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Old December 17, 2012, 01:42 PM
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Electrequiem's post is misunderstood again...Nobody's supporting Taliban here...Washington claims that drone strikes produce zero to few civilian casualties. However, there's plenty of legitimate studies done at legitimate institutions like Stanford Law School and New York University's School of Law, where researchers accuse Washington of misrepresenting facts to shield the drone program from democratic accountability.

Here's a report for instance--
"TBIJ reports that from June 2004 through mid-September 2012, available data indicate that drone strikes killed 2,562 - 3,325 people in Pakistan, of whom 474 - 881 were civilians, including 176 children. TBIJ reports that these strikes also injured an additional 1,228 - 1,362 individuals," according to the Stanford/NYU study.
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