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Terror plot in Europe prompted drone strikes (AP)

September 29th, 2010

**CORRECTS DATE OF STATEMENT BY EUROPEAN OFFICIALS** FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo, a U.S. Predator drone flies over the moon above Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan. European security officials said Wednesday Sept. 29, 2010, a terror plot to wage Mumbai-style shooting sprees or other low-budget attacks in Britain, France and Germany is still active and that sites in Pakistan — where the threat was intercepted — are being targeted for al-Qaida operatives. The Obama administration intensified the use of drone-fired missiles in Pakistan's border area, but this month there have been at least 21 attacks — more than double the highest number fired in any other single month. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)AP - Security officials said Wednesday a terror plot to wage Mumbai-style shooting sprees or other attacks in Britain, France and Germany is still active and that recent CIA strikes…

US missiles kill 5 militants in NW Pakistan (AP)

July 25th, 2010

** RETRANSMISSION TO PROVIDE BETTER QUALITY ** In this photo taken on July 19, 2010, U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan When Hillary offered Pakistan help this week in exporting mangos to the US for the first time in a bid to dampen anti-American sentiment, it marked the latest chapter in the fruits' curious history of diplomacy and intrigue in the region. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)AP - Unmanned U.S. aircraft fired four missiles at a house in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing five suspected militants in the second drone strike in as many days, intelligence…

Turkey unveils its own drone plane for first time (AP)

July 16th, 2010

AP - ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey on Friday unveiled its first drone airplane, a surveillance craft able to fly for 24-hour stretches over the rugged mountains where Kurdish rebels are…

US drone crew blamed for Afghan civilian deaths (AP)

May 29th, 2010

Local Afghan residents come out to watch a burning oil tanker carrying fuel supplies for NATO forces after it was allegedly attacked by Taliban on Jalalabad highway, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - Inexperienced operators of a U.S. drone aircraft ignored or downplayed signs that Afghan civilians were in a convoy blasted in a deadly American missile attack earlier this year,…

Drone crew blamed in Afghan civilian deaths (AP)

May 29th, 2010

Local Afghan residents come out to watch a burning oil tanker carrying fuel supplies for NATO forces after it was allegedly attacked by Taliban on Jalalabad highway, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - Inexperienced operators of a U.S. drone aircraft ignored or downplayed signs that civilians were aboard a convoy blasted by American missiles in Afghanistan earlier this year, said a…