Nothing illustrates the continuation, to say nothing of the intensification, of the Bush era "war on terror", more than Barack Obama's use of drones. Drone strikes have grown eightfold under the president who vowed in his Nobel prize acceptance speech that the US must remain a standard bearer in the conduct of war. And yet the standards that Mr Obama has applied to the...
guardian.co.uk (26 days ago)
How's this for a paradox: US drone strikes are now declining under President Obama – the man who made drone strikes a primary element of his counterterrorism strategy.
yahoo.com (27 days ago)
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As the Obama White House vigorously defends its policy of using drone strikes to kill suspected terrorists—including in some cases American citizens—it invokes the findings of secret intelligence showing that the targets pose an “imminent” threat to the U.S.
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In a major speech, President Obama tries to answer critics of drone strikes but also raises his own questions.WASHINGTON - At times defensive, solemn, lawyerly and personal, President Obama on Thursday offered a rare glimpse of the burden that the nation's fight against terrorism has placed on the man who leads it.
latimes.com (26 days ago)
Many Pakistanis carefully listened to President Obama's new rules on America's drone campaign to target militants abroad, especially in the tribal regions of Pakistan. With more than 355 drone strikes on their country since 2004, Pakistani officials have repeatedly said that U.S. drone strikes violate the country's sovereignty and the attacks regularly kill innocent...
washingtonpost.com (25 days ago)
President Obama is standing by the use of drone-launched missile strikes. But he's also moving to limit them as part of a refocusing of the fight against Islamist terrorists that also includes a new push to close Guantanamo Bay.
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