Category Archives: Afghanistan

Armed drones: how remote-controlled, high-tech weapons are used against the poor

Posted on March 31, 2017 by

In 2011 David Hookes explored the ethical and legal implications of the growing use of armed, unmanned planes in the ‘war against terrorism’. The rapidly increasing use of aerial robot weapons in the so-called ‘war against terrorism’ is raising many … Continue reading →

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Legacy: “Obama scattered his drones and special forces throughout the Muslim world”

Posted on March 13, 2017 by

In January, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reported that President Obama embraced the US drone programme, overseeing more strikes in his first year than Bush carried out during his entire presidency. A total of 563 strikes, largely by drones, targeted Pakistan, Somalia and … Continue reading →

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President Trump, his predecessors and all ‘complicit by their silence’ are to blame for this insanity

Posted on February 9, 2017 by

Paul Gosling retweeted NYT’s report of Yemen’s anger at  the civilian casualties incurred last month in the first commando raid authorized by President Trump (covered on this site here): Yemen has withdrawn permission for the United States to run Special Operations … Continue reading →

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Innocents living under drone flights: depressed, suicidal, massacred

Posted on November 28, 2016 by

In October last year The Intercept published an eight-piece story on the United States’ use of armed drones around the world, citing leaked documents which appeared to show that nine out of every ten people killed in a US ‘targeted killing’ … Continue reading →

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Barbaric US airstrikes cost $1 billion; add to this the effects of terror, injuries, killings and ruined infrastructure

Posted on November 3, 2016 by

  Japan Times reports today that the Pentagon issued a statement about a U.S. airstrike in Syria last month killed what the Defense Department describes as a senior al-Qaida leader who once had ties to Osama bin Laden. Full details … Continue reading →

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Drone killing of grandmother in Afghanistan leads Army chaplain to resign

Posted on May 19, 2016 by

. Mark Shapiro has forwarded a link to an article by Andrea Germanos reporting the resignation of an Army chaplain with the 354th Transportation Battalion at Fort Totten, New York. The Army Times relates his growing unease here. In a … Continue reading →

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Drone warfare dehumanises those doing it and the people they kill: the collateral damage

Posted on April 28, 2016 by

In 2013 Lesley Docksey wrote ‘Old and New Wars’ – an article published in Global Research. After analysing the complexities of the ‘new wars’ she moves on to stress that the tools and training of modern warfare are dehumanising combatants … Continue reading →

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