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he Vietnam War, when the Pentagon tested unmanned aerial vehicles for what the military called ISR: intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. "Vietnam was decisive to the development of drones as the perfect tools to perform dangerous missions without the risk of losing a pilot," says aviation his

lrahman had been accompanying a cousin when a drone obliterated him and seven others. The suspected target of the killing — a member of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula — is reportedly still alive; it's unclear whether he was even there when the strike took place. The news devastated the family. "My wife weeps eve

increased its activities there in recent years as China asserts its territorial claims in the area in conflict with neighbouring countries including Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei and Taiwan." Taiwanese Jets Demonstrate Readiness To Repel Chinese Attack. Reuters (1/26, Lee) reports, "Armed

m campaign that has mostly been shrouded in secrecy, as American military and intelligence officials conduct an extended effort against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and other militant threats." THE BIG PICTURE Headlines From Today's Front Pages. Wall Street Journal: Microsoft Earnings Jump On Pandemic

on." Vietnam Sentences Three Journalists To Prison. In what the New York Times (1/5, 20.6M) calls "the latest crackdown on independent thought" in Vietnam, "where the authorities are busy stamping out dissent ahead of an important meeting by the ruling Communist Party later this month," three journalis

ecision to end a 3 1/2-year embargo of the tiny energy-rich country that deeply divided regional U.S. security allies and frayed social ties across the Arabian Peninsula." In addition, Saudi Arabia "said it was restoring full diplomatic relations with Qatar, although it was not clear how soon the step would be follo

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with his indictment in New York on several terrorism counts in 2012 and his extradition to the United States from Britain in 2015. Pham was born in Vietnam, moved to Britain as a child, worked as a web designer and converted to Islam. The events that led to his conviction and sentencing began in late 2

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