![]() ![]() Yet given the importance of ‘Military-age Males’ as a category for drone operations, the wider issue of the casualties of such strikes has received surprisingly little critical attention, especially through a gendered lens.Ĭasualty recording data on drone strikes that is disaggregated by gender. AOAV has previously published articles on how the proliferation of weaponised Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has impacted conceptions of heroism and masculinity. Gender, however, is often omitted in these discussions. However, there are some indicators, whetherįrom leaked classified documents, investigative journalism, or interviews withįormer intelligence officials, as to how the US drone programme operates. This lack of transparency around armed drones makes itĭifficult for observers to determine both the casualties and decision-making Requirement that his government provide annual aggregate statistics on Under Trump when, in March 2019, he revoked a Political, military, and intelligence communities within the US have released Weaponized drones post-9/11, the programme remains shrouded in secrecy. Yet, despite the US massively ramping up their use of Strikes in Yemen in just two years, compared with 154 during Obama’s entire Drone strikes have increased even more rapidly since War against al-Qaeda, while simultaneously withdrawing US troops from unpopularĪnd costly conflicts. Drones allowed the administration to perpetuate their Drones provided a modern and compelling opportunity to those Theīush Administration authorised around 50 drone strikes in eight years the Obama Administration over 500. Witnessing a rapid increase in their use. President Bush, but it was under his successor – Obama – that saw the world To maintain drone strikes as ‘exceptionally surgical and precise’, While the White House under Obama were keen They are words that reveal a much wider harm than the one This strike happened just three days into Obama’s presidency. ![]() Khalil and Mansoor Rehman, were killed, along with his 21-year-old cousin,Īizazur Rehman Qureshi. Faheem was one of the first casualties in President Obama’s droneĬampaign when, seven years before, on 23 January, 2009, his family home in North Waziristan was hit by a missile. It’s about every civilian whoĪre the words of Faheem Qureshi, speaking to The Guardian inĢ016. Killing in the Shadows: UKSF extra-judicial murders.Civilian deaths from British military action.Air strikes and terror attacks examined.Anatomies of Manufactured Explosive Weapons.‘Military Age Males’ in US Drone Strikes - AOAV ![]()
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