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2. Shane and Schmitt, “C.I.A. Deaths Prompt Surge.”

3. John Cushman, “Bin Laden Plot against Obama Laid Out in Documents,” New York Times , March 16, 2012.

4. Ravi Somaiya, “Drone Strike Prompts Suit, Raising Fears for U.S. Allies,” New York Times , January 30, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/world/drone-strike-lawsuit-raises-concerns-on-intelligence-sharing.html.

5. Brian Glyn Williams, “Mullah Omar’s Missiles: A Field Report on Suicide Bombers in Afghanistan,” Middle East Policy 15, no. 4 (Winter 2008).

6. Syed Shazad, “Drones Ever Closer to Pakistan’s Militants,” Asia Times , October 27, 2011.

7. Bill Roggio, “Taliban Rebuild Children’s Suicide Camp in South Waziristan,” Long War Journal , October 6, 2008, http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/10/taliban_rebuild_chil.php.

8. Sayed Bukhari, “Misplaced Sense of Sovereignty,” letter to the editor, Dawn , September 27, 2008.

9. Ajmal, comment on Nadeem Paracha, “Drone Attacks: The Truth Is Out,” Café Black (blog), Dawn , April 28, 2011, http://www.dawn.com/2011/04/28/drone-attacks-the-truth-is-out.html.

10. Ifran Husain, “Howling at the Moon,” Dawn , January 9, 2010.

11. Farhan Bokhari, “Transcript: Interview with Ali Asif Zardari,” Financial Times , September 15, 2009, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/36a57efa-a205-11de-81a6-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2N5DyPlGL.

12. Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt, “Shaky Pakistan Is Seen as Target of Al Qaeda Plots,” New York Times , May 10, 2009.

13. “TTP’s Qari Hussain Killed in Drone Attack,” Tribune Express , October 15, 2010.

14. Daniel Byman, “Taliban vs. the Predator: Are Targeted Killings in Pakistan a Good Idea?” Foreign Affairs , March 18, 2009.

15. Masood and Shah, “CIA Drones Kill Civilians in Pakistan.”

16. Rohde, “Drone War.”

17. Mockenhaupt, “We’ve Seen the Future.”

18. “Pakistan Taliban Member Describes Counter Measures against UAV Attacks,” Terrorism Monitor 7, no. 31 (October 23, 2009): 3–5.

19. Karen Bruillard and Haq Nawaz Khan, “Pakistanis Tie Slayings to Surge in US Strikes,” Washington Post , December 24, 2010.

20. Indo-Asian News Service, “Human Intelligence Aids Drone Attacks in Pakistan,” India-Forums, December 30, 2010, http://www.india-forums.com/news/pakistan/301035-human-intelligence-aid-drone-attacks-in-pakistan.htm.

21. Alex Rodriguez and David Zucchino, “US Drone Attacks in Pakistan Get Mixed Response,” Los Angeles Times , May 2, 2010.

22. Walsh, “Mysterious ‘Chip.’”

23. Ibid.

24. Jane Perlez and Pir Zubair Shah, “Drones Batter Al Qaeda and Its Allies in Pakistan,” New York Times , April 4, 2010.

25. Munir Ahmad, The Battle for Pakistan: Militancy and Conflict in Balochistan , National Security Studies Program Policy Paper (Washington, DC: New America Foundation, September 2011).

26. Eric Schmitt and Jane Perlez, “Strikes Worsen Qaeda Threat Pakistan Says,” New York Times , February 24, 2009.

27. “Al Qaeda under Pressure: US Drones Have Al Qaeda on the Run,” CBS News, July 10, 2009, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-5151547.html.

28. Mayer, “Predator War.”

29. Katherine Tiedemann, “Drone Attacks in Tribal Pakistan Force Al Qaeda into Urban Areas,” Times , August 8, 2009; Imtiaz Ali, “Karachi Becoming a Taliban Safe Haven?” Combating Terrorism Center Sentinel 3, no. 1 (January 2010): 17–20.

30. Associated Press, “Jihadist Shift Seen in Pakistan, Fewer Arabs,” Fox News, September 3, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/09/03/jihadist-shift-seen-in-pakistan-fewer-arabs/.

