List of Drones articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Video: Is This The Fabled Beast of Kandahar?
New video shows the secret drone over Nevada
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 One Cheer for Obama’s Executive Order on Drone Strikes
Yes, the White House lowballed its drone casualty numbers. But don’t let that obscure the value of its important policy changes, which will save civilian lives.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Do Not Believe the U.S. Government’s Official Numbers on Drone Strike Civilian Casualties
It’s way, way too low.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 White House Drone Release Is Big on Numbers, Short on Detail
The Obama administration finally releases an estimate of how many civilians were killed in its secret drone strikes. But rights groups say the true numbers are vastly higher.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: More Airstrikes, More Dead Civilians; Syria Train and Equip Numbers
Fragile States Index; Aussies Allegedly Pushing Around Neighbors; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: U.S. Diplos Slam Obama Syria Policy; JSOC and CIA Team Up On Drones
Russian Bombs U.S. Syrian Allies; CIA Chief Says No More Torture; and Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Was Mullah Mansour Doing in Iran?
In the wake of the Taliban leader’s death, we’re only now coming to understand just how ties between Tehran and the Taliban are evolving.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Anwar al-Awlaki’s Life After Death
The persistent popularity of the American imam killed by a CIA drone strike in Yemen is a lesson in the difficulty of stamping out radicalism.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Terrorists Have Drones Now. Thanks, Obama.
86 countries have drones, 19 of them armed. Now ISIS wants them too. Is it too late to stop the unmanned arms race?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Drones Kill More Civilians Than Pilots Do
For years, the Obama administration has claimed that unmanned aircraft limit collateral damage in the war on terror. The numbers show otherwise.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Family of U.S. Hostage Killed in Botched Strike Blasts the White House
Aid worker Warren Weinstein’s family says the Obama administration is balking at the price tag under a law the president signed to compensate families of American hostages.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Time to use drones to deliver USBs to get more information into North Korea?
Today, substantial numbers of North Koreans are willing and able to access outside media despite harsh punishments if detected by the authorities.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama’s Most Dangerous Drone Tactic Is Here to Stay
From Yemen to Somalia, the White House has gone back to bombing men it can’t confirm are militants — potentially leaving innocents trapped in the crossfire.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Drones Up, Obama Says They’re Better Than Ever
Pentagon wants more commandos in Syria; defense employees like Hillary and Bernie; Syria fighting rages; the saga of Bob Gates; Japanese ships reaching out; and lots more