The Washington Post reported today (Feb 21st) that out of 118 CIA drone strikes in Pakistan only 13 ‘High Value Targets’ had been killed, of which only two were on the US’ Most Wanted list. According to the New American… Read More ›
Archive for February 2011
Newsweek: Inside the Killing Machine
by Tara McKelvey Don’t normally repost other people’s articles here but this is an illuminating piece from Newsweek on how, as it says in the article ”the formal process of determining who should be hunted down and “blown to bits” by… Read More ›
US spy arrest halts drone strikes in Pakistan as Al-Qaeda steal Predator drone
In Pakistan drone strikes seem to have ceased since 23rd January. While there have been pauses in drone strikes in Pakistan before, there has been speculation that this latest pause is connected to diplomatic efforts to secure the release of… Read More ›
Proliferation and protests
Apologies for the recent silence but I was, as they say, unavoidably detained. Proliferation of drones continues apace with Israel’s recent delivery 12 drones to Russia in a $400m deal and Brazil ordering further Hermes 450 drones. Meanwhile the USAF… Read More ›
