117. Sanger and Schmitt, “As Rift Deepens.”
118. Singer, “Do Drones Undermine Democracy?”
119. John Pike quoted in Sam Biddle, “Drones Mean the Iraq War Is Never Over,” Gizmodo, October 21, 2011, http://gizmodo.com/5852228/drones-mean-the-iraq-war-is-never-over.
120. “US Drones Bombed Libya More than Pakistan,” RT, October 20, 2011, http://rt.com/usa/news/us-libya-pakistan-drone-325/.
121. Spencer Ackerman, “Libya: The Real US Drone War,” Danger Room (blog), Wired, October 20, 2011, http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/predator-libya/.
122. Thomas Harding, “Colonel Gaddafi Killed: Convoy Bombed by Drone Flown by Pilot in Las Vegas,” Telegraph, October 20, 2011.
123. Kristina Wong, “US Drone a Tech Challenge for Iran,” Washington Times, January 12, 2012.
124. Scott Peterson, “Iran Hacked US Drone Says Iranian Engineer,” Christian Science Monitor, December 15, 2011.
125. Mark Clayton, “Did Iran Hijack the ‘Beast’? US Experts Cautious about Bold Claims,” Christian Science Monitor, December 16, 2011.
126. Martha Raddatz and Luis Martinez, “Is US Drone Shown on Iran TV Real?” ABC News, December 8, 2011, http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-rq-170-sentinel-stealth-drone-shown-iran/story?id=15115781.
127. Scott Shane and David Sanger, “Drone Crash in Iran Reveals Secret US Drone Effort,” New York Times, December 7, 2011.
128. Some claimed that the drone shown on Iranian television was a fake, but this has not been ascertained.
129. “Iran Airs Footage of Downed US Drone,” Press TV, December 8, 2011.
130. Lee Ferran, “Obama: Hey Iran, Can We Get Our Drone Back?” ABC News, December 12, 2011, http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/obama-asks-iran-rq-170-sentinel-drone-back/story?id=15140133.
131. Dave Majumdar, “Iran’s Captured RQ 170. How Bad Is the Damage?” Air Force Times, December 9, 2011; “Iran Displays RQ 170 Sentinel,” Global Military Review, December 2011.
132. Roggio and Mayer, “Charting the Data for US Airstrikes in Pakistan.”
133. Entous, Gorman, and Barnes, “US Tightens Drone Rules.”
134. Ibid.
135. Barbara Starr, “US Pauses Drone Strikes in Pakistan,” CNN, December 24, 2011, http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/24/world/asia/pakistan-us-drones.
136. U.S. Department of Defense, “Department of Defense Statement Regarding Investigation Results into Pakistan Cross-Border Incident,” news release, December 22, 2011, http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=14976.
137. Ibid.
138. Faisal Aziz, “US Leaving Drone Base Won’t Have Big Impact on Air War,” Reuters, December 12, 2011.
139. “Pakistan to Down Intruding US Drones,” Press TV, December 11, 2011, http://www.presstv.ir/detail/215014.html.
140. “18 Killed in Suspected Drone Attacks in Pakistan,” CNN, November 16, 2011, http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/16/world/asia/pakistan-drone-attacks.
141. Bill Roggio, “US Will Break Lull in Drone Strikes Only to Hit a High Value Target: Pakistani Official,” Long War Journal, December 20, 2011, http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2011/12/us_will_break_lull_in_drone_st.php.
142. “To Pacify Pakistan US Asked for Permission for Jan. Drone Strike,” Express Tribune, January 17, 2012.
143. Eric Schmitt, “Lull in US Drone Strikes Aids Militants in Pakistan” New York Times, January 6, 2012.
144. Haji Mujtaba, “Suspected US Drone Kills Four Militants in Pakistan,” Reuters, January 10, 2012.
145. Rasool Dawar, “US Fires First Drone in 6 Weeks, 4 Dead,” Guardian, January 11, 2012.
146. Ibid.
147. Scott Shane, “Drone Strike Kills Qaeda Operative in Pakistan, US Says,” New York Times, January 20, 2012.
148. “Hakimullah Not Dead: Pakistani Taliban,” Times of India, January 16, 2012.
149. Chris Allbritton, “Exclusive: How Pakistan Helps the US Drone Campaign,” Reuters, January 22, 2010.
150. Declan Walsh and Eric Schmitt, “Abu Yahya al Libi of Al Qaeda Said to Be Killed,” New York Times, June 5, 2012.
151. Associated Press, “Report: US Drone Kills Somali Al Qaeda Insurgent,” Fox News, January 22, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/01/22/report-us-drone-strike-kills-somali-al-qaeda-insurgent/.
152. Ian Cobain, “British Al Qaida Member Killed in Drone Attack in Somalia,” Guardian, January 22, 2012.
153. Julian Barnes, “US Expands Drone Flights to Take Aim at East Africa,” Wall Street Journal, September 21, 2011; Jim Lobe, “US Expanding Network of Drone Bases to Hit Somalia, Yemen,” Inter Press Service, September 21, 2011, http://www.ipsnews.net/2011/09/us-expanding-network-of-drone-bases-to-hit-somalia-yemen/; “Who Will the Drones Target?” Associated Press, May 22, 2012.
154. Saleh ali Saleh Nabhan was killed by JSOC in September 2009 and Aden Hashi Farah “Ayrow” was killed in a May 2008 air strike.
155. Greg Jaffe and Karen De Young, “US Drone Strike Targets Two Leaders of Somali Group Allied to Al Qaeda, Official Says,” Washington Post, June 29, 2011; Tristan McConell, “Drone Wars: Somalia Becomes the Latest Front,” GlobalPost, October 10, 2011, http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/111007/drone-wars-somalia-al-shabaab-cia.
156. “US Drones Strike al Shabab in Somalia,” GlobalPost, September 26, 2011, http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/africa-emerges/drone-attack.
157. Emma Slater and Chris Woods, “Iranian TV Accused of Faking Reports of Somali Drone Strikes,” Guardian, December 2, 2011; “US Drone Strike Kills 35 in S. Somalia,” PressTV, September 6, 2011, http://presstv.com/detail/197622.html.
158. David Axe, “Hidden History: America’s Secret Drone War in Africa,” Danger Room (blog), Wired, August 13, 2012, http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/08/somalia-drones/.
159. “Profile: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula,” Al Jazeera, May 9, 2012.