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posted by azrael on Wednesday November 26 2014, @08:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the poor-execution dept.

Common Dreams reports:

The U.S. government's so-called "pinpoint"(NYT paywall) drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen are, in fact, leaving wide perimeters of death, as people on the Kill List are targeted--and even reported dead--again and again, according to a report published Monday by the UK-based charity Reprieve.

While drone attacks and their victims are kept secret by the U.S. military and government, Reprieve compiled public information available, most of it from media reports and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, to determine who actually died when the U.S. went after individuals in Yemen and Pakistan between November 2002 and November 2014.

The study examines the cases of 41 people included on a Kill List--a classified U.S. assassination program personally approved by President Obama with no judicial or public oversight. According to the report's findings, up to 1,147 unnamed people were killed in pursuit of these 41 known individuals.

Furthermore, each of these 41 men was reported killed multiple times.

"This raises a stark question," states the study. "With each failed attempt to assassinate a man on the Kill List, who filled the body bag in his place?

 
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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 27 2014, @12:26AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 27 2014, @12:26AM (#120453)

    There are more important questions to ask first.

    The protesters in Ferguson, for instance, should be asking, "Why do thugs who physically attack armed police officers often get shot to death?"

    When they figure out the answer to that question, they'll then be in the position to think about possible answers to the question you posed.

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  • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 27 2014, @12:52AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 27 2014, @12:52AM (#120464)

    Because they're idiots.

  • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 27 2014, @02:09AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 27 2014, @02:09AM (#120477)

    Another important question that strongly supports your position:

    Why do unarmed 7 year old girls get shot to death by police officers?

    Must have been attacking him...

  • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 27 2014, @02:17AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 27 2014, @02:17AM (#120478)

    Another important question that will completely support your position:

    Why do seven year old girls get shot to death by armed police officers?

    She must have been attacking him....

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 27 2014, @10:33AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 27 2014, @10:33AM (#120557)

    "Why do thugs who physically attack armed police officers often get shot to death?"

    Is this about Chris Dorner?