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Archives: Drone
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![Thousands Protest Drone Wars at US Air Force Base in Germany](http://web.archive.org./web/20160621234223im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/thousands-protest-drone-wars-at-187x137.jpg)
Thousands Protest Drone Wars at US Air Force Base in Germany
TeleSur | - - Protesters say the base is being used to coordinate U.S. drone strikes in several countries which they argue violates German constitution. Several thousand demonstrators formed a human chain…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20160621234223im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/image-20151008-9675-1erq4z6-187x137.jpg)
How Syria is becoming a test bed for high-tech weapons of electronic warfare
David Stupples | (The Conversation) | - - The relationship between Russia and the West is becoming increasingly dangerous with potential flashpoints developing in both eastern Europe and Syria. After repeated incursions…![US admits it has no Idea who it is Assassinating by Drone](http://web.archive.org./web/20160621234223im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/04/us-admits-it-has-no-idea-who-it-187x137.jpg)
US admits it has no Idea who it is Assassinating by Drone
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - The tragic deaths last January, just now being revealed, of two Western hostages in drone strikes on a relatively empty housing complex in northern Pakistan…![Execution without Trial: A Short History of the Predator Drone](http://web.archive.org./web/20160621234223im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/04/execution-without-trial-a-short-187x137.jpg)
Execution without Trial: A Short History of the Predator Drone
By Grégoire Chamayou | (Tomdispatch.com) Initially, the English word “drone” meant both an insect and a sound. It was not until the outbreak of World War II that it began to take…![American ‘Exceptionalism’ or just Above the Law? Torture, Drones, Assassination with Impunity](http://web.archive.org./web/20160621234223im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/02/american-exceptionalism-or-just-187x137.jpg)
American ‘Exceptionalism’ or just Above the Law? Torture, Drones, Assassination with Impunity
By Alfred W. McCoy | (Tomdispatch.com) - "The sovereign is he who decides on the exception,” said conservative thinker Carl Schmitt in 1922, meaning that a nation’s leader can defy the law…![After 500 Strikes: Is America’s Drone War Crashing And Burning?](http://web.archive.org./web/20160621234223im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/01/after-500-strikes-is-americas-dr-187x137.jpg)
After 500 Strikes: Is America’s Drone War Crashing And Burning?
AJ+ | -- "Drone strikes are the weapon of choice in America's so-called War on Terror. They've been used nearly 500 times in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia since 2002. But while U.S.…![Top 7 Ways Assassination Fails USA as Policy](http://web.archive.org./web/20160621234223im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/12/top-7-ways-assassination-fails-u-187x137.jpg)
Top 7 Ways Assassination Fails USA as Policy
By Juan Cole Wikileaks has released a government assessment of drone strikes aimed at assassinating top leaders. The document urges such strikes, but is amazingly frank about the drawbacks. it says, "Potential…![Stealth Drone Proliferation: Iranians Reverse engineer captured US Spy Drone](http://web.archive.org./web/20160621234223im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/11/stealth-drone-proliferation-iran-187x137.jpg)
Stealth Drone Proliferation: Iranians Reverse engineer captured US Spy Drone
Press TV: | "Iran has released a video showing the test flight of an Iranian-made version of the captured US RQ-170 spy drone. The stealth drone was designed and made in less…![Are US Drone Strikes in Pakistan War Crimes? Only 12% of those Killed are Known Militants](http://web.archive.org./web/20160621234223im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/10/are-us-drone-strikes-in-pakistan-187x137.jpg)
Are US Drone Strikes in Pakistan War Crimes? Only 12% of those Killed are Known Militants
By Rozina Ali Drone Strikes: The numbers don't lie, except when they do By: Rozina Ali At a time when President Barack Obama has likened his new military strategy in Iraq and…![Listening to Nobelist Malala Yusufzai instead of just Honoring Her](http://web.archive.org./web/20160621234223im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/10/listening-to-nobelist-malala-yus-187x137.jpg)
Listening to Nobelist Malala Yousafzai instead of just Honoring Her
By Juan Cole Malala Yousafzai has become the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in history, sharing it this year with India’s Kailash Satyarthi, a children's rights activist. Ms. Yousafzai, from…![Drone Strikes as much an Obama Legacy as Health Care: John Oliver](http://web.archive.org./web/20160621234223im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/10/drone-strikes-as-much-an-obama-l-187x137.jpg)
Drone Strikes as much an Obama Legacy as Health Care: John Oliver
John Oliver "The United States has launched a huge number of drone strikes under President Obama. It’s widely accepted and extremely terrifying" Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Drones (HBO)![](http://web.archive.org./web/20160621234223im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/newarabs-180x137.jpg)
Why Obama underestimated ISIL in Syria and Iraq
By Juan Cole President Obama admitted on CBS's "60 Minutes" on Sunday that the US had underestimated the military potential of ISIL. Obama understands that a generational struggle is going on in…![13 Years after US started Bombing it, Afghanistan Still Unstable](http://web.archive.org./web/20160621234223im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/09/13-years-after-us-started-bombin-187x137.jpg)
13 Years after US started Bombing it, Afghanistan Still Unstable
News Analysis: Afghan Deal Leaves Room For National Disunity By Frud Bezhan via RFE/RL After months of wrangling and high tension, Afghanistan has finally named a president-elect. Ashraf Ghani's name was officially…![Israel Drones Gaza Human Rights Worker to Death](http://web.archive.org./web/20160621234223im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/08/israel-drones-gaza-human-rights-187x137.jpg)
Israel Drones Gaza Human Rights Worker to Death
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A rights group Monday condemned an Israeli drone attack on Gaza that killed a Palestinian worker for a human rights organization the day before, a statement said. The Palestinian…![Obama Prepares for Drone War in Iraq](http://web.archive.org./web/20160621234223im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/06/obama-prepares-for-drone-war-in-187x137.jpg)
Obama Prepares for Drone War in Iraq
By Juan Cole President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that he will send 300 Green Beret Army special operations soldiers to Iraq. They will be detailed to Iraqi National Army Headquarters and…![US Drones hitting Civilian Homes, Killing non-Combatants](http://web.archive.org./web/20160621234223im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/06/us-drones-hitting-civilian-homes-187x137.jpg)
US Drones hitting Civilian Homes, Killing non-Combatants
By Alice K Ross and Jack Serle Domestic buildings have been hit by drone strikes more than any other type of target in the CIA’s 10-year campaign in the tribal regions of…![The True Costs of Remote Control Drone Wars](http://web.archive.org./web/20160621234223im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/05/the-true-costs-of-remote-control-187x137.jpg)
The True Costs of Remote Control Drone Wars
(By Pratap Chatterjee via Tomdispatch) Enemies, innocent victims, and soldiers have always made up the three faces of war. With war growing more distant, with drones capable of performing on the battlefield…![A War of another Kind: Joint US-Yemeni Strikes on al-Qaeda kill 68](http://web.archive.org./web/20160621234223im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/04/a-war-of-another-kind-joint-us-y-187x137.jpg)
A War of another Kind: Joint US-Yemeni Strikes on al-Qaeda kill 68
(via AFP) Dozens killed as Yemen, US mount air war on Qaeda (via AFP) An "unprecedented" US and Yemeni aerial campaign in Yemen killed at least 68 Al-Qaeda militants in a bid…![#Notabugsplat: Artists erect a giant portrait of drone victim for pilots (+ Vice Video)](http://web.archive.org./web/20160621234223im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/04/notabugsplat-artists-erect-a-gia-187x137.jpg)