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UN Launches Investigation Into Drone Killings
The United Nations is launching a special inquiry into drone strikes and targeted civilian killings. The investigation’s main objective is to examine evidence that the strikes cause disproportionate civilian casualties. The United Nations’ special rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights, Ben Emmerson, said there was a need for “accountability” when strikes went wrong. Emmerson, a [...]
DoD Budget Cuts Stall New Purchases of Helicopters
Continuing wars and nation building activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Yemen have generated significant demand for rotary-winged assets for their diverse mission capabilities. The 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) lists success in counterinsurgency (COIN), stability, and counterterrorism operations as some of the United States’ defense objectives. This can only be achieved by increasing the [...]
UN urges answers on US drone attacks, targeted killings
A UN expert on Tuesday urged Washington to clarify its rules on hunting Taliban and other suspects amid a “dramatic increase” in the use of drone attacks. The US government has carried out targeted killings in countries including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen inraids and airstrikes and used unmanned drones, a report by investigator Christof [...]
Drones Revolutionize US Warfare
They are robots in the sky and some say they are revolutionizing the way the United States wages wars. Drones are playing a growing role in the U.S. military. It is estimated that there are 10,000 unmanned aerial vehicles in the U.S. military’s arsenal, in addition to an undisclosed number operated by the CIA – [...]
Proliferation of Precision Strike: Issues for Congress
Today’s new technologies, including the development of precision-guided weaponry, have given rise to new methods of war fighting, thus bringing dramatic change to the operational battlefield. As will other decision makers, Members of Congress will confront significant challenges in making their choices about how to adapt to the continually evolving environment, particularly with respect to [...]
US Military Role Deepens In Yemen
The United States is expanding its military role in Yemen. Yemeni officials say U.S. forces assisted Yemeni troops in launching a wide air and land offensive against militant groups in the south of the country. The United States has a long history of advising and assisting Yemen in that country’s fight against the al-Qaida in [...]
US Assessing Military Assistance to Yemen
Defense officials are assessing what U.S. national security role they are called upon to perform in Yemen, a department spokesman said today. Navy Capt. John Kirby told Pentagon reporters the Defense Department had suspended military assistance activities in Yemen because of political instability there. Kirby said with a new administration now governing Yemen, defense leaders [...]
CIA ‘wants more’ drone strikes in Yemen
The CIA is seeking permission to launch more airborne drone strikes in Yemen, even when there is a risk the victims might not always be terrorists, The Washington Post reported. The targets would be chosen based on intelligence reports indicating suspicious behavior, such as images of militants unloading explosives or gathering at al-Qaeda compounds. If [...]
US ups Yemen airstrikes with drones, fighter jets
The United States has stepped up its attacks on militant suspects in Yemen with armed drones and fighter jets, The New York Times reported. The accelerated attacks have been taking place over the past few weeks, and come as the government in Sanaa has been struggling to remain in control. The attacks are designed to [...]
