Aug 12 U.S. drone destroys Iraqi militant mortar position By Associated Press WASHINGTON — U.S. military officials say an armed American drone has attacked and destroyed a mortar position of Islamic militants in northern Iraq. Continue reading
Aug 06 Watch Non-Essential U.S. Staff Ordered to Leave Yemen, Threat Deemed ‘Extremely High’ After announcing a travel alert and warning Americans abroad of a possible terror threat, the State Department narrowed in on Yemen. Non-essential embassy staff were flown out and U.S. citizens were told to leave immediately. A U.S. drone strike killed… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch How Do You Build a Do-It-Yourself Drone? How Do You Build a Do-It-Yourself Drone?… Continue watching
Jun 08 Watch News Wrap: Gen. Allen Apologizes for Civilian Deaths in Afghan Airstrike In other news Friday, Gen. John Allen -- commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan -- apologized for the deaths of civilians in an airstrike. The operation on Wednesday targeted a Taliban leader, but some wedding guests were killed. Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch Congress Eyes Crackdown Over Leaks About Secret Programs Beginning with comments from Sen. John McCain Tuesday citing accounts of what appear to be high-level government leaks, Congress is engaged in an investigation about war tactics. Jeffrey Brown discusses the varied secret programs, from cyber attacks to drone strikes,… Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch News Wrap: Panetta Says U.S. Is Losing Patience With Pakistan In other news Thursday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the U.S. is near its limit in patience on waiting for Pakistan to root out the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani network. Also, nearly 2,000 former pro football players are suing the National Football… Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch The Life and Death of al-Qaida’s ‘General Manager’ Deputy al-Qaida leader Abu Yahya al-Libi was killed by a drone attack Monday inside Pakistan, according to U.S. officials. Jeffrey Brown and Seth Jones of the RAND Corporation discuss the strike and the life story of the man described as… Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch Drone Strike in Pakistan Kills al-Qaida’s No. 2 U.S. officials confirmed on Tuesday that al-Qaida's Abu Yahya al-Libi had been killed in a drone strike inside Pakistan. Jeffrey Brown reports on the most recent blow to the terror network. Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch News Wrap: Suicide Car Bomb Kills at Least 23 in Baghdad In other news Monday, a suicide car bomb in central Baghdad killed at least 23 people -- detonating right outside the main Shiite religious affairs office in Iraq. Nearly 200 people were wounded in the explosion. Also, officials in Pakistan… Continue watching