Broad Support
[ Apparently, it depends on where you poll. See previous . . . ] - Business Recorder (Pakistan), 06/05: Rising rage over drone operations
- Business Recorder (Pakistan), 06/05: Drone standoff: economy may face serious consequences
[ Blackmail? ] - Russia Today, 06/05: ‘Drone strikes in Pakistan completely negate the right to life’
- The International News (Pakistan), 06/05: Drone attacks must stop: Nawaz Sharif
- ABC News, 06/05: Israel Leads Global Drone Exports as Demand Grows
- NBC Nightly News, 06/05: Drone strike deaths raise questions
- VCNV, 06/05: UK Protesters Plant Garden on Royal Drone Base
- BBC, 06/05: Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif urges end to US drone strikes
- The Nation (Pakistan), 06/04: Drone hits, suicide attacks interlinked: Saad
- NBC News, 06/04: Drone flies through hoops — guided by brainwaves
- Russia Today, 06/04: German drone nearly hits 100-passenger Airbus jet – leaked video
- Pakistan Observer, 06/04: US drone kills No 2 in Pakistan Taliban hierarchy
- The Guardian (UK), 06/03: Six arrested after drone protest at RAF Waddington
- The Times of India, 06/03: ‘UAV proves ineffective in anti-Maoist operations’
- The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 06/03: May 2013 Update: US covert actions in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia
- ZeeNews.com (Pakistan), 06/03: Zardari ‘unaware’ of any Pak-US agreement on drone strikes
- Business Standard (India), 06/03: Kashmiri students develops UAV
- All Africa, 06/02: Somalia: Drone Crashes in Puntland , Second in Week
- Business Recorder (Pakistan), 06/02: US drone strikes: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister seeks clear policy from PML-N
- Global Post, 06/02: Drone strikes reportedly kill 7 militants in Yemen as Al Qaeda issues warning to US
- The Guardian, 06/02: Drone attacks continue, the FBI killed an unarmed witness, and Obama aides cash in
- The Guardian, 06/01: Drone strikes targeting al-Qaida kill seven in southern Yemen
- Pakistan Today, 06/01: Drone attacks paralysing peace process: Nisar
- Bloomberg, 06/01: Drone Surveillance Contract Called Off by U.S. State Department
- NewsDay, 06/01: New drone policy seems a lot like old one
- Gulf News (UAE), 06/01: US should replace drone strikes with outreach to tribal areas
- May, 2013
- Dawn (Pakistan), 05/31: Drone strikes legal, says Kerry: Informer’s tip led to TTP leader’s death
- NOUSE (UK), 05/31: Why did Obama make that drone speech?
[ University of York, Student Newspaper. ] - Deutch Welle, 05/31: Report: US drone attacks via US bases in Germany
- Huffington Post, 05/30: Pakistani Taliban Withdraw Offer For Peace Talks After Wali-Ur-Rehman Assassination
[ Drone strikes: tactically smart, strategically stupid. ] - New York Times, 05/30: The Drone War Is Far From Over
- FirstPost (India), 05/30: Obama’s drone speech welcomed in Pakistan, Yemen
- The Telegraph, 05/29: US drone ‘shot down by al-Shabaab in Somalia’
- Wired, 05/29: New Drone Strike Undercuts Obama’s Promises on Robot War
- Miami Herald, 05/29: Drone strike kills Pakistani linked to ’09 blast at CIA Afghan base
- Politico, 05/29: White House walks line on drone strike
