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Drones and COIN, Post-Petraeus

From On November 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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In what is sure to be one of the most glaringly obvious headlines written about the General Petraeus-Paula Broadwell affair, the Washington Post writes: “Petraeus hoped affair would stay secret and he could keep his job as CIA director.”

Clearly, things did not go according to plan. Right after the [...]

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Just a Tuesday, like any other, for US drone strikes

From On November 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Election Day in the United States was — as it has been since 1845 — a Tuesday, which meant that it also coincided with “Terror Tuesday,” the label attached to the meetings held by President Obama and his inner national security circle to discuss and authorize drone strikes based on the Administration’s [...]

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NYT Public Editor questions paper’s drone coverage

From On October 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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In what is hopefully a wake-up call for US news media, the New York Time’s public editor, Margaret Sullivan, has called on the paper to challenge its sources on the vagueness of the information they provide on drone strikes:

Some of the most important reporting on drone strikes has been done [...]

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Acting US Ambassador to Pakistan says list of civilians killed by drone strikes “classified”

From On October 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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The US’s Acting Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Hoagland disclosed the information in an exchange with a number of American activists and journalists against the US’s undeclared drone war waged primarily in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of the country.

The US Government has not published casualty lists for Pakistanis reported killed and [...]

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Shaheen, Kargas and the CIA's gift

From On December 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment

By Muhammad Idrees Ahmad

Iran’s Zahedan airport is located on a road named for Allama Iqbal (also known as Sir Muhammad Iqbal), the great Indian philosopher whom Pakistan adopted after partition as its national poet. The shaheen, or eagle, features prominently in Iqbal’s poetry, as a symbol of vigour, dignity and daring. It is contrasted against the [...]

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