TY  - BOOK
AU  - Williams,Brian Glyn
TI  - Predators: the CIA's drone war on al Qaeda 
SN  - 9781612346182
AV  - DS371.2 
U1  - 327.127305491/1 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Potomac Books
KW  - Qaida (Organization)
KW  - fast
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Drone aircraft
KW  - United States
KW  - War
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Terrorisme
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Drones
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Guerre
KW  - Aspect moral
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Political Freedom & Security
KW  - Intelligence
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - TRUE CRIME
KW  - Espionage
KW  - Social Welfare & Social Work
KW  - hilcc
KW  - Social Sciences
KW  - Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - "Maps courtesy of Canguo Liu" (title page verso) ; no maps found in EBL display; Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-276) and index; The death of a terrorist -- A history of the Pashtun tribal lands of Pakistan -- Enter the predator -- Operation enduring freedom -- Manhunt -- The drone war begins -- Who is being killed in the drone strikes? -- Spies, lawyers, terrorists and secret bases -- The argument for drones -- The argument against drones -- The future of killer drones -- Appendix: Drone specifications
N2  - Predators is a riveting introduction to the murky world of Predator and Reaper drones, the CIA's and U.S. military's most effective and controversial killing tools. Brian Glyn Williams combines policy analysis with the human drama of the spies, terrorists, insurgents, and innocent tribal peoples who have been killed in the covert operation -- the CIA's largest assassination campaign since the Vietnam War era -- being waged in Pakistan's tribal regions via remote control aircraft known as drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles. Having traveled extensively in the Pashtun tribal areas while working for the U.S. military and the CIA, Williams explores in detail the new technology of airborne assassinations. From miniature Scorpion missiles designed to kill terrorists while avoiding civilian "collateral damage" to prathrais, the cigarette lighter-size homing beacons spies plant on their unsuspecting targets to direct drone missiles to them, the author describes the drone arsenal in full. Evaluating the ethics of targeted killings and drone technology, Williams covers more than a hundred drone strikes, analyzing the number of slain civilians versus the number of terrorists killed to address the claims of antidrone activists. In examining the future of drone warfare, he reveals that the U.S. military is already building more unmanned than manned aerial vehicles. Predators helps us weigh the pros and cons of the drone program so that we can decide whether it is a vital strategic asset, a "frenemy," or a little of both
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