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December, 2013
- Politico, 12/31: Drone sites may trigger windfall [ For whom? ]
- Utica OD, 12/30: Drones testing at Griffiss to bring about 500 jobs
- Oneida Daily Dispatch, 12/30: Griffiss International Airport chosen as drone testing site
- Syracuse Post Standard, 12/30: New drone research in Central New York will take place in restricted airspace
[ The PR machine goes into Overdrive in Upstate NY! ] - Syracuse Post Standard, 12/30: Drone research in CNY could open new doors for local companies
- Syracuse Post Standard, 12/30: FAA selects Central New York as national test site for drone research
- Stars & Stripes, 12/29: Drone medal fails to take off
- The Nigerian Bulletin, 12/29: US Spy Drone Flies into Home in Ibadan
- The Guardian (UK), 12/29: I worked on the US drone program. The public should know what really goes on
- Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, 12/29: Military Drones are Already Aloft (and more
- Press TV (Ir), 12/28: Pakistan must take US to ICC over drone strikes: Francis Boyle
- Press TV (Ir), 12/28: Pakistan must take US to ICC over drone strikes: Francis Boyle
- The Nation (Pk), 12/28: Imran shocked over PM’s statement
- Dawn (Pk), 12/28: Drone protests isolating Pakistan: Sharif
- Dawn (Pk), 12/27: US drone kills four suspected militants in North Waziristan
- The Business Recorder (Pk), 12/26: PTI’s ‘sit-in’ enters 33rd day
- The Guardian (UK), 12/26: Suspected US drone strike kills ‘three foreign militants’
- Washington Post (As/Pac), 12/26: US drone strike in Pakistan kills 3 militants
- Bloomberg Businessweek, 12/26: The FAA Stakes Out Its Turf in the Drone Wars
- Russia Today, 12/26: US secretly sends Hellfire missiles, drones to Iraq
- The Guardian, 12/26: Oklahoma’s drones – the next generation
- The Guardian, 12/26: Best theatre of 2013, No 5: Grounded
- NY Times, 12/25: U.S. Sends Arms to Aid Iraq Fight With Extremists [ Including drones. ]
- Russia Today, 12/25: Drone-spotting: Survival guide informs on new breed of aerial predators
- Press TV, 12/25: Iran researchers build new unmanned aerial vehicle
- The International News (Pk), 12/24: Drone strikes must strictly adhere to international law, says UN chief
- IsraelDefense, 12/24: Authorized: Civilian UAV Operating License
- Democracy Now!, 12/24: Obama’s New Normal: The Drone Strikes Continue
- WYNF Fox News, 12/24: Fort Drum Drone Improvements Reportedly In Defense Bill
- The Nation (US), 12/24:
Did ‘The New Republic’ Take Money From a Drone Manufacturer That Wanted It to Run Defenses of Drones? - The Duluth Tribune, 12/23: Drone class has students jumping for joysticks
- All Africa, 12/22: Nigeria: Gulma Drone - a Step Towards Technological Advancement
- The Nation (Pk), 12/22: Deaths at Yemen wedding tests new US drone policy
[ Officials: including some Al Qaeda; Local reporters say no. ] - Johnstown Tribune Democrat, 12/21: Local leaders looking to attract drone program
- Dawn (Pk), 12/21: UN calls for drone strikes to comply with international law
- ABC News, 12/20: US Officials: Drone Targeted Embassy Plot Leader
[ Claims militants going to wedding were hit while traveling in separate convoy. ] - NY Times, 12/20: Yemen Deaths Test Claims of New Drone Policy
- Business Recorder (Pk), 12/20: Drone strikes: UNGA urges US to comply with international law
[ 2 Google Search pages list every Pakistani newspaper, Zero US hits. ] - Upside Down World, 12/19: Drone Use Soars in Latin America, Remains Widely Unregulated
- The Washington Post, 12/19: Aviation schools prepare for boom in drone jobs
- WITV, 12/18: UK's drone nerve centre unveiled for the first time as Philip Hammond defends use of unmanned aircrafts
- Pakistan Observer, 12/18: Drone Strikes are Unlawful
- Slate, 12/17: Why the FBI Thinks Warrantless Drone Surveillance Is Constitutional
[ If a Cessna Pilot can see you, why can't a drone watch you(?) ] - Defense News, 12/17: Former Pentagon “Drone” Lawyer Confirmed as New DHS Chief
