Drones
Monday, May 12, 2014 - 07:05
According to two U.S. officials who would not be quoted discussing classified matters, the CIA informed the command before the attack that the spy agency did not have confidence in the underlying intelligence.
Friday, May 9, 2014 - 14:23
Several groups requested additional U.S. security assistance this week: Syria’s opposition asked for antiaircraft missiles for vetted Syrian rebels, while some Iraqi officials requested that the U.S. begin armed drone strikes against al-Qaeda-inspired groups.
Friday, May 9, 2014 - 13:58
Iraq has been unwilling to accept American military personnel in the country in any operational form, but the willingness to revisit that policy appears now to be shifting.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 05:52
White House spokesman Eric Schultz said the administration would make “available in a classified setting a copy of the Awlaki opinion to any senator who wishes to review it prior to Barron’s confirmation vote.”
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 09:42
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 08:28
Sana’a, April 28—The National Organization for Drone Victims (NODV) and dozens of activists organized a protest in front of Parliament on Thursday to protest against the air raids that claimed dozens of lives in Abyan, Al-Beida and Shabwa governorates in the past week.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 12:37
Last week, Saudi Arabia bought its first drone fleet, according to a dispatch from Tactical Reports. Saudi Crown Prince Salman met with Chinese General Wang Guanzhong to sign a contract for a shipment of Chinese Wing Loong drones, also known as Pterodactyls. The drones that make up the shipment are designed to mimic America's Predator drone, with surveillance capabilities and enough lift to carry two matched air-to-ground missiles.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 06:46
WASHINGTON — American drones and Yemeni counterterrorism forces killed more than three dozen militants linked to Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen over the weekend in one of the largest such attacks there in months, officials from both countries said Monday.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 06:44
(CNN) -- Over the weekend the United States launched drone strikes in two different locations in Yemen, killing at least 15 militants as well as three civilians. At the same time, Yemeni ground forces began what have been termed "unprecedented" operations against al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen, which may also involve additional U.S. drone strikes, although that isn't clear right now.
The U.S. drone campaign in Yemen is very much President Obama's war.
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 08:37
The targeted training camps were in a remote mountainous region between Abyan and Shabwa provinces, an official at the committee said, adding that the militants targeted were among the leading and dangerous elements of al-Qaeda.