US Drones Killed 94 Kids In Less Than 3 Years

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US Drones Killed 94 Kids In Less Than 3 Years

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/drone-pakistan-civilian-deaths-2013-7#ixzz2ZtBf8MYz


A new previously classified report from the Pakistani government details how, even before he increase in tempo and questionable drone tactics of the Obama administration, strikes from American drones resulted in a high number of civilian casualties.

The report, titled “Details of Attacks by NATO Forces/Predators in FATA,” was obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

The report, which stretches from January 2006 until October 2009, details a startlingly high amount of collateral damage in the Pakistan government’s casualty tally.

Of the 746 people killed in drone strikes over that period, 147 of them are described as civilians. A shocking 94 of them were children.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/drone-pakistan-civilian-deaths-2013-7#ixzz2ZtC73vnD

[Downwinder]

1. That is one Newtown per year.