- CNN, 12/15: Drone strikes must end, Yemen's parliament says
- Ahram Online (Egypt), 12/15: Yemen parliament bans drone attacks: News agency
- The Scramento Bee, 12/15: Okla. seeks to be target for drone payload
- The Business Recorder (Pk), 12/15: PTI to hold rally against drone attack today
- The International News (Pk), 12/15: Five killed as drone hits boat near Pak-Afghan border
- UPI, 12/14: Drone strike kills seven suspected militants in Afghanistan
- Dawn (Pk), 12/14: Drone targets boat near Pak-Afghan border: reports
- TribLive, 12/14: Drone industry awaits direction
- Bloomberg, 12/13: Domesticating Drones
- Catholic Reporter, 12/13: Three arrested delivering 'citizens' Order of Protection' to New York drone base
- Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting, 12/13: The Official Story: How NY Times Covers Yemen Drone Strikes
- # WAMC NPR, 12/13: Peace Activists Issue “Order of Protection” Against Drone Attacks on Civilians
- Independent Online News, 12/13: Drone strike in Yemen kills 17
- Reuters, 12/13: Insight: In Yemen, al Qaeda gains sympathy amid U.S. drone strikes
- Drone Strike in Yemen Hits Wedding Convoy, Killing 11
[ Compare to earlier reports ] - Drone aviation classes take off, 12/12: Drone aviation classes take off
- The Guardian (Uk), 12/12: Air strike in Yemen kills 15 wedding guests mistaken for al-Qaida – officials
- Reuters, 12/12: Air [Drone] strike kills 15 civilians in Yemen by mistake: officials
[ Shades of Afghanistan. Weddings are DANGEROUS! ] - The Washington Times, 12/11: Inside the Ring: China targets Global Hawk drone
- Russia Today, 12/11: Going Underground: Secret Israeli drone deal & austerity's anthem
- Defense News, 12/11: Poland Seeks To Boost Drone Fleet
- Al Jazeera, 12/11: Journalists: good early drone adopters
[ Wire Tapping and phone tapping are illegal ] - Washington times, 12/11: Inside the Ring: China targets Global Hawk drone
- The Seattle Times, 12/11: Boeing-built drone in orbit for year on secret mission
- Popular Resistance, 12/10: Drone Protests Working: Hagel Demands Pakistan Stop Protests
- Electronic Frontier Foundation, 12/10: The FAA Creates Thin Privacy Guidelines For The Nation's First
Domestic Drone "Test Sites" - CNN, 12/10: Drones, drones on the range
- SUAS News, Dec: Kent State University students will learn how to build and fly drones: Higher Education Roundup
- Business Insider, 12/10: Amazon Couldn't Even Shoot Its Drone Promo Video In The US Because It's Illegal
[ The video says it all. Just add some distance and multiply by 100s ] - The International News, 12/10: NA resolution against drone strikes unanimously passed
- Epoch Times, 12/10: Drone Wars: What’s the Right Policy?
[ Debate at McCain Institute ] - Chicago Tribune, 12/09: U.S. drone strike kills three in Yemen: local official
- Inter Press Service, 12/09: Drone Killings Show Numbers, Not Bodies
- Syracuse Post Standard, 12/09: 3 Conn. men charged during protest at Hancock Airfield
- Syracuse Post Standard, 12/09: Police: Drone protesters have right to free speech; not to trespassing on Hancock air base
- Defense News, 12/09: Turkish-Made Drone Anka Crashes
- Motherboard, 12/06: Eighteen Years After First Experiments, FBI Makes New Push to Deploy Drones Across US
- Gizmodo, 12/06: The Forest Service Spent $100,000 on Drones It Can't Even Use
- Wired, 12/06: New Stealth Spy Drone Already Flying Over Area 51
- Aviation Week, 12/06: EXCLUSIVE [not!]: Secret New UAS Shows Stealth, Efficiency Advances
- Christian Science Monitor, 12/06: The Future of Drones in the US
- Christian Science Monitor, 12/06: Not your average drone: new technology the US military is developing
- Wired, 12/05: The UN Launches Its Own Spy Drone Program
- NBC, 12/05: What lurks beneath the sea? Navy launches drone from submerged submarine
- Muckrock News, 12/05: FBI finally releases some (heavily-redacted) drone documents
- Mint Press, 12/05: Anti-Drone Blockade In Pakistan Forces Halt To US Military Shipments
