An MQ-9 Reaper taxis down a runway in Afghanistan. The Reaper has been flying in Afghanistan since September; it flew its first combat mission in Iraq on July 19. STAFF SGT. BRIAN FERGUSON / AIR FORCEThe Year of the Drone -- New American Foundation
An Analysis of U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan, 2004-2010.
This research was last updated on February 25, 2010. For a full analysis of the repercussions and results of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan, please click here for "The Year of the Drone," by Peter Bergen and Katherine Tiedemann, February 24, 2010. The research on these pages, which we have created in a good faith effort to be as transparent as possible with our sources and analysis and will be updated regularly, draws only on accounts from reliable media organizations with deep reporting capabilities in Pakistan, including the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal, accounts by major news services and networks—the Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, CNN, and the BBC—and reports in the leading English-language newspapers in Pakistan—the Daily Times, Dawn, and the News—as well as those from Geo TV, the largest independent Pakistani television network.
Read more ....
Update: US drone strikes in Pakistan of limited value: report -- Yahoo News/AFP
My Comment: Kudos to Peter Bergen, Katherine Tiedemann, and the New American Foundation for compiling this report. I am sure that there is going to be a lot of commentary and analysis on this report in the next day or two .... as for myself I will be looking at it more closely tomorrow.
No comments:
Post a Comment