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[10 Feb 2012] Drones & Deaths - News Analysis Presstv - English

[19 July 2012] Obama drones akin to Bush torture - English Relatives of three US citizens killed in non-UN sanctioned US assassination drone strikes in Yemen have sued senior officials at the US Defense Department and the CIA. According to the lawsuit filed on Wednesday, the killings of US-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, his 16-year-old son Abdulrahman al-Awlaki and naturalized US citizen Samir Khan were unconstitutional, Reuters reported. The victims' relatives said that the three assassinations committed by the CIA violated US legal guarantees, including the right to due process. On January 31, President Obama confirmed that the US uses the unmanned drones in Pakistan and other countries. Press TV has conducted an interview with Alfred Lambremont Webre, human rights & war crimes lawyer, to further discuss the issue.

[13 June 2012] US drones target innocent civilians - English A US assassination drone attack on a house and a car in Yemen's southeastern Shabwa Province has claimed the lives of at least nine people, tribal sources say. Interview with Elias Farhat, retired Army Genera

[29 Jan 2013] US plans to set up a base for drones in Northwest Africa - English

[02 Feb 2013] \\\'US drones earn nothing but hatred - English

[28 Mar 2013] Critics concerned over plans to vastly expand drones in US - English

[03 April 2013] Drones prompt global anti US sentiment - English

US President Barack Obama has defended his administration\'s use of drones as legal, effective, and just. \"We are at war with an organization that right now would kill as many Americans as they could if we did not stop them first. So this is a just war,\" Obama said in a major policy speech at Washington\'s National Defense University on Thursday. \"Our nation is still threatened by terrorists,\" he pointed out, noting that \"We must recognize however, that the threat has shifted and evolved from the one that came to our shores on 9/11,\" he said. The US president claimed the strikes have been effective in targeting militants and have made the United States a safer country. Obama outlined the legal guidelines surrounding the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to wage war in distant lands. \"I don\'t not believe it would be constitutional for the government to target and kill any U.S. citizen...Nor should any president deploy armed drones over US soil. But when a US citizen goes abroad to wage war against American and is actively plotting to kill US citizens...his citizenship should no more serve as a shield than a sniper shooting down an innocent crowd should be protected from a swat team,\" he said. On Wednesday, US Attorney General Eric Holder admitted for the first time that four US citizens were murdered in assassination drone attacks conducted by the CIA in Pakistan and Yemen since 2011.

[06 Sept 2013] UK defense Minister: Use of drones in Afghanistan tripled in four years - English

[09 Oct 2013] Iran says Shahed 129 drones can fly to Heart of Israel - English

Several israeli drones have violated Lebanon\'s airspace and flown over the country in flagrant violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701. According to the Lebanese Army Command, the warplanes broke the sound barrier over the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura. They also released heat balloons over the shores of the town of Tyre within Lebanon\'s territorial waters. Israel violates Lebanon\'s airspace on an almost daily basis, claiming the flights serve surveillance purposes. Lebanon\'s government, the Hezbollah resistance movement, and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon have repeatedly condemned the overflights, saying they are in clear violation of the country\'s sovereignty. UN Security Council Resolution 1701 calls on Israel to respect Lebanon\'s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

[23 Mar 2014] Nepal launches high-tech drones to detect poachers - English

[25 Mar 2014] Real estate agents in US use drones to supply pictures, videos of properties - English

[28 Dec 2014] The Debate - US Assassination Drones (P.1)(28.12.2014) - English

[28 Dec 2014] The Debate - US Assassination Drones (P.2)(28.12.2014) - English

Militants in Iraq hacked US Predator drones using 26 dollar off-the-shelf software to download and watch military surveillance video. Elizabeth Palmer reports.

A US report has revealed that the campaign of assassination drone attacks in Pakistan\'s northwestern tribal belt is terrorizing civilians 24 hours a day and breeding bitter anti-American sentiment. Men, women and children are subjected to almost constant trauma -- including fear of attack, severe anxiety, insomnia and high levels of stress -- says the new report by law professors at Stanford and New York Universities. The nine month investigation into the CIA assassination drones, which is based on public data including interviews with civilians, witnesses and survivors of the US assassination drone attacks in northwest Pakistan indicate that the attacks have killed thousands of people since the beginning, with only 2% of those killed in the attacks begin the militants.

[04 Nov 2012] Petition urges halt to US assassination drones in Pakistan - English

[11 Nov 2012] Analysis: US Drones on Yemen Revolution - News Analysis - English

[10 Dec 2012] US drones killing civilians in Afghanistan - English

[27 Jan 2013] US assassination drones killed 100s of Pakistani kids - English

[08 Feb 2013] Protests against US drones disrupt Senate hearing - English

[28 Feb 2013] History to remember Obama for drones - English

[11 Mar 2013] Drones going wild: New American style war - News Analysis - English

[15 Mar 2013] US drones traumatize Pakistani civilians - English

[19 Mar 2013] CIA drones freely kill civilians - English

[13 April 2013] US drones spilling blood in Pakistan - English

[24 April 2013] Yemeni political leaders say US drones hindering national dialogue progress - English