We end our three-part review of 2014 with a round-up of what we think have been the 20 best pieces of journalism, research and commentary on drones during the past twelve months. If you think we have missed one, add a link in the… Read More ›
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Book Review: Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control by Medea Benjamin
Paperback Publisher:OR Books (2012) ISBN-10: 1935928813 Reviewed for Peace News May 2012 As if the peace movement hasn’t enough on its plate already, the military-industrial complex goes and invents a new and easier way to wage war: the unmanned drone…. Read More ›
Fault Lines: The Robot Wars
An excellent 25 minute overview of the growing use of drones and robots in warfare from the Fault Lines series on Al Jazeera (broadcast on 27/12/11) The programme examines how the use of unmanned systems has developed over the past decade,… Read More ›
The magical realism of body counts
We are reposting this excellent article by Muhammad Idrees Ahmad, co-editor of Pulsemedia.org, examining the reporting of civilian casualties from drone strikes. This article was first published by Al Jazeera. Muhammad Idrees Ahmad can be contacted at idrees@pulsemedia.org. Reprinted with permission A… Read More ›
Doubling the Drones
The rise of the drone seems to know no bounds. Just months after David Cameron’s pledge to double the UK’s Reaper drone fleet, the latest US military aircraft procurement plan shows that the Pentagon is also planning to double number of large… Read More ›
US drone strikes return to Pakistan with a vengeance as resistance grows
After something of a lull, US drone strikes have returned with a vengeance to Pakistan over the past two weeks, the latest of which, killed six people this afternoon. In addition strikes have taken place on 10th, 12th, 13th and 16 May. According… Read More ›
We mustn't ignore the fact that British drones kill too
This is my comment piece published in today’s Guardian Ken Macdonald, the former director of public prosecutions, is right to question the morality and legality of US drone strikes in Pakistan (The Predator paradox, 6 May). As he states, in 2010… Read More ›
Drones everywhere
Obama: Sending Drones to Bomb Libya It’s been a busy week! On Monday the Guardian highlighted the MoD’s new document on the need for serious discussion on the ethics and legality of using drones (see post below), a story which… Read More ›
MoD releases 'drone porn'
The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has released two videos showing attacks by British Reaper drones. The two videos, released via youtube, shows a drone missile “neutralising” a ‘Taliban bomb factory’ and another killing someone allegedly planting an improvised explosive device. While the… Read More ›
Unnamed Sources and Drones: A Deadly Combination
There are a number of deeply disturbing issues about the reports that Abdul Jabbar, a British Citizen killed in US drone strike in North Waziristan was to lead British terrorist cell. Firstly the suggestion that he was in fact to lead… Read More ›
Yemen and Drones
Interesting report from Frank Gardner on Radio 4 focusing on Al-Qaida in Yemen but also looking at the CIA’s use of Reaper drone flying from Djibouti. Second report in a week looking at drones on the Today programme.
