I’ve known Mark Karlin (online) for a while. As editor of BuzzFlash, he was generous enough to run my voting rights and other articles on more than a few occasions. He’s an excellent analyst in addition to his editorial skills and a solid progressive Democrat from Chicago. All the more reason to take his article [...]
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by Meredith Tax (Originally posted by openDemocracy, republished under a Creative Commons license) The US antiwar group Code Pink, which describes itself as “a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end US funded wars and occupations,” recently sent a delegation to Pakistsan to campaign against drones with Imran Khan. On October 9th, [...] New York Times, By Anne Barnard, October 11 Beirut – Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese militant group and political party Hezbollah, declared Thursday that his fighters had assembled and piloted a drone that flew 35 miles into Israel on Saturday, calling the flight an unprecedented achievement in “the history of the resistance.” In [...] Reports suggest unmanned aircraft was for intelligence gathering and did not come from Gaza Strip The Guardian, By Cass Jones, October 6 The Israeli air force has shot down a drone after it entered the south of the country, the military has confirmed. Troops are searching for the remains of the unmanned aircraft after it [...] Washington Post, By Greg Miller & Craig Whitlock, October 1 The White House has held a series of secret meetings in recent months to examine the threat posed by al-Qaeda’s franchise in North Africa and consider for the first time whether to prepare for unilateral strikes, U.S. officials said. The deliberations reflect concern that al-Qaeda’s [...] Only one third fear for privacies Infowars.com, Steve Watson, September 28 Close to half of Americans say they are in favor of police departments deploying surveillance drones domestically. According to a survey conducted by The Associated Press and The National Constitution Center, 44 percent support the idea of police using unmanned aerial vehicles to track [...] AP, By Ali Akbar Dareini & Nasser Karimi, September 25 Tehran, Iran – Iranian military leaders gave details of a new long-range drone and test fired four anti-ship missiles Tuesday in a prelude to upcoming naval war games planned in an apparent response to U.S.-led warship drills in the Persian Gulf. The show of Iranian [...] BBC, September 25 Civilians are being “terrorised” 24 hours a day by CIA drone attacks that target mainly low-level militants in north-west Pakistan, a US report [PDF] says. Rescuers treating the casualties are also being killed and wounded by follow-up strikes, says the report by Stanford and New York Universities. Drone attacks are thought [...] |
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