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32% of those killed by drones are civilians

Submitted by antarchi on October 10, 2010 - 22:44

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An Analysis of U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan, 2004-2010

Our study shows that the 114 reported drone strikes in northwest Pakistan from 2004 to the present have killed between 830 and 1,210 individuals, of whom around 550 to 850 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.