by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 10, 2013 | Monitor
Seven U.S. drone strikes in 10 days isn’t enough to get Pakistani officials to raise their objections about an intensifying drone war.
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 8, 2013 | Monitor
The U.S. drone war in Pakistan appears to be back in a big way: after a two-year decline, U.S. drones battered Pakistan six times in eight days, killing 35.
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 3, 2013 | Monitor
Welcome to 2013, yet another year of the drone. Three U.S. drone strikes over the past several hours have hit Pakistan and Yemen, killing at least two militant commanders and several, unnamed others.
by Noah Shachtman | Nov 9, 2012 | Monitor
U.S. Reaper drones in a hangar at Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan. Photo: Noah Shachtman Forget Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and all the other secret little warzones. The real center of the U.S. drone campaign is in plain sight — on the hot and open battlefield...
by Spencer Ackerman | Nov 7, 2012 | Monitor
An Air Force MQ-9 Reaper as it prepares to taxi on a training mission in September. Photo: USAF When Barack Obama took office, drone strikes were a once-in-a-while thing, with an attack every week or two. Now, they’re the centerpiece of a global U.S....