World-News

By Stephen Lendman

It s America s newest sport. From distant command centers, far from target sights, sounds, and smells, operators dismissively ignore human carnage showing up as computer screen blips little different from video game images. The difference, of course, is people die, mostly noncombatants.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28335.htm



Six Wars and Counting

By Tom Engelhardt

When it comes to how many wars Americans can fight at once, Washington is reaching for the record books.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28342.htm



More Extrajudicial Killing: U.S. Kills 10 People in Pakistan

U.S. unmanned aircraft fired missiles at a suspected militant compound and a vehicle Wednesday in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 10 alleged insurgents, intelligence officials said.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=13844520



Pakistan: US Kills 8 People in Waziristan

The drones first fired two missiles at the house of a tribesman, Zar Wali Khan Wazir, and killed three persons. Two men were injured in the attack and were shifted to a nearby hospital.

http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?240425



CIA is reportedly building a secret drone air base in the Persian Gulf

Yemen s government says dozens of people have been killed in US drone attacks in the country over the last few weeks, many of them civilians. But despite the criticism, Washington has come up with a plan to build a Gulf base for armed US drones to target terrorists.

http://rt.com/news/usa-yemen-drones-terrorism/


From Information Clearing House

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Obama ramps up CIA war in Yemen, builds secret drone base in Gulf
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10400/

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Pakistan: US drone strikes kill seven - officials say

BBC News [UK]
06/15/11

Two US drone missile attacks have killed at least seven people in the Pakistani tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials say. The first attack hit a car, killing four people near the town of Wana in South Waziristan, officials said. They said a second strike, in neighbouring North Waziristan, struck another vehicle, killing three people...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13781621



CIA sending armed drones into Yemen

Washington Post

06/15/11

The CIA is expected to begin operating armed drones over Yemen, expanding the hunt for Al Qaeda operatives in a country where counterterrorism efforts have been disrupted by political chaos, US officials said. The plan to use CIA-operated Predator and other unmanned aircraft reflects a decision by President Obama that the Al Qaeda threat in Yemen has grown so serious that patrols by US military drones are not enough...

http://tinyurl.com/6x4r3sq


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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