Tag: Yemen
Cora Currier: How Does the U.S. Mark Unidentified Men in Pakistan and Yemen as Drone Targets?
March 2013How exactly does the U.S. government define ‘militant activity’?
Cora Currier: The Drone War Doctrine We Still Know Nothing About
February 2013Most drone strikes are directed at unidentified targets—not U.S. citizens or known Al Qaeda leaders—with murky justification.
Nafeesa Syeed: Yemen’s Explosive Eid
January 2013Holiday celebrations in a Yemeni village defy the country’s reputation.
Justin Elliott: Have U.S. Drones Become a ‘Counterinsurgency Air Force’ for Our Allies?
November 2012Micah Zenko talks about the uncertain motives underlying US drone policy.
Tom Engelhardt: Monopolizing War?
September 2012War has become a sort of American monopoly–but the American people don’t seem to know, or care.
Nick Turse: The New Obama Doctrine, A Six-Point Plan for Global War
June 2012Civilian soldiers, drones, and cyber attacks are just a few elements of the Obama formula for contemporary war.
Tom Engelhardt: Praying at the Church of St. Drone
June 2012An unprecedented expansion of authority has created a new role for the president: Assassin-in-Chief.
