A U.S. drone strike has killed at least eight suspected militants in a troubled region in northwest Pakistan. Pakistani officials say missiles destroyed a compound Saturday in the North Waziristan tribal district, a key sanctuary for Taliban and al-Qaida insurgents. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry condemned the strike, reiterating that U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan violate its […]
US Lawmaker Dismisses Iran’s Claims of Building Drone Copy
Posted April 22nd, 2012 at 12:01 pm (UTC-5)
The chairman of the U.S. Senate’s Homeland Security Committee is dismissing Iran’s claim that it has reverse-engineered a U.S. spy drone it captured last year. Lawmaker Joe Lieberman said Sunday on U.S. television that he considered the claims little more than “Iranian bluster.” Earlier Sunday, a senior Iranian commander declared Tehran had reverse-engineered the drone […]
Iran Says Building Copy of Captured US Drone
Posted April 22nd, 2012 at 4:40 am (UTC-5)
A senior Iranian commander says Tehran has reverse-engineered a U.S. spy drone captured by Iran’s armed forces last year and has begun building a copy. General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, chief of the aerospace division of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards, was quoted Sunday by Iranian news agencies as saying experts are also recovering data from the […]
US Drone Strike Kills 8 in NW Pakistan
Posted March 13th, 2012 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say a U.S. drone strike has killed at least eight militants in the country’s northwest near the border with Afghanistan. Officials say one of the missiles hit a vehicle traveling in the Birmal area of the South Waziristan tribal region Tuesday. Among the dead were two senior commanders of a militant faction led […]
US Drone Crashes in Pakistan
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. drone has crashed in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region near the border with Afghanistan. The unmanned aircraft crashed in the mountainous area of Machikhel late Saturday. Taliban members have claimed they shot down the drone, but neither the U.S. nor the Pakistani government has confirmed that. The United States uses drone strikes to target […]
US Drone Crashes in Pakistan
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. drone has crashed in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region near the border with Afghanistan. The unmanned aircraft crashed in the mountains late Saturday. Reports say militants are at the crash site, but it is not clear whether they shot down the plane. The United States uses drone strikes to target Taliban and al-Qaida militants […]
Drone Crashes Into Somali Displaced Persons Camp
Posted February 3rd, 2012 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
Witnesses in Somalia say a drone aircraft has crashed into a displaced persons camp in the capital, Mogadishu. VOA’s Somali Service reports the drone struck a small house Friday inside the Badbado camp. There were no reports of injuries. Camp residents say African Union peacekeeping troops arrived at the scene and took away the wreckage […]
Suspected US Drone Strike Kills 4 in Pakistan
Posted January 23rd, 2012 at 7:25 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say a U.S. drone strike has killed at least four militants in the country’s northwest tribal region. The missiles hit a vehicle and a house Monday in North Waziristan tribal agency’s Degan village, near the Afghan border. Pakistani officials say those killed were from Turkmenistan. Drone strikes resumed earlier this month after a […]
US Drone Strike Kills 4 in Pakistan
Posted January 23rd, 2012 at 2:35 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say U.S. drones have fired missiles at a vehicle in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region, killing four suspected militants. Authorities say the attack happened Monday in Degan village in North Waziristan on the Afghanistan border. U.S. officials have never publicly acknowledged drone strikes against militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas, but have anonymously confirmed such […]
Somalia Drone Strike Kills al-Qaida Operative
Posted January 22nd, 2012 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
Insurgents in Somalia say a drone aircraft strike has killed an al-Qaida operative fighting alongside the al-Shabab rebels. An al-Shabab spokesman identified the fighter as British passport holder Bilal al-Berjawi. He said drone-fired missiles hit Berjawi’s car south of Mogadishu on Saturday. There has been no independent confirmation. The United States has authorized covert missions […]
