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22 Feb, 2012
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Somalia

Study shows up to 6 British extremists killed in Somalia

UK military board a suspect boat off the coast of Somalia (Ministry of Defence/Flickr) A new Bureau study of western military operations in Somalia reveals that up to six UK citizens have died in attacks carried out by the US and its allies. The findings appear to support rising UK concerns about the security situation […]
22 Feb, 2012
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Somalia

Militants and civilians killed in multiple US Somalia strikes

US Navy Seals in training (US Navy/Specialist 2nd Class John Scorza/Flickr) As many as 21 US military strikes in Somalia since 2007 have killed up to 169 people, new research by the Bureau indicates. Of those killed, between 11 and 59 people are reported to be civilians. US military intervention in war-torn Somalia is shown […]
20 Jan, 2012
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Somalia

Ofcom revokes Press TV’s UK licence

Press TV, the news channel backed by the Iranian government, is to be taken off the air in Britain, regulator Ofcom ruled today. The station was fined £100,000 by Ofcom in December 2011, after the station hid the fact that a 2009 ‘interviewee’ was being forcibly detained in Iran. However, the station did not meet its […]
14 Dec, 2011
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Somalia

Press TV Somalia drone strike reports cease after Bureau investigation

Press TV alleged that 749 Somalis were killed in US drone attacks in November alone. Earlier this month the Bureau published an investigation into how alleged US drone strikes in Somalia were being reported by Iranian broadcaster Press TV. In 56 reports between July and December this year, the station claimed that at least 1,370 people […]
5 Dec, 2011
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Somalia

Analysis: An Iranian news station damages all war reporting

A WFP food distribution centre for displace people near Mogadishu  Revelations by the Bureau at the weekend that Iranian broadcaster Press TV is most likely fabricating multiple reports of alleged US ‘drone strikes’ in Somalia will do little to bolster the channel’s already tattered reputation. And its actions could impede those trying to hold the […]
2 Dec, 2011
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Somalia

Iranian TV station ‘faked’ Somali deaths by US drones

Press TV claims at least 383 Somali civilians have been killed by US drone attacks. An Iranian TV station appears to have faked dozens of accounts of US drone strikes in Somalia which it says have killed hundreds of civilians. Press TV, which was fined £100,000 by Ofcom on Thursday after the station hid the […]
21 Nov, 2011
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Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen

‘No place to hide’: Speaking up for armed drones

As US under-secretary of defense in the early 1990s, Major General Kenneth Israel was one of the first to see the potential of combat drones. Now a vice-president of arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin, he was in London recently to chair a conference on UAVs, where he spoke to the Bureau.  How did armed drones come about? […]
21 Nov, 2011
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Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen

‘We have to do better’: Protester speaks out

Chris Cole is an activist and campaigner, pushing for accountability on armed drones. He writes the respected blog Drone Wars UK, which earlier this year uncovered details of the first civilian deaths caused by UK drones. Along with others he demonstrated outside the Unmanned Aircraft Systems conference held in London last week.  The conference appears […]
18 Nov, 2011
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Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen

Deaths bring to six total Britons killed by CIA drones

Two British nationals are believed to have been killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan, family and friends of the men have told the Press Association. According to PA, Ibrahim Adam and Mohammed Azmir were killed in Waziristan three months or more ago. Their deaths were confirmed to PA by other sources. According to […]
9 Nov, 2011
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Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen

Democracy Now! interviews Bureau reporter

On Monday October 31, 16-year-old Tariq Aziz was killed in a US drone strike near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Three days earlier, Bureau reporter Pratap Chatterjee met the teenager at a conference in Islamabad, where local people came together to discuss the impact of U.S. drone strikes in their communities. Related article: Bureau reporter meets 16-year-old […]
28 Oct, 2011
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Somalia

Bureau Recommends: US flies secret drones from Ethiopia base

Al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia The Bureau Recommends an article in the Washington Post, which reveals that the US Air Force has been secretly flying armed Reaper drones from a remote airbase in Ethiopia. According to the report, millions of dollars have been spent on upgrading the airfield in Arba Minch, which now houses a fleet […]
10 Aug, 2011
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Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen

Analysis: The Covert Drone War

In a recent edition of The Times a correspondent writes: ‘In a war in which information and perception play as important a role as tanks and jets, the images of wooden coffins on the shoulders of grieving men will make uncomfortable viewing in London and Paris.’ The journalist, Deborah Haynes, is reporting from a frontline town […]
30 Jun, 2011
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Somalia

Somalia targeted in US ‘drone war’

US Special Forces can call on Navy assets in the region. Photo,US Department of Defense A military drone operated by elite US Special Forces has targeted al Qaeda-linked militants in Somalia, killing several people. The attack marks the first confirmed hostile use of drones in the east African country. Bureau research suggests unmanned surveillance craft […]