The sound is so distinctive, so foreign, that Ahmed Saeed Abdallah bin Ali Jaber can hardly even describe it. Not so loud that you can’t hear someone speak, but just loud enough that you know it’s there. A decade ago, Ahmed had never even heard a drone’s low hum; since then, the sound has dominated his life, kept him awake, and invaded his sleep.
In August 2012, Ahmed saw his relatives Salem and Waleed killed by two Hellfire missiles fired from a US drone. When Ahmed ran toward the strike zone, two more missiles hit…
Read the full story, about the mental toll of living under armed drones, at Vice World News.