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Drone News Archive, 2015
Drone News and Analysis, 2015
- December, 2015
- August, 2015
- July, 2015
- June, 2015
- Global Research, 6/25: Spying on Americans: 64 Drone Bases on US Soil
- World Beyond War, 6/17: Veterans Urge Drone Operators to Refuse Orders to Fly
- The Guardian, 6/17: Congress warned that drones present ‘a nightmare scenario for civil liberties’
- Air Force Times, 6/17: Group urges drone operators to refuse orders to fly
- After killing Al Qaeda leaders Mokhtar Belmokhtar & Nasser al-Wuhayshi in Yemen
- New York Times, 6/16: As Stress Drives Off Drone Operators, Air Force Must Cut Flights
- Christian Science Monitor (DC), 6/16: US airpower takes out a bunch of Al Qaeda leaders.
Effective warfare?
- Washington Post, 6/16: Why ‘decapitation’ strikes have killed terrorist leaders, but not al-Qaeda
- McClatchy, 6/16: Al Qaida leader’s death renews debate: Do targeted killings make a difference?
- The Guardian (UK), 6/16: Death of al-Qaida leader masks reality of drone strikes: they don’t bring stability
- The New York Times, 6/16: For U.S., Killing Terrorists Is a Means to an Elusive End
- The Telegraph (UK), 6/16: America has taken on a foe 5,000-strong. It has killed 10,000 of them.
There are only 20,000 left
- May, 2015
- April, 2015
- The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 4/27: Could German court halt White House’s ‘illegal’ drone war? An exclusive extract from Chris Woods’ new book Sudden Justice
- New York Times, 4/26: Deep Support in Washington for C.I.A.’s Drone Missions
- Nene Rheinifche Beitung, 4/25: German Government under pressure for drone killings
- New York Times, 4/23: Drone Strikes Reveal Uncomfortable Truth: U.S. Is Often Unsure About Who Will Die
- The Seattle Times, 4/22: New airstrikes in Yemen after Saudis say operation over
- Reuters, 4/22: Drone kills five suspected al Qaeda militants in Yemen – residents
- the Intercept, 4/17: Germany is the Tell-Tale Heart of America’s Drone War
- NPR, 4/14: Drone Strike Reportedly Kills Al-Qaida Leader In Yemen
- War Is a Crime, 4/13: Drone Victims Take Germany to Court for Abetting U.S. Murders
- Drone Warfare, 4/12: ‘Civilization has no place for drones’
- the Independent (UK), 4/12: In the Middle East, our enemy’s enemy must be our friend
- CNN, 4/09: Security from the sky: Indian city to use pepper-spray drones for crowd control
- The Sacramento Bee, 4/09: Military veterans target U.S. drone strikes in TV ads
- The Guardian (UK), 4/07: Pakistan court says former CIA station chief will face charges over drone strike
- Syracuse Post Standard, 4/02: NASA official: There’s money in drones
- March, 2015
- February, 2015
- January, 2015
- Drone Warfare, 1/29: Is the US drone fleet at ‘breaking point’?
- World Socialist Web Site, 1/27: US Resumes Drone Strikes in Yemen
- US News, 1/26: Long Read: In Drone Crash, White House Tastes Its Own Medicine
- Youtube.com, 1/23: Interfaith Conference On Drone Warfare – Session 1
- Commondreams, 1/23: Drones and the New Ethics o War
- Counterpunch.org, 1/23: Drones and the New Ethics of War, The Humanitarian Weapon
- Counterpunch.org, 1/23: Israel’s Treasonous Drone Strike
- Counterpunch.org, 1/23: Genocides, Not Wars, Western Wars, Not Really Wars
- Antiwar.com, 1/23: Pentagon Advocates Drone ‘Wolf Packs’: A Step Toward Killer AI?
- Antiwar.com, 1/23: US Terror Operations in Yemen ‘Paralyzed’ by Rebel Takeover,
Drone Strikes Halted by Lack of Govt
- RT.com, 1/23: ‘We didn’t even really know who we were firing at’ – former US drone operator
- Antiwar.com, 1/22: Yemen Chaos Throws a Wrench in US Drone War
- Reuters,1/19: U.S. drone strike kills four suspected militants in northwest Pakistan: officials
- Syracuse Post Standard, 01/13: War in Afghanistan won’t end for 174th Attack Wing drone pilots in Syracuse
- Rolling Stone, 1/7: Drone Rules in Afghanistan Go Unchanged, And Other Reasons the War Isn’t Really Over