Tracking America's drone war - Washington Post. About this database » Since 2002, armed drones have become an increasingly important element of U.S. national security policy. This project – which will be updated regularly – documents drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. Pakistan strikes since 2004 0 strikes in the last 30 days Yemen and Somalia strikes since 2002 All strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia Scroll to top ↑ Dec. 27, 2013 Permalink: Dec. 26, 2013 Qutab Khel, Miramshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan Permalink: Dec. 12, 2013 Permalink: Dec. 9, 2013 Al Qutn, Hadramawt, Yemen Permalink: Nov. 28, 2013 Angar Kalli, Miramshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan Permalink: Nov. 21, 2013 Permalink: Nov. 19, 2013 Ghayl Bawazir, Hadramawt, Yemen Nov. 1, 2013.
A potent, but crash-prone, weapon in the counterterrorism war. Interactive: How Obama Drone Death Claims Stack Up. Obama administration assertions about the number of civilians killed by U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan have varied significantly over the years. The assertions, which almost always come from unnamed officials, are sometimes contradictory and sometimes imply improbable conclusions. Below we've charted the administration’s assertions about civilian deaths with their corresponding date ranges.| Related:Obama Administration’s Drone Death Figures Don’t Add Up Mouse over the bars in the timeline or click on the links in the right sidebar for more information.
Drones Strikes per Year............. Claimed Civilian Deaths.................... Mouse over the bars in the timeline to see the official claim, and click on the links within each bar to go to the source article. A “senior administration official” told the New York Times that the number of civilians killed under President Obama in Pakistan was in the “single digits.” Interactive map: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Since 2004 the CIA has launched more than 300 drone strikes in Pakistan. The Agency’s targeted drone campaign in the country’s north-western Federal Administered Tribal Region is one of three clandestine theatres in the US covert war on terror, alongside Somalia and Yemen.
The drone campaign is officially secret despite leaks from US officials revealing details of the programme. The White House and CIA claim the drone strikes are precise and that kill few attacks result in civilian death. But the Bureau’s databases, compiled from media reports of the strikes, show that between 482 and 832 civilians have died in the attacks. The disparity between the official line and the Bureau’s data could be down to the controversial and narrow definition of civilian favoured by the CIA and president Obama, as reported in the New York Times. The Bureau’s comprehensive data is mapped here showing the spread of strikes across the region around Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan.
Striking Al Qaeda - Graphic. Mapping Drone Proliferation: UAVs in 76 Countries. A new US Congress report on the proliferation of drones has confirmed a huge rise in the number of countries that now have military unmanned aerial systems. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has published an unclassified version of its February 2012 report on the proliferation of UAVs. The report examines both the proliferation of UAVs, commonly known as drones, and examines US and multilateral controls on the export of drone technology. The report states that between 2005 and December 2011, the number of countries that posses drones rose from 41 to 76 (see here for full list). (Countries that have drones according to GAO report) According to the report: “The majority of foreign UAVs that countries have acquired fall within the tactical category.
It should be noted that currently only the US, UK and Israel are known to have used armed UAVs. The report goes on: “Currently, there are over 50 countries developing more than 900 different UAV systems. The US and the MTCR. The Year of the Drone | NewAmerica.net.