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Iran Claims Shooting Down Two Additional US Drones

Iran Claims Shooting Down Two Additional US Drones

Iran on Wednesday said it had shot down two US-made RQ-11 reconnaissance drones in the past 15 months, adding to a ScanEagle drone and RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft it already claims to have captured. He said the first had been

Calif. Residents Concerned by Drone Use in Law Enforcement

Calif. Residents Concerned by Drone Use in Law Enforcement

Last week, Californians concerned for their privacy and civil liberties forced the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to pull an agenda item that would have approved a grant for the purchase of a drone.  The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil

Iran Mocks Obama: Count Your Drones

Iran Mocks Obama: Count Your Drones

As the Obama administration insists there is no proof Iran has captured a second U.S. drone, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it’s time for the U.S. to count their drones. According to an IRGC spokesman, if the U.S.

Official: Iran Has Evidence it Captured US Drone

Official: Iran Has Evidence it Captured US Drone

(AP) Official: Iran has evidence it captured US droneTEHRAN, IranA prominent Iranian lawmaker says Tehran has material evidence to prove that it has captured an American unmanned aircraft. The head of the Iranian parliament’s defense committee Ismaeil Kowsari wouldn’t specify

US Denies Iran Claim of Captured Drone

US Denies Iran Claim of Captured Drone

AP  TEHRAN, Iran – Iran claimed Tuesday it had captured a U.S. drone after it entered Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf- even showing an image of a purportedly downed craft on state TV – but the U.S. Navy said

Iran claims capture of another US drone

Iran claims capture of another US drone

(AP) Iran claims capture of another US droneBy ALI AKBAR DAREINIAssociated PressTEHRAN, IranIran’s state TV said Tuesday that the country’s Revolutionary Guard has captured a U.S. drone after it entered Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf. The report quoted the

TMZ: We Don't Want A Drone

TMZ: We Don't Want A Drone

Over the weekend, the San Francisco Chronicle announced that the gossip website TMZ was looking to launch a drone to monitor celebrities. According to the Chronicle, “Paparazzi are already using small drones on the Riviera to shoot photos of celebrities

TMZ Denies Requesting Permit Drone to Stalk Celebs

TMZ Denies Requesting Permit Drone to Stalk Celebs

Celebrities already live in fear of roving TMZ reporters ambushing them at airports, sidewalks and movie premieres. Imagine if the gossip site had access to a drone to follow them above and beyond their army of gossip-sniffing soldiers? The San

Hamas HQ Reduced To Rubble

Hamas HQ Reduced To Rubble

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Watch More News Videos at ABC | 2012 Presidential Election | Entertainment & Celebrity News ABC NEWS: In the early hours of Saturday morning, Israel’s Air Force reduced the headquarters of the militant

Cornel West: Obama a 'Rockefeller Republican in Blackface'

Cornel West: Obama a 'Rockefeller Republican in Blackface'

Princeton African-American studies professor and provocateur Cornel West accused President Barack Obama of being a “Rockefeller Republican in blackface” last Friday on a progressive television program.  In an interview on the liberal “Democracy Now” program, West, with his shocking comments, was essentially saying Obama,

New 'Black Ops' Installment Sheds New Light on Benghazi-Gate

New 'Black Ops' Installment Sheds New Light on Benghazi-Gate

This past week’s installment of the Military Channel’s “Black-OPS” recalled one of the most famous and daring Special Forces missions in modern history. The “Operation Thunderbolt” episode reviewed a military action best known as the raid on Entebbe, the Israeli

'Call of Duty: Black Ops II' Aims Toward Future

'Call of Duty: Black Ops II' Aims Toward Future

By DERRIK J. LANGAP Entertainment WriterLOS ANGELESWhen the latest installment in the wildly popular “Call of Duty” video game franchise is released Tuesday, it will transport fans to a completely new place: the future. But setting half of “Call of

Tom Ridge: PA Voters Must Remember Benghazi

Tom Ridge: PA Voters Must Remember Benghazi

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge believes the Obama administration’s failure to react to the September 11th attack on the American consulate in Benghazi and the subsequent cover-up ought to impact voters this election. He feels voters in Pennsylvania and elsewhere

Former SEAL: Obama Never Gave 'Cross-Border Authority' Orders

Former SEAL: Obama Never Gave 'Cross-Border Authority' Orders

As more information comes to the light about the Obama administration’s Benghazi cover-up, a former Navy SEAL officer who once took a military detachment to Libya suggests President Barack Obama was either AWOL — essentially an “empty chair” — or

Britain to Double Afghanistan Drone Fleet

Britain to Double Afghanistan Drone Fleet

Britain will double the number of remote-controlled RAF drones in operation over Afghanistan to 10, a Ministry of Defence spokeswoman said Monday. The five new Reaper drones, to be controlled by pilots based at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, are expected