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Drone News Archive 2011
Drone News and Analysis 2011 and Earlier
December, 2011
International Middle East Media Center, 12/31: Activists campaign against sale of Israeli drones to France
Marine Corps Times, 12/30: UAV Delivers Cargo in First Warzone Run
# Antiwar.com 12/30: White House Rejects Calls for Oversight on Drone Killings
The Atlantic, 12/30: Unaccountable Killing Machines: The True Cost of U.S. Drones
The Nation (Pakistan), 12/30: US looking for new drone bases after Pakistan’s refusal
CNN Security Clearance 12/30: Raining Drones?
McClatchy, 12/29: Contractors’ role grows in drone missions, worrying some in the military
The Connecticut Post, 12/29: Captured drone may benefit U.S. Now these people think the Iranian Drone is a Trojan Horse. Hmmmm. ]
Press TV, 12/27: US Spy Drone Crashes in Afghanistan
Al Jazeera, Faultlines, 12/27: Robotic Warfare Terrifying glimpse into a future like the one that gave birth to the Terminator. ]
Washington Post, 12/27: Under Obama, an emerging global apparatus for drone killing
Global Reasearch, 12/25: New York to Host Israel’s Top Drone Lab Joining forces with Israel, or bringing the money back home? ]
Yahoo! News, 12/24: Sea Shepherd says drones find, photograph Japan’s whaling fleet
Reuters India, 12/24: Future drone pilots may fly four warplanes at once They’ll have free coffee and coca leaves in the break room. ]
The Diplomat, 12/24: How Downed U.S. Drone Helps China
DefenseTech, 12/2011: Navy to Launch A Drone From A Submarine
Alternet 12/24: OWS Fights Back Against Police Surveillance by Launching “Occucopter” Citizen Drone And Ho Ho Ho to you too. Looks like Santa has brought our own little Drone.]
Washington Post, 12/23: Rise of the drone: From Calif. garage to multibillion-dollar defense industry Merry Christmas Folks it’s Apple and Microsoft and the American Dream Reborn!
International Herald Tribune, 12/22: Drone attack orphaned whole village, says Waziristan resident
# Tom Dispatch, 12/20: The Life and Death of American Drones / The Little Drone that Fell from the Sky
Reuters Africa, 12/18: Overstretched U.S. drone pilots face stress risk
The Nation (Pakistan), December 17: Covert drone war
Dayton Dailey News, 12/17: UAV makers expect U.S. defense demand to continue
The Guardian, 12/17: William Hague questioned over British role in drone strikes
San Juan Capistrano Patch, 12/16: Drone Deal Gives Swift Engineering 600 Percent Boost
# Wired [Danger Room], 12/16: Iran’s Alleged Drone Hack: Tough, but Possible
Yahoo News, 12/16: Iran may have captured U.S. stealth drone by hacking its GPS
Indian Express, 12/16: China goes to Seychelles
Christian Science Monitor, 12/14: Seychelles becomes site of another US drone crash
Fox News, 12/13: Administration Sets Low Expectations for Chance of Drone Being Returned,
Xinhua, 12/12: Fate of downed U.S. drone up to Iran: FM
Reuters, 12/12: U.S. leaving drone base won’t have big impact on air war
# Wired [Danger Room], 12/12: CIA’s Drone War In Pakistan Will Use Afghan Bases
New York Times, 12/11: C.I.A. Leaves Base in Pakistan Used for Drone Strikes
MSNBC World News, 12/10: Pakistan says U.S. drones in its air space will be shot down
# The Race for Iran, 12/10: Iran, American Drones, and the Interlinking Crises of U.S. Hegemony and Global Governance
Los Angeles Times, 12/10: Police employ Predator drone spy planes on home front
Russia Today, 12/10: Google unEarths image of secret US drone base in Nevada
CNN World, 12/10: Zakaria and Baer: Downed U.S. drone an intel catastrophe
The Nation, Pakistan, 12/10: US envoy faces legal threat over boys death in drone hit
Avionics Intelligence, 12/08: FAA Tackles Drone Rules; Unmanned aircraft may eventually be used in civilian sector
Wall Street Journal, 12/09: Drone Program Attacked by Human-Rights Groups
UPI.com 12/08: The ethics of unmanned vehicle warfare
CNN/IBN Live, 12/08: Drones to police coastal skies over Tamil Nadu
# Counterpunch, 12/08: Militarizing the Borders: Drones Are Coming to a Theater Near You
Bloomberg Business Week, 12/08: Turkey Seeks U.S. Drones for Terrorism Fight, Ambassador Says