31. Tom Gjelten, “U.S. Officials: Al-Qaida Leadership Cadre ‘Decimated,’” Morning Edition , National Public Radio, February 3, 2009, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100160836.

32. Peter Taylor, “Drones ‘Winning’ War against Al Qaeda Says Ex-CIA Head,” BBC News, March 20, 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12784129.

33. Emerson, “In Defense of Drones.”

34. Ali Chishti, “Al Qaeda Shifting to Pakistan’s Urban Areas,” Daily Times , August 25, 2010.

35. David Ignatius, “What Would Reconciliation Look Like for the US and Taliban?” Washington Post , June 29, 2010.

36. Associated Press, “Al Qaeda Leader Admits Facing Pressure from Drones,” Fox News, January 27, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/27/al-qaida-leader-admits-facing-pressure-drones.

37. Greg Miller, “US Predator Strikes Causing ‘Confusion’ in Al Qaeda Ranks,” Los Angeles Times , March 22, 2009.

38. Greg Miller, “Predator Strikes in Pakistan: U.S. Says Drones Ravage Al Qaeda,” Chicago Tribune , March 22, 2009.

39. “Taliban Dismisses US Claims about Death of Osama’s Son,” Hindu , July 4, 2009.

40. Carol Grisanti and Mushtaq Yusufzai, “Taliban Style Justice for Alleged US Spies,” World Blog , NBC News, April 17, 2009, http://worldblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2009/04/17/4376383-taliban-style-justice-for-alleged-us-spies.

41. Mark Macdonald, “Are Drone Strikes Worth the Cost?” New York Times , August 22, 2012.

42. Christopher Swift, “The Drone Blowback Fallacy: Strikes in Yemen Aren’t Pushing People to Al Qaeda,” Foreign Affairs , July 1, 2012.

43. Karen De Young and Julie Tate, “Increased Drone Strikes in Pakistan Killing Few High Ranking Militants,” Washington Post , February 20, 2011.

44. “Bin Laden Was Trying to Build Drone-Decimated Network,” Japan Times , July 3, 2011.

45. Greg Miller, “Bin Laden Document Trove Reveals Strain on Al Qaeda,” Washington Post , July 1, 2011.

46. Spencer Ackerman, “White House: Al Qaeda Is Toast (as Long as These Shadow Wars Last Forever),” Danger Room (blog), Wired , June 29, 2011, http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/06/white-house-al-qaida-is-toast/.

47. Mark Mazzetti, “Al Qaeda Affiliates Growing Independent,” New York Times , August 29, 2011.

48. “The Drone Wars,” Wall Street Journal , January 9, 2010.

49. “Predators and Civilians,” Wall Street Journal , July 14, 2009.

50. “The Ethics of Unmanned Warfare,” United Press International, December 8, 2010.

51. William Saletan, “In Defense of Drones: They’re the Worst Form of War, Except for All the Others,” Slate , February 19, 2013, http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_nature/2013/02/drones_war_and_civilian_casualties_how_unmanned_aircraft_reduce_collateral.html.

52. Greg Miller, “Under Obama a Huge Rise in Drone Strikes,” Washington Post , January 1, 2012.

53. Noah Shachtman, “How the Afghanistan Air War Got Stuck in the Sky,” Wired , December 8, 2009, http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/ff_end_air_war/.

54. Christine Fair, “The Obama Administration Won’t Tell the Truth about America’s New Favorite Weapon—But That Doesn’t Mean the Critics are Right,” Foreign Policy , May 28, 2010.

55. “Flight of the Drones.”

56. Scott Shane, “Yemen’s Leader Praises US Drone Strikes,” New York Times , September 19, 2012; Greg Miller, “In Interview Yemeni President Acknowledges Approving US Drone Strikes,” Washington Post , September 29, 2012.

57. Graeme Smith, “Pakistan’s Deadly Robots in the Sky,” Globe and Mail , October 10, 2010.

58. Sarmad Tariq, “Drone Strikes Kill Militants, Others Kill the Innocent,” Welcome to Pakistan (blog), Express Tribune , January 18, 2013, http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/15697/drone-strikes-kill-militants-others-kill-the-innocent/.