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How Twitter mapped a ‘covert’ US drone operation in Yemen

May 18th, 2012 by | 1 Comment
Published in All Stories, Covert War on Terror, PROJECTS

Local paper Mukallastar.com reports on a drone-destroyed car

Social media tracks drone attacks in eastern Yemen.


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.


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.


The Guardian reviews Bureau’s work on drones

May 2nd, 2012 by
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Senior reporter Chris Woods speaks to the Guardian from Washington drone conference.


Evidence in British court contradicts CIA drone claims

April 24th, 2012 by | 4 Comments
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Royal Courts of Justice, London (Nick Garrod/ Flickr)

Sworn affidavits offer evidence of CIA errors and civilian deaths in Pakistan drone strike.


Afghanistan’s Taliban – a differing view of drones

April 10th, 2012 by
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Heron surveillance drone in Kandahar (US military/ Robert Bottrill, CF Combat Camera/ Flickr)

The poetry of the Afghan Taliban captured – offering a different perspective on drones.


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.


Fresh evidence of CIA civilian deaths in Pakistan revealed

February 27th, 2012 by | 3 Comments
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Local people gather at the site of an October 2010 drone attack in North Waziristan/ Noor Behram

Two new investigations confirm ongoing CIA civilian deaths in Pakistan.


Militants and civilians killed in multiple US Somalia strikes

February 22nd, 2012 by | 4 Comments
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US Navy Seals in training (US Army/ Flickr)

Up to 21 US military strikes in Somalia since 2007 have killed as many as 169 people


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