DRONES
Eric Ramnes, Grand Forks, N.D. letters: Drones need ‘policy stabilizers’ before flight 
Letter from Eric Ramnes of Grand Forks concerning flight drones.
By Eric Ramnes , December 09, 2012
US scrambles to rush spies, drones to Libya
The U.S. is sending more spies, Marines and drones to Libya, trying to speed the search for those who killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.
By Kimberly Dozier , September 15, 2012
Art Forman, Grand Forks, letter: Drones could have shortened World War II
If drones had been available in World War II, the United States could have closed the railroad tunnels from Switzerland to the Po Valley of Italy. This would have shortened the war by a year and saved many lives because the Allies would not have had to fight their way up the boot of Italy.
By Art Forman , July 15, 2012
Glenn Rost, Park River, N.D., letter: Do anti-drone activists have something to hide?
Every store and most schools now use surveillance cameras to decrease shoplifting, vandalism and other mischief. The cameras work, and the guilty are caught more often. Of course they don’t like it.
By Glenn Rost , June 28, 2012
Dwight Messner, Grand Forks, letter: Drone surveillance in N.D. was camel’s nose
Whenever we Americans let our government encroach into the lives of private citizens for whatever reason (as happened in the drone-surveillance case in Nelson County, N.D.), we are giving tacit permission for more intrusive and illegal surveillance.
By Dwight Messner , June 23, 2012
Two suspected US drone strikes kill 11 al-Qaida militants
Two suspected U.S. drone strikes killed 11 al-Qaida militants in southern Yemen on Saturday, Yemeni military officials said. The first attack took place near the border of Marib and Shabwa provinces southeast of the capital, Sanaa, killing six militants, including one Egyptian national, the officials said. The second strike hit two cars in Marib, killing five al-Qaida-linked fighters.
By Ahmed Al-Haj , May 12, 2012
Lakota, N.D., case raises questions of privacy, rights and non-military role of UAS drones
News media around the nation are keeping a close eye on the case of a Lakota, N.D., area farmer accused of cattle theft because, many suggest, it has the potential to set legal precedent for the use of unmanned aircraft in police surveillance.
May 07, 2012
Pakistani parliament demands apology, end to U.S. drone attacks
A Pakistani parliamentary commission today demanded an end to American drone attacks inside the country and an apology for deadly U.S. airstrikes in November as part of a review of its near-severed relations with the United States.
By Zarar Khan , March 20, 2012
OUR OPINION: In Grand Forks County, smile for the camera overhead
As an ACLU writer put it, “the bottom line is that domestic drones are potentially extremely powerful surveillance tools, and that power — like all government power — needs to be subject to checks and balances.” Grand Forks County should enter the domestic UAS era with that in mind.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , March 06, 2012
Brossart attorney may challenge use of drone in his arrest
Farmer, family involved in summer standoff face terrorizing, theft chargesThe attorney for the Nelson County farmer charged with terrorizing and theft felonies in the unusual standoff last summer that started with wandering cows said Thursday he may challenge the use of a federal drone in the farmer’s arrest.
By Stephen J. Lee , March 01, 2012
Suspected U.S. drone crashes in northwest Pakistan
Pakistani intelligence officials and local residents say a suspected U.S. drone has crashed in the country's northwest tribal region. Two intelligence officials say the unmanned aircraft went down today near Mir Ali, one of the main towns in the North Waziristan tribal area, the main sanctuary for Taliban and al-Qaida militants in Pakistan.
By Rasool Dawar , February 25, 2012
Drones mark a shift in warfare
The Navy’s new drone being tested near Chesapeake Bay stretches the boundaries of technology: It’s designed to land on the deck of an aircraft carrier, one of aviation’s most difficult maneuvers.
What’s even more remarkable is that it will do that not just without a pilot in the cockpit, but without a pilot at all.
By W.J. Hennigan , January 28, 2012
4 dead after U.S. fires 1st drone into Pakistan in 6 weeks
An American drone strike killed four Islamist militants in Pakistan, the first such attack since errant U.S airstrikes in November killed two dozen Pakistan troops and pushed strained ties between the two nations close to collapse, Pakistani intelligence officials said today.
By Lolita C. Baldor and Rasool Dawar , January 11, 2012
U.S. testing pilotless helicopter for cargo missions in Afghanistan
Surveillance drones for monitoring enemy activity and armed versions for launching airstrikes have become a trademark of America's wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East. But this is the first time a chopper version designed for transport has been used operationally.
By Slobodan Lekic , January 07, 2012
'War booty': Iran shrugs off Obama request to return spy drone
Iran's defense minister today shrugged off a U.S. request for the return of an American spy drone captured by Iranian armed forces and instead demanded an apology from Washington. U.S. officials say the unmanned aircraft malfunctioned and was not brought down by Iran.
By Nasser Karimi , December 13, 2011
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