by Iqbal Siddiqui Mr. Iqbal Siddiqui gets featured on Media Monitors Network (MMN) with the courtesy of Crescent International. Media Monitors Network Sunday, October 23, 2011 Early month, as much of the western world was either wallowing in sentimental commemorations of the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and [...]
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New Drone Can Be Stored in Soldiers’ Backpacks
Drone technology is advancing and their use is proliferating exponentially, as the public and the law lag behind by John Glaser Antiwar Forum October 19, 2011 Drone technology is advancing faster than the public or the legal system has time to catch up to their now ubiquitous use inAmerica’s many war zones. US troops inAfghanistanwill [...]
U.S. Army to fly ‘kamikaze’ drones
Agence France-Presse Monday, October 17, 2011 WASHINGTON— A miniature “kamikaze” drone designed to quietly hover in the sky before dive-bombing and slamming into a human target will soon be part of the US Army’s arsenal, officials say. Dubbed the “Switchblade,” the robotic aircraft represents the latest attempt by theUnited Statesto refine how it [...]
The Rebellious Media Conference, London, October 8-9 – A Reflection.
THE REBEL GRIOT Wednesday, 12 October 2011 Who better to open a conference on “Rebellious Media” than Noam Chomsky? The arch-rebel of USacademia and proponent of the ‘propaganda model’ of the media, at 82 years old he is now not only the best-known but probably also the longest-serving celebrity critic of USforeign policy in [...]
Drone Wars: Is it legal?
They may be cool, they may be scary, but are the drones legal? No one really knows for sure. Jean MacKenzieOctober GlobalPost 10, 2011 05:40 Few weapons in the modern arsenal excite the popular imagination like drones. Sleek and deadly, operated at a remove of thousands of miles by faceless technicians, drones [...]
US had ‘frighteningly simplistic’ view of Afghanistan, says McChrystal
General who led Obama’s ‘surge’ strategy says even now the military does not have the local knowledge to end the conflict Declan Walsh in Islamabad guardian.co.uk, Friday 7 October 2011 09.17 BST One ofAmerica’s most celebrated generals has issued a harsh indictment of his country’s campaign inAfghanistanon the 10th anniversary of the invasion [...]
Brown University study examines cost of War on Terror
By Bryan Rourke Projo.com 01:00 AM EDT on Friday, October 7, 2011 PROVIDENCE— The war on terror continues; so does the cost and the chronicling. “You can’t make informed decisions without this information,” said Catherine Lutz ofBrownUniversity. Lutz is co-director of the Eisenhower Project at Brown’s Watson Institute for International Studies. [...]
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