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Can drones make mistakes?

Source: Hullabaloo, Dec 10 2012, 6:30pm CST

by digby Here's a good question for you: If Our Drones Are So Accurate, Why Do Their Missiles Keep Hitting Children? Now, one might glibly respond, as former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs did, that they should have had more responsible pa ...

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U.S. acknowledges killing four Americans in drone strikes

Source: Chicago Tribune  |   May 22 2013, 7:20pm CDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government formally acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that it had killed four Americans, including militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who died in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan. Attorney General Eric ...

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US takes responsibility for Yemen strike

Source: Adelaide Now  |   May 22 2013, 7:05pm CDT

THE United States has formally said for the first time that it killed radical Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and three other US citizens in anti-terror strikes abroad. The acknowledgement on Wednesday that Washington targeted Awlaki in ...

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Top AEG lawyer referred to Jackson as 'freak'

Source: KLTV  |   May 22 2013, 6:57pm CDT

The Obama administration acknowledged publicly for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve...More >> The Obama admini ...

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Woolwich attack: Were they inspired by Al Qaeda magazine? Authorities investigating whether terrorists were spurred into action by publication which urges 'lone wolf' attacks

Source: Daily Mail - UK  |   May 22 2013, 6:53pm CDT

Articles in magazine have urged people to carry out attacks with knivesBoston Marathon bombers used instructions in first issue to build deviceAttack has chilling echoes of previous plot to behead British M ...

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Finally, Obama breaks his silence on drones

Source: Los Angeles Times  |   May 22 2013, 6:52pm CDT

Under President Obama's leadership, U.S. civilian intelligence agencies have carried out a series of not-so-covert operations in so-called secret wars that have reached a huge scale. There have been nearly 400 drone strikes in ...

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4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes

Source: Sify  |   May 22 2013, 6:45pm CDT

The newly revealed case is that of Jude Kenan Mohammed, one of eight men indicted by federal authorities in 2009, accused of being part of a plot to attack the U.S. Marine Corps base at Quantico, Va. Before he could be arrested, Mohammad f ...

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US admits drones killed 4 Americans

Source: Press TV  |   May 22 2013, 6:38pm CDT

In a letter to Congressional leaders on Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged that the US government had deliberately killed Anwar al-Awlaki in a drone strike in September 2011 in Yemen, The New York Times reported. “The decision to target ...

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Pakistan Under Legal Pressure to Halt U.S. Drone Strikes

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 22 2013, 6:37pm CDT

By Saeed Shah ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—The incoming prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, pledged on the campaign trail to end U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan—and will be under legal pressure to do so as soon as he takes office, in what will be an early test of re ...

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WW II photo-documentarian Wayne Miller dies at 94

Source: KLTV  |   May 22 2013, 6:36pm CDT

The Obama administration acknowledged publicly for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve...More >> The Obama administrat ...

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4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes

Source: KLAS - Las Vegas Now  |   May 22 2013, 6:20pm CDT

The FBI says a 37-year-old man has been arrested following last week's discovery in Washington state of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.More>> A 37-year-old man arrested Wednesday has pleaded not guilty to mailing a ...

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