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A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone sits in a hanger at Creech Air Force Base May 19, 2016. The base in Nevada is the hub for the military’s unmanned aircraft operations in the United States.

For Rosa Brooks, how drones turned from the abstract to the stuff of nightmares

Conflict

Brooks, the author of the new book “How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything,” reflects on how the lines between war and peace have blurred since 9/11.Brooks, the author of the new book “How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything,” reflects on how the lines between war and peace have blurred since 9/11.

Predator drones featured on a hand-woven rug from Pakistan.

Drones are everywhere — even on rugs

Arts
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A Yemeni watches from afar — again — as his country erupts in chaos

Conflict
Men look at wall graffiti depicting a American drone along a street in Sana'a, Yemen, on November 9, 2013.

This Yemeni says US drone strikes are actually helping al-Qaeda

Conflict
Homeland in Pakistan

The Pakistan in ‘Homeland’ is unrecognizable to this Pakistani author

Culture
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