- BBC, 05/28: US drone programme: ‘Strict, fair and accountable’ - Kerry
[ In contradiction to widely reported facts on the ground. ] - China.org.cn, 05/27: Obama speech can't bury drone damage
- PakTribune, 05/27: Kerry defends US drone plan, talks with Taliban
[ Loki speaks for the gods of war. ] - Peace and Justice Resource Center, 05/25: IMRAN KHAN WINS IN TARGETED DRONE ZONES
- Business Standard (UK), 05/25: UN lawyer leading drone inquiry praises Obama's speech as ‘significant’
[ Inauspicious, to say the least. ] - Times of Oman, 05/25: Drone strikes illegal, reiterates government
- Washington Post, 05/25: Obama’s new drone policy leaves room for CIA role
[ Feinstein said that she had seen the CIA “exercise patience and discretion specifically
to prevent collateral damage” and that she “would really have to be convinced that the military
would carry it out that well." Drugs? Psychosis? ]
- Business Recorder (Pk), 05/25: Drone killings: lawsuits seek more than US acknowledgement
- Bloomberg Businessweek, 05/25: Military Should Run Drone Strikes Rather Than CIA, Powell Says
- Washington Post, 05/24: Obama‘s drone speech could improve ties with Pakistan even though the strikes will continue
[ Political rapproachmt to new Pk Govt. Nice pic of Pinkers in Pk and quotes Shazad Akbar ] - DC Decoder, 05/24: Would a US ‘drone court’ to authorize drone strikes be a good idea? (+video)
- McClatchy, 05/23: Obama speech suggests possible expansion of drone killings
- SF Gate, 05/23: New Triton Drone Makes First Flight: Will Keep Tabs On China, North Korea [PHOTOS]
- DAily Times (Pk), 05/23: LHC postpones drone hearing
- Syracuse Post Standard Blog, 05/22: Ed Kinane: Hancock’s Reaper drone; Remote control there and here
- New York Times, 05/22: Obama’s Forgotten Victims
- Al Arabia (Saudi /Arabia), 05/20: U.S. drone strike kills two ‘al-Qaeda militants’ in Yemen
- Reuters, 05/20: Pentagon to take over some CIA drone operations : sources
- Business Recorder (Pk), 05/20: Pentagon's drone policy
- The Daily Star (Lebanon), 05/19: Suspected US drone in Yemen kills 4 militants
- International News Network (Pk), 05/19: Drone strikes should come to halt forthwith: Army chief, Nawaz Sharif
- Jerusalem Post, 05/19: Israel is largest drone exporter in the world
- Ynet News, 05/18: Israeli UAV industry worth $400M a year
- Google/AFP, 05/18: Drone strikes kills 'Qaeda militants' in Yemen
- Deutsch Welle, 05/18: Drone Use Raises Ethical Problems in Germany
- Huffington Post, 05/15: china Drone Syndrome
- Wired, 05/13: Is This China’s First Killer Drone?
- ABC News. 05/14: US Launches Drone From Aircraft Carrier
- CNN, 05/13: Inside the drone economy
- Russia Today, 05/13: US Navy’s liquid hydrogen drone flies for record 48 hours
- WKBW Eyewitness News, 05/12: Dozens Gather for Anti-Drone Protest in Niagara Falls
- The Guardian, 15/12: Will Pakistan finally stand up against illegal US drone attacks?
- Salon.com, 05/11: When drone strikes collide with stop-and-frisk
- Pakistan Observer, 05/11: The Futility of Drone Strikes
- Defense Update, 05/11: Teheran’s Drone Fever
- New Hampshire Sentinel Source, 05/10: Can Musharraf save U.S from liability for drone attacks?
