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Analysis: Why we must name all drone attack victims

May 10th, 2012 by | 2 Comments
Published in All Stories, Covert War on Terror, Views from the Bureau

Pakistani villagers at funeral of drone victim - December 29 2010- AP

Bureau research names 170 militants killed in Pakistan – yet also 317 named civilians.


Kenyan police accused of brutal attacks on Somalis

May 9th, 2012 by
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SOMALIA - Flickr/MATEUS_27:24&25

Human Rights Watch reports on the latest misery in a harrowing and intractable conflict.


Yemen: reported US covert action 2012

May 8th, 2012 by
Published in All Stories, Covert War on Terror, Covert War on Terror - the Data, Drones data carousel

Reaper unmanned drone (Photo US Dept of Defense/ Flickr)

US covert strikes in Yemen continue to escalate through 2012 – see the data here.


Was this 16-year-old, killed by a US drone, really a terrorist?

April 23rd, 2012 by | 2 Comments
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Tariqhighlight - Pratap Chatterjee

Boy killed by drone three days after attending Pakistani conference on drones.


The bravest men in Baghdad?

April 23rd, 2012 by
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BBC world service/Flickr

In danger: Unreported World goes on patrol with the Baghdad Bomb Squad.


Arab spring brings steep rise in US attacks in Yemen

March 29th, 2012 by | 4 Comments
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Supporters of al-Qaeda tote their rifles

Attacks now rain on Yemen as often as they do on Pakistan’s tribal regions.


Yemen: reported US covert actions 2001-2011

March 29th, 2012 by
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A cruise missile launches from the USS Mississippi (DoD/ Flickr)

A searchable data set of all known US attacks in Yemen.


The civilian massacre the US neither confirms nor denies

March 29th, 2012 by | 4 Comments
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drone yemen composite

Whole families died in missile attack that killed 44 civilians.


Study shows up to 6 British extremists killed in Somalia

February 22nd, 2012 by
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UK military from RFA Fort Victoria board a suspect boat near Somalia (MoD/ Flikr)

Bureau research released as world leaders gather in London to discuss Somalia’s fate.


Get the data: Somalia’s hidden war

February 22nd, 2012 by
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US Special Forces AC-130 gunships have been the primary platform for attacks in Somalia (Lockheed Martin/ Flikr)

Bureau’s analysis of secretive western military intervention in Somalia since September 2001


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