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US Empire Is Changing its Stripes: Drones, Special Operations Forces and the US Navy Are Changing the Way We Do War

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. February 5, 2012.

Make no mistake: we’re entering a new world of military planning. It won't make the Pentagon smaller, but it will change the nature of empire.

Drones for the Paparazzi? How Unmanned Flying Machines Could Invade Your Life

Becky Hogge, Comment Is Free. January 23, 2012.

America's use of drones for targeted killings is serious enough. But commercial and law enforcement uses are on the horizon.

The Crash and Burn Future of Robot Warfare

Nick Turse, TomDispatch.com. January 15, 2012.

What 70 downed drones tell us about the new American way of war.

Obama Shows His War-Mongering Side

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. January 12, 2012.

Obama aims to create a neat, high-tech image of war, and act like everything is in control.

OWS Fights Back Against Police Surveillance by Launching "Occucopter" Citizen Drone

Noel Sharkey, Sarah Knuckey, Comment Is Free. December 22, 2011.

In response to constant police surveillance, violence, and arrests, Occupy Wall Street protesters and legal observers have been turning their cameras back on the police.

How the Drone Warfare Industry Took Over Our Congress

Tom Barry, AlterNet. November 30, 2011.

Drones play an increasing role in foreign wars, on the border, and in Congress.

Pepper-Spraying Protesters Is Just the Beginning: Here Are More Hypermilitarized Weapons Your Local Police Force Could Employ

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. November 22, 2011.

By arming local police departments with military grade equipment, domestic policing has come to resemble a combat operation with citizens as the enemy.

Investigation Finds U.S. Military Drones Have Flown Close to 3 Million Hours

Nick Turse, AlterNet. November 1, 2011.

Data provided to AlterNet by the military services reveals massive use of drones, most of their time spent in combat.

America’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases: Its Full Extent Revealed for the First Time

Nick Turse, AlterNet and TomDispatch. October 16, 2011.

A ground-breaking investigation examines the most secret aspect of America's shadowy drone wars and maps out a world of hidden bases dotting the globe.

The Rise of Killer Drones That Can Think for Themselves

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. October 2, 2011.

The U.S. military may be a decade or so away from deploying an army of pilotless drones capable of collaborating and killing without any human guidance.

Barbara Ehrenreich: 12,000 Drones, Lethal Cyborg Insects, See-Shoot Robots -- How Machines Are Taking Over War

Barbara Ehrenreich, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. July 10, 2011.

How far will the automation of war and the substitution of autonomous robots for human fighters go?

Hypocrisy: While We Condemn Quran Burnings, Drone Strikes Continue Unchecked

Lamis Andoni, Al Jazeera. September 13, 2010.

Terry Jones has been universally condemned. But what about leaders whose policies result in the killing of innocent civilians?

Could U.S. Air Strikes Push Pakistan into Khmer Rouge Type Genocide?

Pratap Chatterjee, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. February 7, 2010.

As in the 1960s in Cambodia, U.S. air strikes are having a devastating effect in Pakistan, not just on the targeted communities, but on public consciousness throughout the region.

Robots Will Soon Do All Our Killing for Us

Nick Turse, TomDispatch.com. January 25, 2010.

In the years ahead, unmanned machines will increasingly fight our wars.

Obama's Election Struck a Huge Blow Against Racism, But He's Kept the US War Machine "Set on Kill"

Amy Goodman, Anjali Kamat, Democracy Now!. January 9, 2010.

Author: "Obama seems to have killed more civilians during his first year than Bush did in his first year."

Obama's Af-Pak War is Not Just Deadly and Counterproductive: It's Illegal

Obama's Af-Pak War is Not Just Deadly and Counterproductive: It's Illegal

Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. December 23, 2009.

Some 30 percent of all U.S. deaths in Afghanistan have occurred during Obama's presidency. His escalation of that war is not what the Nobel committee envisioned.

WTF? $26 Software Being Used to Hack Drone Program in Iraq & Afghanistan

Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: World. December 17, 2009.

The Wall Street Journal calls it a "potentially serious vulnerability in Washington's growing network of unmanned drones."

In Pakistan, Those Who Survive Drone Attacks May Well 'Die Slowly' in Refugee Camps

Kathy Kelly, PULSE. June 25, 2009.

Many refugees living in tent encampments or abandoned buildings may soon start dying from preventable disease.

At Least 80 Dead as U.S. Drones Attack South Waziristan Funeral Procession

Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com. June 24, 2009.

Drones attacked a suspected 'militant hideout' Wednesday, killing at least 17. Then drones struck again, this time killing mourners.

Obama's Undeclared War On Pakistan Continues, Despite Attempts to Downplay It

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports AlterNet: PEEK. June 22, 2009.

Obama says he has 'no intention' of sending troops to Pakistan. In reality, they're already there -- and U.S. drones attack Pakistan regularly.

Suspected U.S. Strike Kills Nine in Pakistan

Agence France Presse June 18, 2009.

Officials said the latest in a string of strikes by unmanned drone aircraft near the Afghan border appeared to have targeted a training camp run by a local Taliban commander.

What's the Cost of America's Secret Drone War?

Gareth Porter, CounterPunch. June 15, 2009.

U.S. Forces in Afghanistan have been paying locals to target terrorist strongholds. But is it working?

The Perils of Predator Drones in Pakistan

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. May 6, 2009.

As the situation in Pakistan deteriorates, will the Obama administration escalate drone attacks?

Filling the Skies with Robot Assassins: The Drone Wars Have Begun

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. April 8, 2009.

Hunter-killer drones armed with Hellfire missiles are patrolling the Pentagon's expanding global battlefields: It's a scene right out of Terminator.

Glenn Greenwald on Obama\'s Secret Drone War (And the Democrats Letting it Happen)

December 31, 1969.


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