[Link] The Wrong People Just Got Their Hands on an Elite Drone Unit

Read: 22/8/2023 www.thedailybeast.com

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico—One of Mexico’s most violent cartels has just created its own elite unit of drone operators, a highly trained group of sicarios dedicated to tweaking commercial drones and turning them into flying bombs to use against rival cartels and Mexican authorities, according to U.

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[Link] US military kills Islamic State leader in Syria airstrike

Read: 12/7/2022 www.theguardian.com

The US military killed a leader of the Islamic State on Tuesday in an airstrike in Syria, Joe Biden said.

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[Link] Video Shows Narco Drones Dropping Bombs As People Flee

Read: 13/1/2022 www.vice.com

MEXICO CITY—Terrifying video footage from a narco drone dropping bombs as people scatter below has gone viral in Mexico.

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[Link] US confirms 2019 airstrike hit crowd of Syrian women and children

Read: 15/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

The US military has confirmed for the first time a 2019 air strike in Syria that killed up to 80 people, mostly women and children, but claimed the strike was justified as it killed Islamic State fighters who were attacking coalition forces.

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[Link] ‘Honest mistake’: US strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians was legal, says Pentagon

Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

A US drone strike in Kabul in August that killed 10 Afghan civilians was a tragic mistake but did not violate any laws, a Pentagon inspector general said after an investigation.

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