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

May 18th, 2012 by | 1 Comment
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Local paper Mukallastar.com reports on a drone-destroyed car

Social media tracks drone attacks in eastern Yemen.


Suspected drone strikes kill 12 civilians in Yemen

May 15th, 2012 by
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MQ-9 Reaper - AN HONOURABLE GERMAN/Flickr

Biggest loss of civilian life in reported drone strike this year.


Yemen: reported US covert action 2012

May 8th, 2012 by
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Reaper unmanned drone (Photo US Dept of Defense/ Flickr)

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


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.


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


Somalia: a bullet-riddled history

February 22nd, 2012 by
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Mogadishu February 19 2012 (Odd Magne Ruud, Utenriksdepartmentet/ Flikr)

Background and an explanation of the military players involved in this war-torn nation.


Obama 2012 Pakistan strikes

January 11th, 2012 by
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Obama at the Pentagon January 2012 (Flikr/ An Honorable German)

Ten days into the New Year the CIA’s drones ended the longest pause of Obama’s presidency when they struck Pakistan, killing up to four alleged militants.


‘Every brigade has its own drone’: An interview with Major General Jeff Buchanan

December 16th, 2011 by
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US Air Force General Atomics MQ-1 Predator Unmaned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) - Flickr/james_gordon_los_angeles

The Bureau speaks to the chief spokesperson for the US Forces in Iraq.


CIA drones quit one Pakistan site – but US keeps access to other airbases

December 15th, 2011 by | 2 Comments
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Shamsi drones

US still has access to at least one airfield from which armed drones can operate.


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