Some thoughts on the revelations about Lavender and other AI systems: theconversation.com/gaza-war-israe… via The Conversation

Turkish and Iranian forces attacked Iraqi Kurdistan at least 373 times from 1 January - 1 April 2024, resulting in 14 civilian casualties, eight people killed and six injured.

#Turkey #Iraq #Kurdistan

Bringing some of the more (ahem) optimistic suggestions about UK armed forces deploying large numbers of #drones down to earth.

Britain secretly using US intelligence gathering pods on drone operations
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Tomorrow is #Assange ’s 5th yr at Belmarsh. That’s the outer limit of sentences US ppl convicted on the same chrgs have *served* . . .
#FreeAssangeNOW
#NoExtradition

#BurkinaFaso 🇧🇫 received two 🇹🇷-made Akinci drones and three new TB2 drones. The Akinci drone can carry a payload 10 times heavier than the TB2 and can reach every part of the country from its base in Sapone, south of Ouagadougou. It costs also many times more than the TB2.

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Today, we are revealing that British armed Reaper drones have secretly being using a US SIGINT capability called 'Outdragon' since around 2019. Such pods have previously been closely linked with drone targeted killings. Details here: dronewars.net/2024/04/09/out…