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Ukrainian drones attacked more targets in Russia late on Wednesday, a night after drones struck at least six regions deep within Russia in one of the broadest volleys yet of Kyiv's campaign to turn the tables on Moscow. One of the drone strikes, targeting an airfield far from Ukraine's borders, destroyed military transport planes on the ground. (snip) The previous night, Russian officials described attacks on Bryansk and five other regions, including Moscow region, and Pskov in the north, where four military transport planes were damaged in a huge blaze at an airfield. The Russian foreign ministry said the attacks...

Friday, 03 August 2012 11:45 As CIA Drone War Deaths Increase, So Does Anti-U.S. Sentiment Written by Joe Wolverton, II At a conference of top Pakistani and American officials in Aspen, Colorado, Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States, criticized the Central Intelligence Agency’s drone warfare in Pakistan, describing it as having reached the point of “diminishing returns” and contributing to the growing anti-American sentiment in the country. “This adds to the pool of recruits we’re fighting against,” Rehman said at the Aspen Security Forum held July 25-28. With Pakistan’s spy chief, Lt. General Zaheerul Islam is scheduled to...