Drones are the new front line weapon. They do not respect sovereignty. Jan Weatherhead writes from Washington about Algeria and the terrorists involved in hijacking a gas plant from Mali. Reports suggest that Mali is the new Afghanistan.
Mali Lošinj (Photo credit: aly24j) The US drones are believed to be combing the Sahara and the Sub Sahara looking for Islamists in that region and telling the Maghreb and neighbourhood Islamists to keep them updated. The al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki and according to Jan know all about this and that the US military are coming after them.
English: Air Force officials are seeking volunteers for future training classes to produce operators of the MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt Col Leslie Pratt) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Drones are not nice weapons at all Jan describes them as Hellfire missiles you can read the full article by going over to Stirring Trouble Internationally.
Osama Bin Laden at 9 (by Latuff). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) President Barack Obama and John Brennan and members of CIA have conscripted more drone attacks and relaxed improvements on health care bills, to get a more concise view of this go over to Stirring Trouble Internationally.
Armed Predator drone firing Hellfire missile (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Drones have been about for a while now and in World War II in US and Israel they were developed. The Department of Defence (DoD) in the 1990's created the AAI Corporation where remote control planes became a popular and more were made.
The AAI Corp developed the MQ-1 this is where and why 'Hellfire missile' was first coined.
Ever since the Osama Bin Laden incident many Human Rights Watch activists are noticing these things and protest to stop drones.
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