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Drone Strike in Pakistan Targets Key Taliban Ally

By | 02.18.10 | 3:03 pm

Sirajuddin Haqqani of the infamous Haqqani network — which, among other aspects of bloody rampage, took New York Times reporter David Rohde hostage — may have been hit in the latest drone strike in Pakistan, Newsweek reports. DNA evidence will ultimately determine if Sirajuddin, son of the longtime More…

Drone Strikes and How Insurgents Are Created

By | 10.19.09 | 6:53 pm

One more thing about the New America Foundation’s drone-strike report, which found that the drones have “only” killed Pakistani civilians one-third of the time. (We’re talking about “250 to 320″ civilians killed, according to the report.) One of the reasons the report exists is to push back against More…