- The New Yorker, 12/04: Drone On! [ But as ubiquitous as they are overseas,
unmanned aerial vehicles are currently underutilized here on the home front. ] - The New Yorker, 12/04: WHY DRONE DELIVERY WON’T REPLACE THE UPS GUY
- III Investing Daily, 12/04: A Drone Stock With Plenty of Runway Ahead
- KPBS, 12/04: Potential Drone Test Site Spurs Concerns In San Diego Back Country
- Foreign Policy in Focus, 12/03: Pandora and the Drones
- Al Jazeera America, 12/03: The ill-considered debate about drones
- The Washington Times, 12/03: Obama war chiefs widen drone kill box
- Fox News, 12/03: Drone delivery possibly replacing human drivers
[ Still need a driver and a vehicle. Why bother? ] - Reuters, 12/03: U.N. forces use drones for first time, in eastern Congo
[ Co-Option 101: Bring them into the gravy train ] - Press TV (Iran), 12/03: US drone raid kills 5 in Afghanistan
- USA Today, 12/02: Underground drone economy takes flight
- Asia Times (Singapore), 12/02: Drone victims become political fodder
- Seattle PiOne drone software platform to rule them all
[ Seems like easy pickings for hackers ] - The Nation (Pk), 12/01: US drone hits Punjab’s most wanted PO
- November, 2013
- NY Times, 11/29: Recent Drone Strikes Strain U.S. Ties With Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Russia Today, 11/29: Former drone pilot, Lieutenant-Colonel: Obama personally orders drone killings
[ Total Denial: Claims complaints due to lies, use of human shields, other weapons ] - The Global Post (AFP), 11/29: US drone strike kills two in NW Pakistan
- Extreme Tech, 11/29: Drone aircraft would put solar and wind power plants in the sky
[ Let's start by putting them on our roofs! ] - NY Times, 11/28: Party Claims It Identified Top C.I.A. Spy in Pakistan
- Global Clarity, 11/28: Gaza: Life and death under Israel’s drones
- NY Times, 11/28: Afghan Leader Lashes Out at U.S. Allies After NATO Drone Strike
- The Guardian, 11/27: CIA's most senior officer in Pakistan 'unmasked' by Imran Khan's party
- Syracuse Post Standard, 11/27: Air National Guard explains resumption of drone flights two weeks after crash
- Express Tribune (Pk), 11/27: PTI accuse CIA director, country chief, of murder in Hangu drone attack
[ CIA Station Chief Craig Osth ] - The International News (Pk), 11/27: Provinces meeting be called on drone issue, KP CM writes to PM
- Express Tribune, 11/26: Drone strikes: Man seeks case against US president
- Al Jazeera(Qatar), 11/26: The drone doctrine
- Alaska Public Media, 11/26: Legislators Draft Drone Policy
- Scoop News, 11/26: Drone Strikes: Boon or bane for Pakistan?
- International Business Times, 11/26:
NATO Supply Route To Afghanistan Blocked In Pakistan In Protest Against US Drone Strikes - Counterpunch, 11/25: Drone Strikes in Pakistan
- Washington Post, 11/25: CIA remains behind most drone strikes, despite effort to shift campaign to Defense
- Daily Times, 11/25: Retired military drone operator shares experience of remote piloting
- Express Tribune, 11/25: US and CIA to be nominated in Hangu drone strike FIR: PTI
- The International (Pk), 11/23: Drone strikes bring Imran and Nisar close, Nawaz reluctant
- Time (World), 11/24: Anti-Drone Protesters Search NATO Supply Drivers in Pakistan
- Al Jazeera America, 11/23: Drone protesters in Pakistan block NATO supply route
- Dawn (Pk), 11/23: Thousands protest against drone strikes in Peshawar
- Huffington Post, 11/23: A Drone Victim's Message to the United States
- NY Times, 11/22: Questions on Drone Strike Find Only Silence
- The Malibu Times, 11/22: Navy Puts Drone Program On Hold After Accident
- Chicago Tribune, 11/22: Drone maker General Atomics may face layoffs: executive
[ Manufacturer of Predator and Reaper Drones ] - FirstPost World, 11/22: Upset by drone strikes, injustice against Pak: Nawaz Sharif
- Global Post, 11/21: U.S. drone strike kills 8 at religious school in Pakistan
[ Check out the ‘related articles’ list ] - Huffington Post, 11/21: House Committee Rejects Provision Requiring Account Of Drone Casualties
