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Monday 4 January 2010
Over 700 killed in 44 drone strikes in 2009

Of the 44 predator strikes carried out by US drones in the tribal areas of Pakistan over the past 12 months, only five were able to hit their actual targets, killing five key Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders, but at the cost of over 700 innocent civilians.

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    Noah Shachtman at Wired did a good article on this in last month’s magazine. It also has the bonus feature of quoting my...
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    Hooray war! I don’t know if I’d trust...Pakistani Authorities report of the number of...
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    As if any more evidence were needed: The U.S. government is the biggest, most lethal terrorist organization on earth.
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    Of the 44 predator strikes carried out by US drones in the tribal areas of Pakistan over the past 12 months, only five...

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