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MPs to question use of drones amid concerns over their ethics

Source: The First Post, Nov 20 2012, 3:12am CST

BRITISH MPS are to investigate the use of drones in modern warfare, in a move that could shed light on the US policy of using unmanned ariel vehicles, or UAVs, to kill terror suspects. The Times reports that ...

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IN PHOTOS: The invisible killing machines

Source: Rediff  |   May 24 2013, 12:43am CDT

United States Attorney General Eric Holder's recent admission that the government killed four Americans in different drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan has brought the debate over the killing birds back to the fore. US President ...

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O ‘ends’ terror war

Source: New York Post  |   May 23 2013, 10:35pm CDT

Amid catcalls from a Leftist heckler too blitheringly stupid to understand her dream was coming true, President Obama yesterday declared his intention to end the War on Terror — not quite 12 years since the 9/11 attacks. In what may have been the most im ...

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26 weeks ago


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"The issues that are concerning people are the distance between the person who is controlling that platform and the death that results from it."


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Obama limits the use of drones

Source: Independent Online (South Africa)  |   May 23 2013, 9:59pm CDT

United States President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks about his administration's counter-terrorism policy at the National Defence University at Fort McNair in Washington. Washington - President Barack Oba ...

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Obama thinks we won the War on Terror and it's time to move on

Source: FOX News  |   May 23 2013, 8:26pm CDT

President Obama delivered what was billed by the White House as a “major” speech on national security Thursday at the historic National Defense University. In short, Mr. Obama thinks the War on Terror is over, and he won it. There may be a few final deta ...

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Obama puts restrictions on drone program

Source: Los Angeles Times  |   May 23 2013, 8:23pm CDT

Obama also lifted a ban on sending scores of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, back to their home countries and renewed his call to move the remaining detainees onto U.S. soil for imprisonment and po ...

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Obama Defends 'Just War' Using Drones

Source: THISDAY LIVE  |   May 23 2013, 7:40pm CDT

President Barack Obama speaking at the National Defence University in Washington DC President Barack Obama has defended the use of drones as a "just war" of self-defence against deadly militants, and a campaign ...

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6 hours ago

Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones

Source: San Diego Local News 1  |   May 23 2013, 6:56pm CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror threat from smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of Os ...

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8 hours ago

Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones

Source: Boston.com  |   May 23 2013, 5:02pm CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrowing terror threat that still imperils the nation but now is defined by smaller networks a ...

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‘America Is at a Crossroads’: Everything You Need to Know About Obama’s Counter-Terrorism Speech

Source: The Blaze  |   May 23 2013, 4:56pm CDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the National Defense University May 23, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Getty Images) President Barack Obama gave a speech on counter-terrorism at National Defense University on Thur ...

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