One in Three Killed by U.S. Drone Strikes is a Civilian

One in Three Killed by U.S. Drone Strikes is a Civilian


Via: Raw Story:

The US military has used drones to attack suspected terrorists in Pakistan since at least 2004. Proponents of the small, unmanned planes say they are capable of “surgical strikes” that reduce civilian
casualties and effectively combat terrorism.

Is that true? Well, not really, according to a new report from the New America Foundation, a non-profit research institute.

The percentage of civilians killed by drones in Pakistan is at about 32 percent, or one out of three, the report states, and the strikes themselves have little effect in deterring terrorist activities
in either Pakistan or Afghanistan. Researchers do not believe any of
the reported strikes targeted Osama bin Laden.

An excerpt:

Our study shows that the 114 reported drone strikes in northwest Pakistan, including 18 in 2010, from 2004 to the present have killed approximately between 834 and 1,216 individuals, of whom around 549 to
849 were described as militants in reliable press accounts, about
two-thirds of the total on average. Thus, the true civilian fatality
rate since 2004 according to our analysis is approximately 32 percent.

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