ABC News, By Martha Raddatz and Kirit Radia
April 23, 2011
A US Air Force Predator drone took out a rocket launcher used to attack civilians in the battle between Qadhafi forces and civilians in Misrata, Libya, NATO said today. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘drone’
LIBYA: Pentagon Confirms First Predator Drone Strike in Libya
Posted in Libya, Middle-East, Military, NATO/Allies, Uncategorized, tagged drone, gaddafi, Libya, Predator on April 27, 2011 |
PAKISTAN: U.S. Will Consider Controversial Drone Policy in Pakistan, Ambassador Says
Posted in Afghanistan, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Diplomacy, Drone, Government, Military, NATO/Allies, Pakistan, United States, tagged Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, drone, Nato, Pakistan, us military on April 12, 2011 |
By Dominic Di-Natale
April 11, 2011
The United States will reconsider its controversial policy of deploying drones against militants taking refuge in Pakistan, according to its ambassador in Islamabad.
Cameron Munter revealed that America intends to review using unmanned aerial vehicles in the wake of an angry public and political backlash over high civilian casualties suffered in attacks.
“That is something on our agenda,” Munter told a gathering of top Pakistani military brass, analysts and academics Monday at an event that was billed by the local U.S. Embassy as a major policy announcement. (more…)
PAKISTAN: Pakistani tribesmen refuse US drone strike compensation
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Compensation, Drone, Government, ISAF, Military, Pakistan, Protesters, United States, tagged Civilian Casualties, Compensation, drone, Pakistan, U.S. drones, us military on April 1, 2011 |
March 31, 2011
Families of those Pakistani tribesmen who were killed and injured in March in U.S. drone strike Thursday refused to accept the government’s compensation and demanded halt to the American drone strikes in the region, Xinhua reported.
The government had announced 300,000 rupees (about 3,530 US dollars) each for those killed and 100,000 rupees for the injured.
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PAKISTAN: No soothe for families of drone victims yet
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Compensation, Drone, Government, Military, Pakistan, tagged Civilian Casualties, Compensation, drone, Pakistan, us military on March 25, 2011 |
By: Malik Mumtaz Khan
March 25, 2001
MIRAMSHAH: Despite protests by the angry tribesmen over the loss of their near and dear ones in the deadly US drone attack against a tribal jirga on March 17 at Dattakhel area of North Waziristan, the government is yet to announce compensation for the affected people.
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PAKISTAN: Defense Department Answers ACLU, says it doesn’t track civilians killed in drone strikes
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Drone, Government, Military, NGOs, Pakistan, tagged ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, CIA, CIVIC, Civilian Casualties, drone, Pakistan, US Department of Defense, US drone activity, us military on March 25, 2011 |
By: Sofia Resnick
March 24, 2011
This week, the American Civil Liberties Union released a letter it received from the Department of Defense confirming that it does not compile statistics on the total number of civilians that have been killed by U.S. unmanned drone aircrafts since September 2001. (more…)
