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The Tragic Case of Abdulrahman al Awlaki

From On December 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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The grandfather of the 16-year-old American-Yemeni boy who was killed by a CIA drone strike in Yemen last year is suing 4 US officials, including Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Former CIA Director David Petraeus, over his son and grandson’s deaths.

The father of the Colorado-born Abdulrahman al Awlaki’s was an al [...]

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Yemen’s President tells reporters he personally approves US drone strikes in Yemen

From On October 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi of Yemen told the Washington Post this week that his office and the Yemeni military fully cooperate with US counterterrorism efforts in his country, a frank admission that his predecessor was not willing to provide:

Hadi’s comments mark the first time he has publicly acknowledged his [...]

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Israel drones on about attacking Iran…but will it fly?

From On February 5, 2012 · 8 Comments

Is Israel actually capable of successfully carrying out its winner-take-all high tech attack on Iran that could destroy or (more likely) might delay the development of Iran’s budding nuclear program, at minimal cost–financial, environmental or in casualties–to itself or anyone else except Iran? Could the consequences of an Israeli attack on Iran that didn’t succeed be almost as bad–or even worse–than one that did?

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The Drone That Fell From the Sky

From On December 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment

What a Busted Robot Airplane Tells Us About the American Empire in 2012 and Beyond

Reposted by arrangement with Tom Dispatch

By Nick Turse

The drone had been in the air for close to five hours before its mission crew realized that something was wrong.  The oil temperature in the plane’s [...]

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Against Jen Rubin's belligerent 'Iran Reset'

From On December 14, 2010 · 3 Comments

You can take the blogger out of Commentary, but you can’t take Commentary out of the blogger. So we learn from Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post‘s new neoconservative blogger. As recounted in our Daily Talking Points on Monday, Rubin had two big posts on Iran policy. In one of them Rubin actually [...]

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