PKSOI/GLOBAL TRENDS CASE STUDIES A Drone's Strike Away | Página 21

Case Study #1118-08
PKSOI TRENDS GLOBAL CASE STUDY SERIES
Interview with the author, January 16, 2018.
Dylan Matthews, “Everything you need to know about the drone debate, in one FAQ”, The Washington Post, March
8, 2013, at https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/03/08/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-
drone-debate-in-one-faq/, retrieved September 26, 16.
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Josh Meyer and Peter Nicholas, “Obama calls jet incident a ‘serious reminder’, Los Angeles Times, December 29,
2009. Retrieved from: http://articles.latimes.com/print/2009/dec/29/nation/la-na-plane-terror29-2009dec29
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Vikram Dodd, Richard Norton-Taylor and Paul Harris, “Cargo plane bomb found in Britain was primed to blow up
over US”, The Guardian, November 10, 2010. Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/10/
cargo-plane-bomb-us-alqaida
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2017/01/17/obamas-covert-drone-war-numbers-ten-times-strikes-bush/,
accessed 01/22/2017. For further statistical information on drone strikes and the legality of use of armed drones see
International Bar Association, Human Rights Institute, “The Legality of Armed Drones under International Law,” Back-
ground Paper, May 2017, at https://www.ibanet.org/Human_Rights_Institute/HRI_Publications/Legality-of-armed-
drone-strikes.aspx, retrieved 05/12/2018.
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http://www.politico.com/gallery/pro-con-best-quotes-about-drones?slide=10, retrieved 10/21/2017.
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Jack Serle, “US drones hit Taliban more than terrorist networks despite end of Afghan war,” June 16, 2016, at https://
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2016/06/16/us-drones-hit-taliban-terrorist-networks-despite-end-afghan-war/, re-
trieved September 30, 2016.
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Jack Serle, “US Air Force has carried out two strikes a day against Taliban since June,” August 18, 2016, at https://
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2016/08/18/us-air-force-carried-two-strikes-day-taliban-since-june/, retrieved Sep-
tember 30, 2016.
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Jack Serle and Abigail Fielding-Smith, “US airstrike on al-Qaeda training camp ‘kills 50’ – biggest Pentagon attack in
Yemen for five years”, March 23, 2016, at https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2016/03/23/us-airstrike-al-qaeda-
training-camp-kills-50-biggest-pentagon-attack-yemen-five-years/, retrieved September 30, 2016.
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Staff, “Get the Data: Drone Wars,” September 29, 2016, at https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/category/proj-
ects/drones/drones-graphs/, retrieved September 30, 2016.
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Alice K Ross, Chris Woods and Sarah Leo, “The Reaper Presidency: Obama’s 300th drone strike in Pakistan,” De-
cember 3, 2012, at https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/12/03/the-reaper-presidency-obamas-300th-drone-
strike-in-pakistan/, retrieved September 30, 2016.
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Jack Serle, “US drone strikes in Somalia considered a badge of honour by al Shabaab, says BBC Africa boss,” February
6, 2015, at https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2015/02/06/us-drone-strikes-in-somalia-considered-a-badge-of-
honour-by-al-shabaab-says-bbc-africa-boss/, retrieved September 30, 2016.
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http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/02/world/africa/al-shabaab-explainer/
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Robert F. Worth, Mark Mazzeti and Scott Shane, “Drone Strikes’ Risks to Get Rare Moment in the Public Eye,” Feb-
ruary 5, 2013, The New York Times, at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/world/middleeast/with-brennan-pick-a-
light-on-drone-strikes-hazards.html, retrieved January 11, 2017.
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Ibid.
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Amnesty International, “Will I be next?: US Drone Strikes in Pakistan,” London: Amnesty International Publications,
2013, p. 7, at https://www.amnestyusa.org/files/asa330132013en.pdf, retrieved 10/12/2017.
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Ibid.
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Ibid., p. 8.
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Interview with the author, January 16, 2018.
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Philip Alston, “Report of the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions,” at http://
www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/14session/A.HRC.14.24.Add6.pdf, retrieved 02/12/2018.
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William Saletan, “In Defense of Drones,” Slate, 13 February, 2013, at http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_sci-
ence/human_nature/2013/02/drones_war_and_civilian_casualties_how_unmanned_aircraft_reduce_collateral.html,
retrieved 02/12/2018.
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