- Washington Post, 11/21: Suspected U.S. drone kills six; U.S. denies Pakistan’s claim that seminary was target
- NBC News, 11/21: Drone strike kills Haqqani network's No. 2, other Taliban commanders: officials
[ Not True! ] - Chicago Tribune, 11/21: U.S. drone kills senior militant in Pakistani seminary
- The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 11/21: CIA drone strikes outside Pakistan’s tribal regions
- Dawn, 11/20: No more drone strikes during Taliban talks, US assures Pakistan
- Wall Street Journal, 11/20: Mideast Companies Seek Foothold in Drone Market
- In These Times, 11/20: Drone Free Zone
- Defense News, 11/19: As UAV Market in Middle East Grows, US May Look to Draw Back
- Zee News (India), 11/19: Yemen drone strike kills three ‘Qaeda’ suspects
- Motherboard, 11/19: Germany Condemns "Illegal Killings," Halts All Purchases of American Drones
- Huffington Post, 11/19: EU Nations To Jointly Produce New-Generation MALE Drones
- Reuters, 11/19: EU takes step towards launching drone programme
- Appeal Democrat, 11/18: U.S. reduces number of drone strikes
- The Voice of Russia, 11/17: Russia developing anti-drone defense
- CBS News, 11/18: Iran unveils “Fotros&rdqou; drone, says it's their biggest yet
- Defense News, 11/18: Hammerhead UAV Conducts Successful Test Flight
- Wired, 11/18: Catapult-Launched Bat Drone Wages Electronic War
- Defense News, 11/18: With Adcom Drone, UAE Makes Big Export Push
- The Atlantic, 11/14: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/11/distant-death-the-case-for-a-moratorium-on-drone-strikes/281471/
- Defense News, 11/14: Drones High on Agenda for Upcoming EU Defense Ministers' Meeting
- The Local (Germany), 11/14Germany halts purchase of armed drones
- EuroObserver, 11/13: Seven EU states create military drone 'club'
- Syracuse Post Standard, 11/12: Military drones grounded in Central New York following crash in Lake Ontario
- The Times Union, 11/08:
The myth of precision and the right to home. Weaponized drones and why they don’t reduce terrorism - ProPublica, 11/06: 6 Months After Obama Promised to Divulge More on Drones, Here’s What We Still Don’t Know
- CNN, 11/04: How drones will change your life
- Islamic World (Italy), 11/02:
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan - The leader "Hakimullah" Mehsud killed in U.S. drone attack: it's red alert
[ "in Italian, view in Chrome or use Google Translate for English Translation" ] - The Guardian(UK), 11/02: Pakistan on high alert after Taliban leader killed by US drone strike
[ "a government peace delegation was in Miranshah [] at the time of the attack." ] - New York Times, 11/02: Pakistani Taliban Gather to Select Successor to Leader Killed in U.S. Drone Strike
[ "Analysts [?], however, said such talks were far from certain." ] - Dawn, 11/01: Imran demands immediate blockade of Nato supplies
- New York Times, 11/01: Drone Strikes Are Said to Kill Taliban Chief
- October, 2013
- the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 10/30: Government document identifies 20 people killed in Pakistan in a 2009 drone strike
- Washington Post, 10/24: Secret memos reveal explicit nature of U.S., Pakistan agreement on drones
- ProPublica, 10/18: Drone Makers Gather to Defend Their Much-Maligned Machines
- Scarry Thoughts, 10/18: 2014: The Year of Transparency (for U.S. Drone Use)?
- ProPublica, 10/18: Drone Makers Gather to Defend Their Much-Maligned Machines
- The Guardian (UK), 10/17: UN Rapporteur Christof Heyns condemns use of drone strikes
- ABC News (Australia), 10/17: NSA deeply involved in US drone strikes: report
- New York Times, 10/11: At Drone Conference, Talk of Morals and Toys
[ ". . . softening the drone’s image — likening it to a kite, a cell phone, a pet on a leash." ] - Washington Times, 10/10: CIA warily watches for threats to U.S. now that 87 nations possess drones
- Oregon State University Terra, 10/10: On a Wing and a Dare
- The Guardian (UK), 10/07: Anti-drones protesters who broke into RAF base are praised by judge