Washington Post, 12/07: Stealth drone highlights tougher U.S. strategy on Iran
# War Tard, 12/07: Drone Warfare: How UAVs are changing the ‘rules’ of 21st century conflict.
The Atlantic Wire, 12/07: Fallen U.S. Drone Nearly Led to Covert Strike in Iran
Press TV, 12/07: US planned to recover spy drone in Iran
BBC News, 12/05: US ‘concerned’ over drone lost near Iran border
Washington Post, 12/05: Drone belonged to CIA, officials say
NPR All Things Considered, 12/05: Look, Up In The Sky! It’s A Drone, Looking At You
Press TV, 12/04: Iran military downs US spy drone
Washington Post, 12/03: In Gaza, lives shaped by drones
Yahoo! News, 12/02: UK arrests 22 in drone demonstration
November, 2011
NBC New York, 11/30: Occupy Wall Street Stages “War Profiteers” Protest
Courthouse News Service, 11/30: Occupiers Take Aim at Big Defense Conference
# Alternet, 11/30: How the Drone Warfare Industry Took Over Our Congress
Al Jazeera, 11/29: ‘Bugsplat’: The ugly US drone war in Pakistan
NPR All Things Considered, 11/29: War By Remote Control: Drones Make It Easy
NPR Morning Edition, 11/29: Drone Pilots: The Future Of Aerial Warfare
Asia Times, 11/29: US and Pakistan enter the danger zone
Los Angeles Times, 11/27: Idea of civilians using drone aircraft may soon fly with FAA
The Telegraph, 11/18: Britain’s ‘most wanted’ killed in drone attack
# Drone Wars UK, 11/15: As drones continue to kill, drone protests go global
# The RAW Story, 11/12: Warsaw protester launches drone to spy on police
Los Angeles Times, 11/16: Boeing delivers first batch of 30,000-pound bombs to Air Force
Mercury News, 11/12: Feds use more unmanned aircraft to secure border
Russia Today, 11/08: Drones kill first, ask later
Space Dailey, 11/09: US military adds armed robotic helicopters to fleet
Fox News, 11/10: Exclusive: Saab Unveils Amazing ‘Magic Maps’ for Military
Los Angeles Times, 11/08: Navy signs $17-million deal for armed drones
# CNN Opinion 10/19: The scary prospect of global drone warfare
Los Angeles Times, 11/07: U.S. put new restrictions on CIA drone strikes in Pakistan
The Guardian of London, 11/07: The CIA’s unaccountable drone war claims another casualty
# Democracy Now! 11/07:
U.S. Drone Kills 16-Year-Old Pakistani Boy Days After He Attends Anti-Drone Organizing Meeting
Los Angeles Times, 11/05: Multiple missteps led to drone killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan
# Los Angeles Times, 11/03: Assassination Backlash
October, 2011
# Info Wars, 10/31: DHS-Funded Taser Drone Launched in Texas
Press TV, 10/27: US drone attack kills 13 in Somalia
Los Angeles Times, 10/27: Homeland Security adding 3 drone aircraft despite lack of pilots
Washington Post, 10/27: US Drone Base in Ethiopia is Operational
Der Speigel, 10/21: Messengers of Death: Are Drones Creating a Global Arms Race
Los Angeles Times, 10/20: U.S. Predator drone fired on convoy outside Surt, officials say
# AntiWar.com 10/19: New Drones Can be Stored in Soldiers’ Backpacks
Russia Today,10/17: Drone Killed Americans (see RT 4/12 for initial report)
# Los Angeles Times, 10/17: Unfounded drone fears
# Tom Dispatch, Nick Turse, 10/16: Mapping America’s Shadowy Drone Wars
# Empty Wheel Blog, 10/18:
As al-Awlaki Family Mourns Abdulrahman, 16, US Develops “Kamikaze Drones” Targeting Single Humans
Russia Today, 10/13: America Finds Out About Drone Viruses from Internet
Los Angeles Times, 10/13: Air Force says drone computer virus poses ‘no threat’
# Waging NonViolence, 10/13: Anti-drone movement Grows
# The World Can’t Wait, 10/12: The Sickness Unto Death
New York Times, 10/8: Coming Soon, the Drone Arms Race?
New York Times, 10/7: War Drones Keep Flying Despite Computer Virus
September 2011
August 2011
July 2011
June 2011
# AntiWar.com, 6/30US Rejects Pakistani Demand to Vacate Air Base
WorldWatch, CBS News, 6/30: Pakistan Kicks US off Airbase
# Truthdig, 6/30: Our Robotic Assassins
Defense Tech, 06/24: Pakistan Boots U.S. From Drone Base
WorldWatch, CBS News, 6/23: Group Warns Drone Users Violating International Laws of War
Press TV, 6/23: Pakistanis stage sit-in against drone strikes
Imran Khan’s Party in Pakistan (PTI), 6/22: Another 3 day Sit In Announced
New York Times, 6/19: War Evolves with Drones, Some Tiny as Bugs
Russia Today, 06/15: CIA sending drones to Yemen
Washington Post, 6/14: CIA to Operate Drones Over Yemen
# Counterpunch, 6/08: Doug Noble:Ground the Drones
# AntiWar.com, 6/08: Perfect Asymmetry: The Predator Drone and the Suicide Bomber
Foreign Policy, 6/07: Don’t Fear the Reaper
# Brian Terrel Responds, Counterpunch 6/14: War of the Killer Robots (Fear the Reaper)
Russia Today, 06/06Pakistanis protest “Playstation” project
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