In an unprecedented intensification of America’s counter-terrorism operations in Yemen, the US has confirmed it carried out 20 strikes across three central provinces. The strikes, which were carried out in the early morning, targeted fighters from the regional arm of al Qaeda, known as AQAP, their equipment and infrastructure, in the Yemeni provinces of Abyan, Read More…
Tag: Drone strikes
Pentagon Caught Peddling Fake News About Airstrikes
Newsflash: The Pentagon has been lying to you for years. OK, OK, so this is hardly a “Stop the presses!”-type revelation. After all, this is the same Pentagon that still can’t account for trillions of dollars in “year end adjustments” on its books. This is the same Pentagon that oversaw the theft of billions of Read More…
Upholding Tradition? Suspected Drone Strikes Continue As Trump Takes Office
Just hours into Trump’s presidency, suspected U.S. drone strikes killed three alleged al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen’s southwestern Bayda province. According to anonymous security and tribal officials, two strikes killed an area field commander by the name of Abu Anis al-Abi, along with two others. Considering the two others are identified merely as “alleged al-Qaeda operatives,” it seems Read More…
Obama Creates New al-Qaeda Out of Thin Air to Justify His Somalia War
An article published in The New York Times this past Sunday perfectly demonstrates how out of control and unconstitutional America’s foreign policy has become. It highlights the latest war being perpetrated by the Obama administration, which is expanding with very little scrutiny from the press or the government branch supposedly in charge of waging war, Read More…
The US Government Just Used Drones to Killed 150 People In A Country That They Aren’t Even At War With
This week, the US government used drones and airstrikes to fire missiles and drop bombs in a country that they aren’t at war with, killing at least 150 people. This act of aggression took place in Somalia, where the US military regularly stages drone strikes and other attacks, despite the fact that they have not Read More…
Suspected US Drone Spotted by Russian Pilot in Syria
A camera installed inside the cockpit of a Russian fighter jet carrying out combat missions in Syria recorded the moment when a suspected U.S. Reaper Drone was seen flying close to the jet. “It is dangerous … if two sets of aircraft come into the same piece of airspace without very clear, laid-out protocols for Read More…