- The Times of India, 05/10: Drone strikes illegal, a war crime: Pakistani high court
- Tehran Times, 05/10: Iran Unveils New Stealth Drone
- Sydney Morning Herald, 05/10: Drone debate too late once they get off the ground
- The Atlantic, 05/09: Harold Koh's Slippery, Inadequate Criticism of the Drone War
- The Globe & Mail (CA), 05/09: Gamers make awesome drone ‘pilots,’ study says (be afraid)
- The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 05/09: Pakistani court rules CIA drone strikes are illegal
- Washington Post, 05/07: U.S. Marines successfully employ drone copters in Afghan war
- The washington Times, 05/07: U.S. Marines successfully employ drone copters in Afghan war
- The New Yorker, 05/06: Remote Control, Our Drone Delusion
- Slate, 05/06: What the Drone Debate Is Really About
- Voices of America, 05/06: New Jihadi Magazine Makes Anti-Drone Appeal
- NPR, 05/06: The Hidden Cost Of The Drone Program
- Truthout.org, 05/05: On the Struggle to Keep Weaponized Drones Out of Europe
- The Guardian (UK), 05/04: Dealing remote-control drone death, the US has lost its moral compass
- The Vancouver Sun, 05/04: Drone warfare ramps up
- Polymic, 05/04: Israel Drone Strikes: There’s Another Drone War You’re Not Paying Attention To,
and It’s Not Obama’s - Bloomberg, 05/05: Drone Strikes Are Winning War in Yemen -- for Al-Qaeda
- Business Insider (Australia), 05/04: New U.N. Report Calls For The Cessation Of All Military Drone Fabrication
- CBS News, 05/03: China emerges as new force in drone warfare
- The Telegraph, 05/03: US Navy unveils drone squadron
- National Geographic, 05/02: Tiniest Drone Takes Off, Sort Of
- The Guardian (UK), 05/02: US drone strikes being used as alternative to Guantánamo, lawyer says
- Chicago Sun Times, 05/02: As US drone strikes rise in Yemen, so does anger
- The Daily Caller, 05/01: Legal group launches Domestic Drone Information Center
- St. Louis Beacon, 05/01: Drone wars: Do ‘targeted killings’ undermine 'hearts and minds' counterterrorism efforts?
[ Everybody's talking about them. ] - Ars Technica, 05/01: Meet Drone Shield, an ambitious idea for a $70 drone detection system
- Time, 05/01: Where Will the Drone Jobs Go? States Balance Economic Opportunity with Privacy Concerns
[ Apples and Oranges as Grandma used to say. ]
- April, 2013
- US News, 04/30: Domestic Drone Arrest Database Being Built by Defense Lawyers Group
- BBC Arabic, 04/30: US drones strain on Yemeni’s dual loyalties
- 04/30: UK government to get drone deaths keepsake
- The Frontier Post (Yemen), 04/30: Drone strike kills five Yemen Qaeda suspects: official
- The Daily Star, 04/30: Israeli leaders in a fix over mystery drone flight
- The Nation (Pakistan), 04/29: Are drone raids illegal?
- Syracuse Post Standard, 04/29: 30 drone protesters arrested at Hancock air base at conclusion of weekend rally
- The News (Pakistan), 04/29: Drone attacks bringing about more extremist sentiments in Pakistan: Sherry
- The Express Tribune (Paksitan), 04/28: Fata Convention: ‘Killing innocents in drone strikes is a war crime’
- Jerusalem Post, 04/27: US asks Israel to hold back on response to drone
- The Guardian, 04/27: Hundreds of anti-drone protesters march against UK flight-control centre
- Ynet, 04/27: Israeli assessment: Iran behind downed drone
- Business Insider, 04/26: Former Pakistani President Admits To A 'Secret Deal' To Allow
The US Drone Strikes In Pakistan - Nation of Change, 04/26: Drone Wars: How White Privilege Obscures Real Dialog
- The News (Pakistan), 04/25: Al-Qaeda intelligence chief killed in Waziristan drone attack
- The Atlantic, 04/24: This Yemeni Man Loves America, Hates al-Qaeda, and Says Drone Strikes Make Them Stronger
- Huffington Post, 04/24: Rand Paul Clarifies Drone Position After Outcry
- ABC News, 04/24: Senate Immigration Bill Calls For a Drone-Patrolled Border
- Chicago Tribune, 04/23: Yemeni at U.S. hearing describes drone strike on his village
- Reuters, 04/23: In New Mexico desert, drone pilots learn the new art of war
- Bloomberg, 04/23: Is the Drone's Potential Being Shot Down Too Fast?
