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In Pictures: Drones: America's unmanned Predators

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Fatal helicopter crash underscores hazards of Marines' mission training (+video)

Thirteen Marines have died since October in serious aviation accidents during training, including seven killed late Wednesday when two helicopters collided in midair.
Fuller picture emerges of fatal, chaotic US-Pakistan firefight

US military on Monday released the full report about a late-November 'incident' on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, in which US forces killed 24 Pakistani troops, mistaking them for insurgents.
Africa Monitor
New US drone base operational in Ethiopia

The unarmed US drones are being used to conduct missions over Somalia and Yemen – a boost for counterterrorism efforts – but Ethiopian officials are nonplussed by the base's presence.
Unmanned drone attacks and shape-shifting robots: War's remote-control future

The Pentagon already includes unmanned drone attacks in its arsenal. Next up: housefly-sized surveillance craft, shape-changing 'chemical robots,' and tracking agents sprayed from the sky. What does it mean to have soldiers so far removed from the battlefield?
Suicide attacks down, Predator drone exits, and other overlooked stories in 2010

Here are some stories in 2010 that you may have overlooked, including a global decline in suicide attacks and the phasing out of the Predator drone.
With US-South Korea war games, a signal to North Korea

US naval exercises Sunday off the Korean peninsula take on added significance, after North Korean attack on a South Korean island. Pyongyang rails against the US-South Korea war games.
Global News Blog
Predator drone download by Iraqi insurgents wasn't 'hacking'

A Wall Street Journal story on the apparent ability of Iraqi insurgents to intercept video surveillance taken by the US military's $4 million predator drones has attracted intense interest. But the vulnerability of the transmissions has long been understood, and the intercepts weren't really "hacks."
Once mighty Iraq Air Force rebuilds – but pilots keep low profile

The Iraq Air Force is slowly reclaiming control of the country's airspace – the last bit of Iraqi national sovereignty to be returned as the Americans pull out.
Stupak, Hatch, and health care: Government shouldn't answer the abortion question

Both sides of the debate should want government out of the issue – but that means fulfilling a duty to women and children.
Taliban biker militia: Anatomy of a failed Afghanistan ambush

The Taliban rode Honda motorcycles, but US and Afghanistan troops didn't fall for trap set by hardened, battle-ready insurgents.
In Pictures: Drones: America's unmanned Predators
Terrorism & Security
Two US troops die in base attack far from Helmand offensive

The Marines have experienced 'light resistance' as the try to regain control of a major opium growing region. The Taliban, however, are not giving up in other parts of Afghanistan.
Briefing: Aerial drones as weapons of war

They have been used to attack militants in Pakistan and Afghanistan. But are their benefits outweighed by backlash on the ground?
Terrorism & Security
In strikes on US in Afghanistan, Taliban reveals new potency

Two attacks on American forces come as allies Pakistan and Afghanistan are calling for dialog with the Taliban.
US-Iraqi troops sweep Al Qaeda village haven

Soldiers find major weapons caches, a bunker, and an insurgent expense report in Diyala Province.