NOVANEWS by Kevin Gosztola Instead of asking the most important questions, most US journalists and media outlets simply regurgitate statements and claims made by US and Yemeni officials. (File graphic)How much of the drone war being […]
NOVANEWS Official document records 330 drone strikes in Pakistan by Alice K. Ross Missing from the record – grandmother Mamana Bibi’s civilian status is not recorded in the document.The Bureau is now publishing a leaked […]
NOVANEWS by Hooria Mashhour A Yemeni boy walks past a mural depicting a U.S. drone on December 13 in the capital Sanaa. (Photo: AFP/Getty)December 12 was supposed to be a day of celebration for the al-Ameri […]
NOVANEWS Baraa Shiban, an investigator in Yemen for human rights charity Reprieve, received an anonymous death threat yesterday (Thursday) relating to his investigation of a US drone strike which killed 12 wedding guests and injured […]
NOVANEWS Special Rapporteur Juan Méndez: ‘A deadly attack on illegitimate targets amounts to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment’ – Sarah Lazare, staff writer Children gather near car destroyed in 2012 by a U.S. drone air […]
NOVANEWS by Bob Dreyfuss (Photo: ninjawil/ cc via flickr)Here’s the bottom line on the American drone strike that slaughtered as many as seventeen people in a wedding party in Yemen last week: the CIA, which carried […]
NOVANEWS The Real “Red Wedding” by ALYSSA ROHRICHT “Before any strike is taken, there must be near-certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured — the highest standard we can set.” – President Barack Obama […]
NOVANEWS Latest attack on wedding party, that left many civilians dead, shows destabilizing impact of US campaign – Jon Queally A Yemeni boy walks past a mural depicting a U.S. drone on December 13 in […]
NOVANEWS by Mohammed Al Qawli Americans must demand an end to drone strikes on innocent civilians The author’s brother, Ali Al Qawli I am writing today as a grieving brother, haunted by questions about Ali al […]
NOVANEWS by RAMZY BAROUD Chances are dim that elections will be held in Yemen next February. Yet without elections, the push for reforms and change that were inspired by the Yemeni revolution would become devoid […]