- Wall Street Journal, 04/23: The Global UAV Market 2011-2021 - Country Analysis - UAV Market: Market Profile
- Chicago Sun Times, 04/23: Dems, GOP press Obama administration on drone use
- New American, 04/21: Florida Legislature Passes Flawed but Forceful Anti-drone Bill
- Reuters, 04/21: Yemen drone strike kills two suspected militants: security source
- The RAW Story, 04/20: Google CEO Schmidt calls for end to private drone use
- The Daily Mail, 04/20: Britain's secret role in America's drone war: Government approves
UK defence company to supply technology to the U.S. - New York Times, 04/19: After Airstrike, Afghan Points to C.I.A. and Secret Militias
- CBS, 04/18: Yemen: U.S. drone strikes kill 5 al Qaeda members
[ The fine print says ‘suspected’. ] - Washington Times, 04/18: Drone battles over America a possibility in the future, Sen. Dianne Feinstein says
- Daily News (India), 04/17: Obama won't send witness to Senate to explain legality of drone war
- The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 04/17: Proposed drone pilot medal scaled back
- The Daily Times (Pakistan), 04/17: Red Cross chief criticises drone use outside battlefields
- The International News (Pakistan), 04/17: Drone Strike Kills 5 in South Waziristan
- The Frontier Post, 04/16: Drone strike kills three in N Waziristan
- New York Times OpEd, 04/16: The C.I.A.’s Angry Birds
- ABC News, 04/16: US scraps medal for drone, cyber warriors
- Polymic, 04/15: U.S. Drone Strikes Yemen: Has Washington's War in Yemen Failed?
- The Nation (Pakistan), 04/15: Drone campaign in Pakistan
- Wired, 04/15: ACLU Appeals Ruling Allowing Feds to Stay Mum on Drone Targeted Killings
- CNN, 04/15: In Swat Valley, U.S. drone strikes radicalizing a new generation
- NBC World News, 04/14: Suspected U.S. drone strike kills 5 in Pakistan
- PC Magazine, 04/14: Google's Schmidt Calls for Civilian Drone Regulation
- The Gulf News (UAE), 04/13: The ugly realpolitik behind drone strikes
- Watertown Daily, 04/12: Fort Drum plans drone hangar expansion
- Huffington Post, 4/11: 10 Reflections on Drones
- The Miami Herald, 04/11: White House responds to drone pressure: ‘We will continue to disclose as much as we can’
- Huffington Post, 04/11: Drone World
- Zee News (India), 04/11: New Pak leadership will pose greater threat to drone program: US
- The Herald, 04/11: Farmers Fume Over Drone Plan
- Reuters, 04/11: Idaho restricts drone use by police agencies amid privacy concerns
- McClatchy, 04/10: Obama’s drone war kills ‘others,’ not just al Qaida leaders
- Foreign Policy, 04/10: An Inconvenient Truth
- San Francisco Examiner, 04/10: Drone funding approved for San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department,
Lockheed-Martin - The Atlantic, 04/09: In a Secret Drone War, Immoral Kill Deals Will Always Tempt Us
- McClatchy, 04/09: Obama’s drone war kills ‘others,’ not just al Qaida leaders
- Defense Update, 04/08: Lockheed Martin Unveils Concept Design for a Carrier-Based Drone (UCLASS)
- Wired, 04/08: Watch the Navy’s New Ship-Mounted Laser Cannon Kill a Drone
- The Indian Express, 04/08: Reports of Pak deal on drone attacks need to be substantiated: India
- The Telegraph(UK), 04/07: US drone war deal ‘in return for killing Pakistani militant in CIA missile strike’
- New York Times, 04/07: Targeted Killing Comes to Define War on Terror
- Dawn (Pakistan), 4/07: The Thistle and the Drone: How America’s War on Terror Became
a Global War on Tribal Islam [ This book also got a good review in Time Magazine. ] - Washington Post, 04/06: Drone use remains cloaked despite Obama’s pledge for more transparency
- CNN, 04/05: ;By The Numbers: Drones
- ProPublica, 04/05: Payments in the Drone Strike Age
- U.S. News, 04/04: New Drone Report: Our Border Is Not as Secure as We Thought
- Righth Side News, 04/04: FAA Drone Privacy Forum, Civil Liberties Protections Must be Adopted
- New York Daily News, 04/03: Stealth Wear makes ‘anti-drone hoodie’ to hide from Big Brother
- Wall Street Journal, 04/02: Border Drones Fall Short of Target
- Huffington Post, 04/02: Saudi Arabia's New Drone
[ After being denied an armed drone by the US, they found another seller. ] - Wired, 04/02: Budget Cuts Are Set to Hit U.S. Military's Drone Fleet