Drone Reads

This account will no longer be updated. We've launched Shadow Wars, a project investigating the US's murky military campaigns. Follow us on @tbijshadowwars.

[The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @TBIJ]

As the nature of war has changed, so has our work. Take a look at our brand new project, and new Twitter account, @tbijshadowwars, digging deep into America's new conflicts.

[The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @TBIJ]

The human cost of a recent airstrike by the Afghan defence force in Kunduz - 30 children killed, 107 casualties. As @UNAMAnews announces its findings, what is being done to reduce risk of civilian casualties as the Afghan Air Force is scaled up by the US? https://t.co/0WFMmoOPby

[Abbie Fielding-Smith @AbbieFS]

The Trump admin has trebled strikes in Yemen & Somalia, & are now mulling a cancellation of EO 13732, which requires them to publicly account for deaths in such operations. I fear we may look back on this as the start of something bad. Our story here (4/4) https://t.co/XWRRPrsuzN

[Just Security @just_security]

The Trump administration is expected to report to Congress today on civilian casualties.

Here are the questions Congress needs to ask the Pentagon to properly perform its oversight role:

From @danmahanty, @apmoorehead & @rhussein_ :https://t.co/KoIaquBXHk

[Shadow Wars @tbijshadowwars]

The UAE used a Chinese armed drone in Yemen to assassinate Houthi leader. Read @ForeignPolicy article on this: https://t.co/kmWg0O3K2p

[Shadow Wars @tbijshadowwars]

The Trump administration has sought to reduce transparency on military operations, but as far as we know it is still obliged to release info on civilian casualties by 1 May. What will they say? Good dig in to the issues by @LukeHartig https://t.co/UStjzgGeJv

[The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @TBIJ]

We've published a new report, Naming the Dead, looking at the US drone wars. Here's our @jackserle (sadly no longer of our parish after this), blogging about the report. Link to the publication through the blog below, or here: https://t.co/V9Scsvcq0M
https://t.co/yVr7nt4WSV

[Drone Reads @DroneReads]

A 13-year-old boy and other Yemeni civilians were killed in U.S. drone strikes this month https://t.co/cLKvllGfr1 by @shuaibalmosawa @MaryamSaleh

[Drone Reads @DroneReads]

A guided tour to the valleys of Nangarhar with the disembodied voice of a US SOF operative. https://t.co/dT9iZfz4CG

[Drone Reads @DroneReads]

Isis use of hobby #drones as weapons tests Chinese makers: https://t.co/VOVqMsfPRf

[Maria-Louise Clausen @Maria_L_Clausen]

124 confirmed US airstrikes in #Yemen this year - tripling from the hitherto record year of 2012 - according to @TBIJ

[The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @TBIJ]

Interesting article on a UK doctor in Syria who fears being made stateless due to allegations of his links with AQ: https://t.co/5IzBGjil4v

[The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @TBIJ]

People are angry because they say 10 civilians died in US strikes four weeks ago. But American statements have only added to the confusion.
https://t.co/pg0DGUA9SD
#Afghanistan

[The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @TBIJ]

US air strikes in #Somalia have more than doubled compared with 2016 and the year is not over yet. Get our data here: https://t.co/dGThbRGOhw

[Christine Roehrs @ChristineRoehrs]

In the increasingly opaque Afghan war the fight for Uruzgan province is probably the one least reported on. Hard to reach with phone connections down, w. little information offered fr. officials. Accrd to this, a large number of assaults has been repulsed https://t.co/RAuN1xqfE4

[Drone Reads @DroneReads]

"Farmers are not growing poppies for fun." New US tactic in #Afghanistan will only hurt us, not the #Taliban, say opium farmers. https://t.co/rvDLaLCpbq

[Shadow Wars @tbijshadowwars]

.@USAfricaCommand has been busy. One strike in #Somalia -https://t.co/l6X3JcTRY6 - and one in #Libya.

[TOLOnews @TOLOnews]

#ResoluteSupport commander Gen. Nicholson says however that there is no sign of Daesh fighters from Syria or Iraq migrating to #Afghanistan

[TOLOnews @TOLOnews]

#ResoluteSupport commander Gen. Nicholson states Daesh remains the number one target in #Afghanistan and that this group is completely rejected by the #Afghan people. "Hunting down and killing their leaders will not stop" but Daesh continues an aggressive recruiting program

[The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @TBIJ]

"We felt an earthquake", one civilian told us. He named others who died in the US airstrike in Afghanistan two weeks ago. The US still denies any civilians died. Here's our take: https://t.co/WgwZvYQ4B6