of the war in Afghanistan and 3 of our

							Predator
Drone
Article
reading
list:


    1) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamaswar/view/ -This is a really good video
       of the war in Afghanistan and 3 of our predator article experts are featured in it. 


    2) http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvr9bt7zu5ixL9z6g3p8ViQ72pWQD9BJ
       PMK00
‐
UN
says
US
use
of
predator
drones
may
be
illegal
under
international
law.



    3) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp‐dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103000743.html


       ‐
Secretary
Clinton
defends
drone
attacks
in
Pakistan


    4) http://www.newsweek.com/id/205725
‐
An
interview
with
Pakistan’s
former
deputy

       representative
at
the
United
Nations,
S.
Azmat
Hassan,
talks
about
drones
and
the
future
of

       Pakistan.


    5) http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/archive/2009/10/27/in‐new‐justice‐case‐a‐
       terror‐leader‐returns‐from‐the‐dead.aspx
‐
Military
drone
attacks
may
not
be
as
effective
as
the

       U.S.
government
may
like
to
think,
especially
in
the
case
of
Kashmiri
who
was
once
believed
to

       be
killed
by
a
predator
drone
and
was
found
months
later
still
alive.



    6) http://www.newsweek.com/id/169870
‐
The
Bush
administration’s
actions
on
predator
drones

       in
Pakistan
and
the
Pakistan
response.




    7) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp‐dyn/content/article/2009/04/09/AR2009040903505.html

       ‐
Pakistan
on
the
brink,
Pakistan
government
verse
tribal
leader’s
opinions,
with
an
emphasis
on

       drone
attacks.



    8) http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2009/05/25/090525taco_talk_coll
‐
American

       strategy
in
the
Afghanistan/Pakistan
region
since
the
eighties
and
how
it
affects
us
today.



    9) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/02/23/090223fa_fact_ratliff
‐
guns
and
robots
the

       pentagon
may
use
in
the
future.



    10) http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2009/03/12/pakistan‐and‐the‐drones/
‐
survey
of

        Pakistanis
living
in
the
Waziristan
region
and
their
feelings
about
the
drone
attacks.



    11) http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/02/kilcullen‐says/
‐
If
we
want
to
strengthen
our

        friends
and
weaken
our
enemies
then
drones
are
counterproductive
and
should
be
used
only
as

        a
last
resort.


    12) http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,410322,00.html
–Seven
drones
have
crashed
this
year

        costing
$4
million
each.
Fox
News
discusses
the
possible
reasons
for
this
and
the
unmet
demand

        for
predator
drones.



    13) http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/23/drones‐aiding‐pakistani‐military‐offensive/
‐
        Pakistani
Army
accepts
assistance
from
the
drone
including
images
taken
from
the
drone.


14) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2602049.stm
‐Multiple
times
drones
infiltrate
no
fly

    zone
and
are
shot
down
by
Iraqi
fighter
plans


15) http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,548601,00.html
‐Former
Pakistani
President
Gen.

    Pervez
Musharraf
believes
his
country
should
be
given
drone
aircraft
so
it
can
take
out
top

    terror
suspects
without
the
help
of
the
West.


16) http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/world/asia/29weapons.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=predator%
    20drones&st=cse
–Pakistani
government
accepts
aid
from
America
and
drones,
although
“The

    Pakistanis
insist
on
‘no
American
face’
on
their
war.
Period,”


17) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009‐09‐17‐somalia_N.htm
‐
Predator
drones
used
in

    Somalia
incite
anger
among
Somali
al‐Qaeda
who
vow
revenge.



18) http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2009‐07‐13‐recon_N.htm
‐
Predator
drones
and
spy

    planes
(ISR‐
intelligence
surveillance
and
reconnaissance)
among
the
new
military
technology

    that
is
being
used
is
Afghanistan
and
Iraq.



19) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/states/michigan/2009‐04‐02‐2691700074_x.htm
‐

    Unmanned
drone
to
patrol
Michigan‐
Ontario
border


20) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1511540.stm
‐
In
2001
‐
Iraq
on
2001
celebrated
the

    downing
of
a
U.S.
spy
plane
in
southern
Iraq.



21) http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2009/10/jane‐mayer‐predators‐drones‐
    pakistan.html‐
Interview
with
Jane
Mayer
on
her
Predator
Drone
article
for
the
New
Yorker.


22) http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/opinion/17exum.html?_r=1
–
David
Kilcullen
and
Andrew

    Exum
argue
against
the
use
of
predator
drones
in
Afghanistan
and
Pakistan.



23) http://wiredforwar.pwsinger.com/
‐
P.W.
Singer
wrote
a
book
on
new
technology
in
war.



24) http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/world/asia/22airstrikes.html
‐
General
McChrystal
wants

    limited
use
of
airstrikes
in
Afghanistan
because
they
are
doing
more
harm
than
good.



25) http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2009/11_robotic_revolution_singer.aspx
‐
P.W.
Singer

    analyzes
the
use
of
military
robotics
in
the
Middle
East
and
by
the
Middle
East.