Search results for ‘Pakistan drone warfare special report’
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What is ABI – and will it make drones even deadlier?
This week Senator John McCain moved to shift control of US drones from the CIA to the defence department. Meanwhile, fears grow about the application of activity-based intelligence to drones.
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‘What did we do to you?’: family takes drone fight to the US
Rafiq Rehman’s family in northern Pakistan was devastated by the effects of US drone strikes. Now he is in the American capital to speak out for the victims of such attacks.
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Deadly US drone strikes ‘endorsed’ by Pakistan
Just days before a historic briefing in Congress, top secret documents suggest Pakistan “routinely received classified briefings” on drone strikes inside its borders.
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Drone warfare: UN to examine civilian deaths
The United Nations launches an inquiry into the extent to which drones, the unmanned military weapon favoured by the United States in its “war on terror”, cause civilian deaths.
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Pakistan militant Mullah Nazir killed in drone attack
Senior Pakistani militant leader Mullah Nazir, who sent insurgents to fight American forces in Afghanistan, is killed by a US drone strike.
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Drones case heads to appeal after court defeat
A Pakistani man who tried to force the British government to reveal whether it provides intelligence for US drone strikes loses his high court bid but plans to appeal.
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Britain to ‘double number of drones in Afghanistan’
Britain boosts to 10 the number of drone aircraft flying combat and surveillance operations in Afghanistan, as the foreign secretary faces questions over UK support for US drones in Pakistan.
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Pakistan mourns the loss of bomb unit expert
Hukam Khan was one of the most talented bomb disposal experts in the volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan, defusing scores of bombs and IEDs around Peshawar.
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What is normal about drone warfare?
America’s so called “war on terror” did not end when George W Bush left office. Under Barack Obama the covert war entered a new phase, one of increasing reliance on missile strikes from aerial drones.
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Imran Khan calls on US to ‘reveal names’ of drone victims
Imran Khan moves his anti-drone march in Pakistan to 7 October and, speaking to Channel 4 News, calls on the US to “reveal the identities of drone victims”.
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Drone strike hits Pakistan mosque say locals
A US drone attack in north west Pakistan, reported to have killed at least 10 people, hit a small village mosque sources reports Channel 4 News Foreign Editor Ben de Pear.
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UK accused of ‘assisting’ covert CIA drone strikes
Lawyers working for human rights group Reprieve launch formal proceedings against the government over claims the UK is “helping” the US carry out covert drone strikes in Pakistan.
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Help end drone strikes, Pakistani minister to tell Hague
Foreign Secretary William Hague and his Pakistani counterpart are expected to discuss Afghanistan, terrorism and US drone strikes during talks in London.
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Pakistanis rally against drone ‘assassination campaign’
Two thousand Pakistanis join a rally against drone attacks, labelled a “global assassination campaign” by thinker Noam Chomsky as security sources say the latest strike has killed 13 militants.
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Five Taliban chiefs reported dead after US drone strike
A US drone strike in Pakistan has killed five commanders of a powerful Taliban faction which attacks western forces in Afghanistan, according to one of the group’s leaders.
