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Armed drones may be prone to targeting errors
June 19, 2017
We learned on June 7th that Canada intends to acquire armed drones for “precision targeting”. Despite widespread concerns about their misuse both in situations of armed conflict and otherwise, the government has provided no real rationale for why Canada needs them nor any policy framework to guard against their abuse. The use of armed drones […]
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Invisible wars in the Age of Trump
February 6, 2017
Paul Rogers warns that the near invisibility of modern warfare will make democratic accountability in the age of Trump even more difficult. See Theresa May, Donald Trump and the wars to come (Open Democracy, 3 February 2017). The main reason why the current war is getting so little coverage in the western media is that […]
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The devastating toll from coalition bombing
February 5, 2016
On 29 December 2015, the Iraqi military “liberated” the city of Ramadi, in Iraq, from the so-called Islamic State (ISIS, or ISIL) in an “epic” victory after a long offensive to retake the provincial capital from the terrorist group. In a televised press conference, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi praised the capture of the city, […]
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