Jack Serle

Trump’s New Targeting Rules Pave the Way for Escalating the US War in Somalia

The rate of US drone strikes in Somalia have doubled since Trump enacted new rules reversing targeting procedures introduced by Obama in response to concerns about civilian casualties.

20 ноября, 2017

От Jack Serle

Trump’s New Targeting Rules Pave the Way for Escalating the US War in Somalia

Last week's US air operation in Somalia took the total number of strikes carried out in 2017 to a record 29, raising the possibility of an expansion in military operations outside of conventional battlefields under President Donald Trump. Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama had already escalated strikes in Somalia to 14 a year,

Yemen Hit With Unprecedented Number Of US Drone, Air Strikes

The attacks come a month after a botched US special forces raid ended in the deaths of 25 civilians, including nine children under the age of 13.

03 марта, 2017

От Jack Serle and
Jessica Purkiss

Yemen Hit With Unprecedented Number Of US Drone, Air Strikes

(REPORT) --- In an unprecedented intensification of America’s counter-terrorism operations in Yemen, the US has confirmed it carried out 20 strikes across three

Jessica Purkiss

Jessica Purkiss is a reporter on the Bureau of Investigative Journalism's Covert Drone War team. Before joining the Bureau she was a staff writer and editor for Middle East Monitor. She has also reported from Palestine. Jessica has an MA from Kingston University in human rights and genocide.

Record Number Of Civilians Killed And Injured In 2016 Afghan Airstrikes

Air attacks by Afghan and international forces caused a total of 590 civilian casualties in 2016 (250 deaths and 340 people injured), almost double that of 2015.

06 февраля, 2017

От Jack Serle

Record Number Of Civilians Killed And Injured In 2016 Afghan Airstrikes

(REPORT) --- Airstrikes killed and injured more civilians in Afghanistan last year than at any time since the United Nations (UN) began systematically recording casualties there in 2009. The “sharp increase” in civilian casualties from air attacks came during a year that saw the highest ever number of non-combatants killed and

Trump, Obama And The Future Of The Targeted Killing Program

Obama developed and expanded a defining policy architecture which his successor Donald Trump now inherits: the ability to kill suspected terrorists anywhere without US personnel having to leave their bases.

20 января, 2017

От Jack Serle and
Abigail Fielding-Smith

Trump, Obama And The Future Of The Targeted Killing Program

(ANALYSIS) --- Barack Obama’s foreign policy legacy is often discussed in terms of things he didn’t do: intervene in Syria, reset with Russia, get out of Afghanistan. In one area however, Obama developed and expanded a defining policy architecture which his successor Donald Trump now inherits: the ability to kill suspected

Abigail Fielding-Smith

Abigail Fielding-Smith joined The Bureau of Investigative Journalism in 2014 after six years as a reporter in the Middle East, during which she covered the Arab Spring and subsequent civil war in Syria for the Financial Times. She was awarded a UK Foreign Press Award in 2013 for her role in a Financial Times investigation in to Gulf funding for Syrian rebels.

Obama Carried Out Ten Times More Drone Strikes Than Bush

Obama oversaw more strikes in his first year than Bush carried out during his entire presidency.

17 января, 2017

От Jack Serle and
Jessica Purkiss

Obama Carried Out Ten Times More Drone Strikes Than Bush

There were ten times more air strikes in the covert war on terror during President Barack Obama’s presidency than under his predecessor, George W. Bush. Obama embraced the US drone programme, overseeing more strikes in his first year than Bush carried out

Jessica Purkiss

US Airstrikes In Afghanistan Killing Civilians At Greatest Rate In Seven Years

The rate at which civilians are being killed by US airstrikes in Afghanistan is at its highest point since 2008, an analysis of newly published UN data reveals.

26 февраля, 2016

От Jack Serle and
Abigail Fielding-Smith and
Payenda Sargand

US Airstrikes In Afghanistan Killing Civilians At Greatest Rate In Seven Years

Research by the Bureau shows that on average a civilian was killed every fourth drone or jet strike in 2015 – up from one in 11 attacks the year before and the first time the casualty rate has risen since 2011. The rate was last at such levels at the height of the Afghan war in 2008. The rates are calculated by using

Abigail Fielding-Smith

Over 30 Westerners Have Been Killed By Covert US Drone Stikes

The CIA’s own data shown that it is only able to identify one out four victims of drone strikes, labeling the remaining three as unknown militants.

07 мая, 2015

От Jack Serle

Over 30 Westerners Have Been Killed By Covert US Drone Stikes

Flowers and ribbons adorn a tree outside the Weinstein family house in Rockville, Md., Thursday, April 23, 2015. Weinstein is one of over 30 Westerns killed by covert U.S. drone strikes. As the Bureau revealed recently, the accidental killing of American Warren Weinstein and Italian Giorgio Lo Porto by the CIA in January now means